Unfortunately, or maybe in this case, fortunately, I've never sold anything that has gone over two figures since I started advertising that I accept PayPal. I suppose one way to do it would be to accept PP up to say $400 and escrow larger sales.
Ron L -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Mark Albertson Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 12:31 PM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] paypal and ebay, was Re: eBay Scam Listing Hey Ron: All you have to do is sell one complete phonograph on eBay....then you go way over the personal limit of a "free" Paypal account. Paypal is great for a buyer and sucks big time for a seller. Passing the Paypal fees onto the buyer because the buyer wants the "Convenience factor" is against eBay policies. Once you exceed the limit of a free account...then you MUST have a Business Account...then they charge you 3% for any deposit into your account for "any reason" or from "any source". So anotherwords, if one of my family members wanted to send me money via Paypal, it would cost 3%...no sales involved...just a pure transaction fee. It's almost as bad as Western Union fees in which noone in their right mind would use. Paypal sucks....it got alot worse in terms of corporate greed once eBay bought them...before then it was far more affordable and made reasonable sense. And...for the other posts...Peter et.al....putting the 3% into the price of the phono item doesn't really fly...that sounds like an eBay employee explaination to me....it's time to meet reality. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron L'Herault" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 8:34 AM Subject: RE: [Phono-L] paypal and ebay, was Re: eBay Scam Listing > Sounds like you are a big seller. For the casual, personal account ( I > think it is a $500/mo limit) it is free of fees. > > Ron L > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of funk > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 9:13 AM > To: Antique Phonograph List > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] paypal and ebay, was Re: eBay Scam Listing > > > All of this has been discussed in the past ad nauseum. Bottom line is, and > always has been, this: It's great for buyers; horrible for sellers. The 3% > bleed hurts. For the seller, it's fees, fees, fees, and then another 3% to > close the deal. UGHHH. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Fraser" <[email protected]> > To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 10:02 AM > Subject: [Phono-L] paypal and ebay, was Re: eBay Scam Listing > > > > I'm interested to hear why anyone would say this. A free service that > > saves me the effort of finding an envelope and a stamp, accurately > > addressing the envelope, writing out a check, and going to a post > > box...plus the week for it to get to the seller, and the week some > > sellers "need" for the check to clear (or worse, those that require a > > postal money order, which requires a 20 minute wait in line at my post > > office) - what's not to like? > > > > Perhaps those who criticize it ought to try it before doing so. It's > > **extremely** convenient, which is why it's such a success. > > > > Users are only charged when they add credit card capability to their > > account - just like any other credit card fee - but for everyone else, > > it's free. So where exactly is the "corporate greed" in that? > > > > On Feb 25, 2005, at 5:25 AM, someone wrote: > > > > > Paypal has always been nothing other than an insidious example of > > > egregious > > > corporate greed. I have never used it and never will. A convenience? > > > HA > > > > -- Peter > > [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > [email protected] > > > > Phono-L Archive > > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list [email protected] Phono-L Archive http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/
