Etsy sellers have nixies etc on them....I quite liked that platform in the beginning, but slowly their commissions grew higher and I gave up using it as a seller.
On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 1:30 PM 'Grahame' via neonixie-l < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > So far I've not had a problem with eBay or Paypal but then I think I have > been following their rules when both buying and selling. > > I tried to open an account to buy through Alibaba house of horrors and > they asked for a photograph of my passport, proof of my home address and a > photo of the credit card I was going to use. I just deleted the email and > all those that followed asking me to pay for the goods in my basket. > Eventually they stopped and I've not tried again. > > Grahame > On 31/03/2022 21:01, Jim KO5V wrote: > > Good Afternoon, > > For the last couple of years, I have avoided giving eBay my bank info and > SS #. I always use PayPal on line, mainly because in my simple mind, > keeping my information in one place, rather than spreading it out all over > the web lowers the odds of having that info stolen. Several years ago, a > couple of my CC #s were stolen when on-line merchants were hacked, so I am > probably a bit over-sensitive. > > I guess eBay wants to dump PayPal and "float" the money themselves, so now > I'm no longer allowed to sell unless I give them my bank info and SS# info. > I am not comfortable doing this. I still can buy on eBay with a credit card > (or PP until they get rid of it). My credit cards are protected by their > issuing banks, so if they are compromised. I'm OK. > > I'm just curious how other people on this list feel about this situations. > Is there a viable alternative to eBay? > > BTW, eBay is holding about $7.00 from a sale I made a couple of months > ago, and they won't release it until they have my bank info. I think I'll > let it ride, and see how they handle it. > > Thanks. Jim > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/c989a3c6-5714-4cfa-aaf6-964a13ec28abn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/c989a3c6-5714-4cfa-aaf6-964a13ec28abn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/4beaa50f-e28c-5295-e97b-121390fbc16d%40googlemail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/4beaa50f-e28c-5295-e97b-121390fbc16d%40googlemail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAOX%2BRHKTrGfFr51wskd60%3Dfs5%2BdVO9Przr7H6jf%2BTUEyGh5ndg%40mail.gmail.com.
