ebay - Paypal question.

[ZR1cliff]

I've not sold anything on ebay for around 18 months and have just gone back on to advertise an item. It now states it is mandatory to have a paypal account to sell on ebay, but looking around not all sellers have a paypal sign on their adverts? Is there a way around using ebay without using paypal as I had a dispute some time back with paypal and would prefer to not use them again.

TIA

[Zippee]

Can't help on your question but it's the sole reason I've stopped selling on E-bay as I refuse to accept pay-pal. WOuld be interesting to know if there is a workaround...

[ZR1cliff]

Things seem to have 'righted' themselves. Short story - I had a dispute over a buyer after some parts labelled as "development" by myself were misunderstood by the buyer, consequently I had to refund all monies including shipping to Amsterdam. This refund went through in March 09. However, for some reason an oustanding balance of minus £5 had remained on my account. Paypal didn't notify me and I was so narked at the last transaction I didn't bother to go near ebay or my paypal account to see the outstanding amount, believing the transaction had been put right. Then a debt recovery Company used by Paypal contacted me last week asking for the balance of £5.

Of course I paid up straight away, however my Paypal account was locked. After trawling through paypal this afternoon I found a phone number and reached someone in the Phillipines? and after explaining the oversight they have now unlocked and re-instated my account. Hopefully the problem is now sorted. But it does appear you do have to have a Paypal account to deal on ebay and thinking about it, it might make things a little safer from any fraudsters.

Edited by ZR1cliff on Wednesday 20th January 17:18

[soad]

You have to accept PayPal payments as a seller now. It makes things easier at times - no need to wait for the cheques to arrive by post, pay them into your bank account, wait for the clearance times etc.

Some tended to display PayPal logo but state in the auction that they do not accept it - but that's against the rules. And if reported, auction will be pulled too.

As a buyer, i alway pay using PayPal - it's instant, no messing about. Keeps me protected too.


http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/accepted-pay...

Edited by soad on Wednesday 20th January 17:35

[ZR1cliff]

soad said:

You have to accept PayPal only payments as a seller now. It makes things easier at times - no need to wait for the cheques to arrive by post, pay them into your bank account, wait for the clearance times etc.

Some tended to display PayPal logo but state in the auction that they do not accept it - but that's against the rules. And if reported, auction will be pulled too.

That's handy to know. I think the thing to remember is any dispute through Paypal seems to come down on the side of the buyer, no matter how well a seller describes the item.

[massivemoto]

The only reason I'm annoyed that it is now compulsory is that I made fortunes buying stuff listed without paypal and then just re-listing with paypal. Sorry folks, my blatent profiteering might have contributed to the rule change.

[sjn2004]

On ebay.de it seems the majorty don't/won't use paypal and want a direct bank tranfer instead.

[Morningside]

Do not put "Sorry, I do not take Paypal" on your advert as eBay will pull it for you being a (possible) fraudulent seller. Even if you have over 1000 ratings