Kimiko wrote: I also wonder why he states on the auctions that he *does* accept credit cards through PayPal, but doesn't do so when bought outside of eBay?
As someone who makes a big percentage of his income from selling on eBay and who has had a bank merchant sales account for 25 years, I feel qualified to answer this question. Many eBay merchants have a PayPal account and can accept all the forms of payment through PayPal that PayPal accepts (in fact, they soon will be *required* to do so by eBay), since the customer is actually paying PayPal and then PayPal is transferring the money to your account. In order to accept credit cards directly from a customer, you have to have a merchant sales account through your own bank (and jump through all the hoops necessary to have that account and to process payments). For many merchants, it's not worth the trouble or expense, especially since PayPal has made it so easy. In service, Geffrei de Warenne _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
