People abusing Buyer Protection on eBay is nothing new, and has been getting out of control. But saying you should sell on eBay using something other than PayPal is just not realistic. People expect to pay with PayPal.
Thinking of Selling on eBay using Paypal? Think Again
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#322Earlier quoted context omitted.
Being terse in this post bc I'm working atm and don't have much time. a) Link either doesn't exist on main page or isn't immediately apparent enough. b) Consider this page - http://www.boostclassifieds.com.au . Today is the first time I've seen it - visually it looks horrible and potentially untrustworthy. If I may say so, your site looks freakin' incredible. But on their site, the first thing my eyes land on is a gi…
Thanks for that feedback. Not terse at all. I'm having trouble with the balancing act. I definitely need to improve the searchability of the site. At the same time if I put everything front and center it'll become pretty apparent that we don't have many listings yet. Will that just turn people away? I'm not sure yet, I don't have the data to say. I'll think more on this.
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I fail to see how is the insurance would have helped in this case. No one disputes that the package was delivered successfully.
Well if you put the right thing in the box, and the recipient says that he got the wrong thing, couldn't you therefore argue that the package was tampered with?
I don't see why USPS should pay out for what is clearly fraud by the buyer.
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No, the current ecosystem of Bitcoin is just fine. You have to click one link after another because you just don't _know_ anybody who has bitcoins. One day you will get robbed by one of these exchanges, and you will blame bitcoins (or the bad man) and swear to never work with Bitcoins again. But they will be just one link in a chain of exchanges that you've trusted each one, hundreds of times, to bring you music and…
So what's the quickest and easiest way to buy bitcoins?
Bitinstant.com is the easiest. Just create a pending transaction on theie site (give them one of your bitcoin addresses, and tell them how much you want to buy) They give you a bank account #, and you just walk into that nearby bank with cash, fill out the deposit slip, and wait about 30 mins.
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#325The only logical conclusion that can be made from eBay's and Paypal's policies is that they no longer want small sellers to use them. They want professional sellers to sell from their site, people who are used to dealing with chargebacks, etc, and can foot the bill when it comes to chargebacks/fraud. They want to facilitate BUYING from regular people, but make SELLING by regular people very difficult. There is no oth…
There is no other explanation for getting rid of buyer reputation and providing no protection to sellers. I disagree. Back in the old days when I used to use eBay before they removed buyer feedback, it was considered unwise to ever leave a seller negative feedback because they might turn around and leave you negative feedback in retaliation. By removing buyer feedback, it allows buyers to leave unbiased seller feedba…
If the reason is that you might get negative feedback in return, why not make both parties submit feedback blind and only publish the feedback once both parties have submitted it? (and make it not editable)
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#326Earlier quoted context omitted.
Chargebacks are a part of doing business any time you accept credit cards, whether paypal is your merchant provider or not. The problem here is Visa/MC/Amex etc. Since you almost have to accept credit card payments these days, you're stuck with their terms. Since the banks all provide credit through these card providers, there's very little competition. There are numerous ways to virtually eliminate CC fraud but the…
Bitcoin enables decentralized digital wealth transfers.
No chargebacks, escrow services for dispute handling, deflationary currency. Need I say more :)
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There is no other explanation for getting rid of buyer reputation and providing no protection to sellers. I disagree. Back in the old days when I used to use eBay before they removed buyer feedback, it was considered unwise to ever leave a seller negative feedback because they might turn around and leave you negative feedback in retaliation. By removing buyer feedback, it allows buyers to leave unbiased seller feedba…
I completely disagree. I use Allegro.pl(which is like Ebay,but actually was first to the market in Poland and is absolutely HUGE there, Ebay tries to establish itself in there but is without any chances), and both parties can leave feedback - and I have over 7500 reputation, both for selling and buying, and I have left more than a few negative feedbacks for a seller, only one of which resulted in a counter-negative f…
Allegro.pl is a good example of how you can get auctions right. I think they watched eBay closely and drew conclusions — they place a HUGE emphasis on fighting fraud.
As a result, it works extremely well. I have >150 transactions, both as a buyer and as a seller, with not a single problem. Oh sure, there is fraud, but it's marginal, and crazy stories like the OP's are unheard of.
This is why eBay, in spite of many efforts, is still pretty much nonexistent in Poland, while Allegro's traffic is booming.
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#328Re: Thinking of Selling on eBay using Paypal? Think Again
#329So what's a good alternative to the evil empire of eBay/PayPal? In the UK (where PayPal is the only valid way to pay for anything on eBay) there is just Gumtree, which is not an auction site and many categories get barely looked at (and those that do are swarming with scammers too), plus a few small auction sites that have so few users it's not worth bothering.
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#330And it's not only seller protection that is lacking. Twice I've bought broken items that eBay & PayPal refused to let me return (one was a smartphone with broken touch, the other a kindle reported as lost/stolen).
They really, really suck. Sadly, there is little alternative to eBay.