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> Pros and Cons of selling on Ebay
thomasotten
post Apr 12 2005, 10:43 PM
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I just started selling some stuff on Ebay to make a little extra money...

...and I just fell into Ebay and Paypal's clever trap. You see, if you have only a "personal" paypal account, you cannot receive credit card funded paypal payments. You have to upgrade to a Premier paypal account. So you think, that's fine, I will pay the 2.9% fee when someone pays from their credit card. But then you read the terms and realize, that this fee now applies to ALL money received from here on out, even if they fund their payment directly from their checking account. Bastards.

So if one wants to make a little money on the side selling on Ebay, is there any way around this? Should I just ask for a money order when I sell?
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thomasotten   Pros and Cons of selling on Ebay   Apr 12 2005, 10:43 PM
LvSteveH   You should open a second paypal account that doesn...   Apr 12 2005, 10:47 PM
rhcb914   I ran into the same problem a few months ago. Now...   Apr 13 2005, 08:04 AM
morphenspectra   You should just pay the extra fee, you will have m...   Apr 13 2005, 09:14 AM
zonedoubt   Just add a bit extra into the "shipping & handling...   Apr 13 2005, 09:24 AM
North Bay 914     Apr 13 2005, 10:33 AM
morphenspectra   It can be hard to juggle how to pay for fees and s...   Apr 13 2005, 10:36 AM
Rockaria   Hiedi is on the spot here. Just pay the fee, give ...   Apr 13 2005, 10:44 AM
Brando   Why can't we pass the fees on to our customers...   Apr 13 2005, 02:44 PM
Root_Werks   eBay has changed a lot over the years. I have had...   Apr 13 2005, 02:56 PM
rdauenhauer   http://www.914world.com/bbs2/h...   Apr 13 2005, 03:12 PM
nebreitling   ...   Apr 13 2005, 03:38 PM
v82go   Screw paypal !!!! I have been s...   Apr 13 2005, 04:05 PM
!   Both evilbay and paypal suck...until a viable comp...   Apr 13 2005, 05:11 PM
morphenspectra   I have had my moments with PayPal, but Ebay has be...   Apr 13 2005, 06:16 PM
GWN7     Apr 13 2005, 08:34 PM
v82go   Your local post office will cash postal money orde...   Apr 14 2005, 07:50 AM

 

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