Peter,
I have been refusing to accept any payment from Pay Pal. I don't like to
give out my credit card or bank information to any company I don't have any
control over. I may have lost a couple of sales , but I feel a bit safer.
Pay pal also offers a $10.00 credit to buyers and seller accepting this service
they are making money somewhere in order to offer this. I mentioned this
to Ebays Safe Harbor after the my car picture incident. Some buyers
where using the Paypal money as a way of getting merchandise for free.
He said they where cracking down on Paypal.
Mike
NOWROC
And a ebay seller and buyer
GOAVP@aol.com wrote:
> A warning to those looking at an easy way to pay for online auctions....
>
> Many e-bay auctions feature credit card payment through "Paypal" or other
>services. These services will charge against your credit card and deposit
>money into an account for the seller. The seller then claims the payment and
>can transfer it into their bank acocunt or get a check from Paypal. All at no
>cost!
>
> It worked great the first time I used it, but now I am in a dispute with
>another seller who claims he did not get payment from Paypal. I called
>Paypal. After a long wait to talk to customer service I find there is:
>
> > no way to reverse a payment even if there was an error.
> > They will only provide proof of payment to law enforcement not to the
>originator of the transaction.
> > If your seller does not acknowlege your payment you are pretty much SOL.
>
> Remember, if you send a check it takes longer, but you have a paper trail.
>You are using US Mail, so you have the postal inspector on your side.
>
> I expect that there was some confusion, and that the seller will come around
>(I have no indication that he is dishonest). It got me thinking, however,
>that much of the new e-economy is not without risk.
>
> Peter van der Pas
> (roadster content: the auction was for a golf club which I hope will fit in
>the trunk of my '68 2000)
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