My biggest issues with eBay in the past were not receiving and item though it was a rare occurrence. I would contact eBay and they would tell me to contact PayPal. Contacted PayPal and they would tell me to contact eBay. One big circle j__k. Since the amounts had been under USD$10, I just wrote it off. But it has always made me very leery of buying anything on eBay though I have not had any issues for many years. When I first opened my PayPal account, I too worried about them having my checking account. In the end, I opened a second checking account at a different bank right near me where I already had a savings account. I keep very little money in the account as I can easily transfer money from savings to checking as needed (I think back to when I was kid in the 1960's and my father would drive to the savings bank, take out money and then drive to the commercial bank to put it in the checking account - glad that is a thing of the past). As such, there is very little PayPal, or now eBay, can take from me if they are hacked or just decide they want some money for some reason.
On Saturday, April 2, 2022 at 12:10:32 PM UTC-4 SWISSNIXIE - Jonathan F. wrote: > I've never had problems with payments on ebay so far, but i have to admit > that i think ebay is getting worse and worse every day. > My biggest issue is that ebay is actively hiding items that can't be > delivered to your address. I have multiple addresses for shipping, but only > the primary one is considered valid at searches. Its a pain switching > between 3 addresses to see "all" items for a specific search. Not to > mention the ridiculous forced translations they do since a while ago... > > On Saturday, 2 April 2022 at 00:39:29 UTC+2 Jim KO5V wrote: > >> Thanks to everyone who responded. I am very frustrated with eBay, since I >> get an email every couple of weeks telling me that "action is required to >> put my account back in good standing". It sounds like I am a deadbeat, >> rather than a paying customer. >> >> I had considered opening a 'for internet use only' bank account, but >> giving out my social security number is probably always going to be the >> real problem. It might already have been compromised, but I guess I just >> don't want to volunteer any more information than is necessary. >> >> As I get older, I am wanting to simplify. eBay is convenient, but there >> are ham radio sites, etc where I can sell my treasures, so except for the >> occasional purchase, I'm probably done with eBay - after almost 25 years. >> >> Best regards, Jim >> >> >> >> On Friday, April 1, 2022 at 7:24:15 AM UTC-6 Paul Andrews wrote: >> >>> @threeneurons, that is very sensible. As someone who had their identity >>> stolen I am very wary about any of this. BTW 'stolen identity' does not >>> mean they got my credit card info. It means they got my identity and went >>> around opening their own credit cards in my name, using my address and my >>> social security number. This year we found out that my son also got his >>> identity stolen - someone filed their taxes using his information (I still >>> don't see the benefit of that). >>> >>> Anyway, I stopped selling online after paypal sent me a 1099. The extra >>> hassle filing taxes isn't worth it for the small amount of money I get from >>> selling. >>> >>> On Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 6:29:12 PM UTC-4 threeneurons wrote: >>> >>>> eBay has been doing this now, for about a year and a half. I've had no >>>> problems, so far. Initially, I didn't understand why they did this, only a >>>> few years after selling off Paypal. So It seemed kinda stupid. But I think >>>> it has to do with some legal changes both in the US and in Europe. In the >>>> US, all online transactions need to include the sales tax of the buyer's >>>> state. In Europe, they want the VAT collected at time of purchase. When >>>> eBay took over handling the payments, they take care of both of those. >>>> Sales tax and VAT get routed directly from the buyer to eBay, and (I >>>> assume) to the respective government agency. I only get the item's price, >>>> shipping (that I established), less eBay's fees (~10%). They deposit that >>>> amount to my bank account, either daily, or weekly, dependent on the >>>> sellers preference. >>>> >>>> I Long ago set up a different bank account, at a whole different bank, >>>> just for online stuff. That way if either eBay or Paypal get hacked, only >>>> this "online use" account is exposed. Your SSN is needed, if and when they >>>> issue 1099s. >>>> >>>> Of course, all banks now, have an on line presents, so with my luck, my >>>> main bank gets breached, while the small sum, at the "online use" bank >>>> stays unaffected. >>>> >>>> On Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 1:45:37 PM UTC-7 Pramanicin wrote: >>>> >>>>> 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 < >>>>> neoni...@googlegroups.com> 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. 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