"Actually what I do not understand: I already have Ebay getting its fees
via my credit card, and vice versa if they reimbourse something. So why do
they need anything in addition to that?"
One word? Greed!
When I started with E-bay their fee was 2% and there was no such thing
as PayPal and you made our own shipping arrangements.
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On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 12:18 AM Martin <musaeum@...> wrote:
Actually what I do not understand: I already have Ebay getting its fees
via my credit card, and vice versa if they reimbourse something. So why do
they need anything in addition to that?
I will stop selling on Ebay altogether and try "Ebay Kleinanzeigen"
instead, here in germany. Fortunately I sold most of my items already.
cheers
Martin
On 27. Apr 2021, at 20:26, Daniel Koller via groups.io <kaboomdk=
[email protected]> 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
