You have it exactly. When they are filling out the "send money" form at PayPal, they must to choose a "CATEGORY OF PURCHASE" -- and IF they select "eBay Items" then they have to enter the eBay item number and usually have to pay separate shipping fees. What you should tell them to do is select "GOODS (Other)" for the Category of Purchase and then they won't be bothered with having to enter the item number or any or weird stuff -- they can just enter the total amount due you told them to in your invoice.
I do the exact same thing you do, since I refuse to use eBay check out services. Just tell them to select "GOODS (Other)" for Category of Payment). -- JR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Wong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 2:18 Subject: [MOPO] MOPO Re: Paypal problem > Hi all, > As a reluctant seller using paypal, I ask my customers to logon directly to > paypal and to enter my id. I don't allow them to pay directly from ebay, as I > want them to wait for my own billing and don't want ebay's hooks in my > business any more than necessary. Recently, I had 2 reports of problems doing the > above after an uneventful year of accepting paypal payments. > > One had to pay separately for the item and the mailing fee. Today a buyer of > three items, had to pay separately for each item and again for the mailing > fee. I believe that the problem stems from identifying the payment as an ebay > sale. If they Identify it as a non-ebay sale, I think they can make one lump > sum payment. Can anyone shed any light on this problem? > > Thanks, Cinecityposters > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
