Re: OT! OT! --- E-bay fee change -- OT! OT! Cross posted with HP group.
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Dan,
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Thank you for your well presented message. IMHO this does relate for the reasons you've stated. I am currently setting up my financial infrastructure to sell, including on eBay. I'm afraid I'll have to use PayPal to enable individual sales. I've dealt with PayPal before when renting out a vacation condo. They did all the nasty things they're known for. Therefore all my dealings will go through an insulated local credit union account. Thank you for the heads up on eBays changes. I think that actually works better for me, and you've caught me right at the cusp. Now I'm more informed in setting up my accounts.Dave On Tuesday, April 27, 2021, 11:32:18 AM PDT, Daniel Koller via groups.io <kaboomdk@...> wrote:
Hi folks, this is OFF TOPIC because it's about e-bay, but on the other hand, with the exception of my older gear, it's just about the only way I get *any* Tek or HP gear these days.? So, with apologies if it drags on too long and in the wrong direction,.... I got a message from e-bay that explains they are changing their payment structure.? ?According to that, sellers will need to directly link a bank account to e-bay so that they can receive payments directly from buyers.? By May 21, if you do not link a bank account to e-bay, they will not allow new postings!? ?So, the implication is that Paypal is no longer going to work.? I don't know about folks here, but I suspect, like me, they are a bit older, financially conservative, and are loathe to link a personal bank account to e-bay.? ? To this day I do not have my paypal account "linked" to my bank account.? ?I can have all my on-line accounts hacked, but none of them have any access to my bank account. ?One thing I thought to do is open a small credit union account with low/no fees and use that only for e-bay / paypal and keep the balance low, just in case something gets hacked.? ? But now I have to go to the bank, or perhaps open an account on-line.? ?E-bay is NOT making it easier for the small seller.? More and more e-bay is just becoming a venue for cheap Chinese goods and wholesale garbage. ? So, just wondering what folks here plan to do about selling their old gear, and working with ebay in the future.? Anyone have any good Ideas or workarounds to the e-bay problem, or an alternate e-venue for buying and selling old gear?? E-bay has been a collector's and hobbyist's goldmine for 20 years.? It's sad to see it continually changing for the worse. ? ?I am sensitive to the fact that this is a topic only tangentially related to Tek or HP gear, so please keep replies relevant to how e-bay is a conduit for acquiring such gear for us.? ?I'm happy to take replies off-group as well, but if it's relevant, I presume we all want to hear about it. ? Thanks, ? Dan |
Dave Peterson