Bill & All, We are not going to go off in 3 days of eBay and I D theft posts here but....
>From a buyers standpoint PayPal is the best thing since fingers first hit the computer keyboard. It is the natural progression of walking upright, driving a car and whatever comes after that. You may have been afraid to use a computer at first but you have since mastered that. I have had a PayPal account for YEARS before anyone else heard of it. I am not saying I was "cutting edge", someone else told me about it. I used it to transfer $5-10.00 at a time to cover the costs of CD blanks and postage for bootleg Bruce Springsteen concerts. I am sure PayPal does not offer my personal account any more because as I use it, they don't make a dime from me. When I occasionally sell something, I have monthly limits accepting payments, and the payers PayPal account cannot be linked to a credit card. I will admit that from a seller's standpoint the combined eBay and PayPal fees paid are a bit stiff. That is 1 of the reasons why I don't sell much. but as long as I stick to the personal PayPal account I only pay eBay. >From a buyer's standpoint on eBay, I often used to weigh bidding on something vs. if I wanted to go through the trouble of sending a payment in the mail. More then a few sellers did not get my bid because they did not offer PayPal. For the most part, if the total was less then $20.00 I would send cash. Now PayPal is a requirement. I think middle ground should have been force all sellers to offer it, but still offer the snail mail payments if they wanted. Many listings have long since been PayPal ONLY. I will say that I do NOT follow what I am about to tell you because I am NOT scared about the possibility of getting cyber-burgled. For those of you that ARE PayPal paranoid, here is what you have to do. Open a credit card with good account protection terms. Use that card ONLY for eBay & PayPal purchases. You can possibly even put an account limit on it. You won't actually need ANY of those parameters but it will get you over your first fear of the process. I have had 1200 transactions in eBay, many with PayPal without a single problem. Many on line sellers that have nothing to do with eBay are offering PayPal as a payment option. I just bought paper and cartridges for my photo printer and used PayPal for the payment. Why cut yourself off of eBay because of using PayPal? The only thing I have not bought on eBay yet is the AIR I breathe. PayPal is newfangled, sparkily and scary just like the horses feared the Model T. But sooner or later it just fades and because part of everyday life. So Bill, go for it. After using PayPal a few times the convenience of it all will quickly fade your original concerns. Besides, Ed's wonderful "I have just found" sales will not last forever. He is going "down to the bare walls" on his extraneous S supplies! Back to S Scale trains.... Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 See my finished models at: http://www.lanestrains.com Winner of the 2007 Josh Seltzer NASG Website Award Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! Custom Train Parts Design http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls ***Join the PRR T&HS*** The other members are not ALL like me! http://www.prrths.com http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join! http://www.prslhs.com Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
