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Looks like my ebay days are over.
jesbroken
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Ebay sent me a message today that I only had 10 or so days left to join their management program or not be able to sell on ebay any longer. In truth I didn't really have a problem with it. So when I tried to sign up, it wouldn't allow me to use my P.O. Box address, which is all we have in Southern WV. To solve the UPS and FEDEX issues 911 gave us all fire addresses, which the USPS will not accept and neither will ebay. It says not an acceptable address. The funny thing is with over 2000 sales in 17 years my address has always been a P.O. Box. I give up. They tell me I can go and sign up in a neighboring town and get an address. I'm 73 and live in the house I was born in. Not much chance in that.
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
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Insane. Big city corporate types who have no clue how much of the rest of the country operates.
Where's the "Angry" button like they have on Facebook?
When you only socialize with other members of your country club this is kind of corporate idiocy that results.
Others have had this problem, you could check to see if the solution one member found might work for you.
https://community.ebay.com/t5/Payments/Managed-payment-amp-No-Fee-PO-Box/m-p/31540179
My son in ND has the same problem. No street address because his home is in two counties (on the line). Neither PO in either county will issue an address so he has a PO..
bob
What took ya so long, I quit months ago.
Using your local post office address and adding your mailbox is also used by those who want to avoid having others discover their resident address. This is commonly used and highly recommended among Law Enforcement employees.
peacockcoins
Their funeral
More positive customer service. I sure wish they had some legitimate competition.
the postal service advises that the following be used:
123 street address UNIT (pob #) instead of apartment
some companies have lists of addresses for mail box stores and PO's and will refuse those addresses if they do not deliver to "Boxes" this has happened to me on more than 1 occasion.
Unlike many, I have never had a major problem with ebay. I enjoy it's buying and selling opportunities and where else can you have the volume of buyers for your products or the sellers for your needs?
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
I expect it will get much worse.
That sux Jim!
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I can see that a fraudster would want to use a PO box address. To bad it make life hard for honest people.
I saw the writing on the wall years ago. It sucks, because being able to freely buy and sell on eBay made it easy to flip in and out of coins as I was getting started in the hobby.
The exit strategy for getting rid of coins is much harder now.
I liked being able to buy cheap locally and sell to a national market. Don’t do it too much any more. Kinda hate to see a good thing change itself out of usefulness.
I have received the same ultimatum. I’m struggling with giving them full access to my bank account. Right now, I’m leaning toward saying good buy to my selling privileges.
I opened a separate bank account some years ago just to use with internet and any mail ordering. I never keep much in the account and made sure it does not pay overdraws.
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
I have noticed lately that a couple of my saved sellers now have zero items listed... I wonder if those folks are bailing out too...
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Yes, that option is likely the only way I would proceed as a seller. I’m rather apathetic about the whole deal.
It seems so sad to see what ebay has become... especially if one was part of it back when it began. Cheers, RickO
In the past large business was about money, the bottom line controlled all. Now business has become so large, the money is automatic and power is the corrupting force that drives all ultra large business concerns. Control, control, control.
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Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
My last sale on eBay was in 2012. I quit selling on there that long ago.
I’ve only been buying on there since.
My latest was a currency purchase (exempt from sales tax in NC)
They charged tax, I paid I had no choice at checkout then called. It took several calls and eventually, about 3 weeks later they refunded the tax.
It’s taken most of my enthusiasm away from buying any numismatic items because of all the headache.
I’m not quitting them entirely, but VERY seldom do I want to purchase from eBay anymore.
It’s a shame, really...
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I can't imagine that forcing people to go to eBay managed payments is/was a good idea. There are many people who are going to let eBay selling go rather than hand over personal/banking info. Myself included
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I don't see it as being any riskier than letting PayPal have it.
Great idea! Lets ask for one.
Pete
They want to axe Paypal and control every step. That's what this is really about.
Pete
Braddick has the solution I was going to post. Use the Post Office's physical address on line one and box # on the second line.
The Jesbroken
123 First St.
Box 123
Smalltown, WV 12345
We have the same problem here and this has been a local workaround for mailing things that require a physical address. Here the post office does not have a truck and they do not deliver outside the post office building.
For Amazon orders I try to include my home address on line one and my Box # on line two because I never know if it will show up USPS or UPS. Our postal ladies know the drill and I have no problems.
The irony is eBay owned PayPal once. It was only spun off because of activist investors.
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I have bought and sold on ebay for about ten years and have switched over to the new payment method for receiving funds. The switch was very smooth. I've always had a PO box as my main address. I like the solution posted earlier by @braddick - I hope it works for you.
Many Post Offices offer “Street Addressing” for your P.O. Box. Here’s how it works.
Your Name
Post Office Street Address Unit # (Your P.O. Box number)
Your City and Zip code.
Inquire at your Post Office to see if they offer it.
Then fill out the form to accept mail addressed that way.
No cost for the service. Do NOT list your box as apartment #.
Take it from this retired letter carrier....works well for me.😉
They want to axe Paypal and control every step. That's what this is really about.
Pete
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Double post. Sorry.
Pete
ebay is a must for coin dealers, IMO
Ok. So how is it any riskier than PayPal having your banking info?
It's not any riskier, it's the fact ebay wishes to control how you pay and when and they control all access. They actually did when the first started with paypal. It became the only acceptable way to pay. Then when ebay sold it, they lost control(key word).
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
Not to lose track of the reason for the post. I just left my post office and the Post Mistress said exactly what Tomthemailcarrier said in his reply and his message to me. But she said it needs to be Unit# not box#. I can't argue this point but with both Tom and my PM saying unit# that is how I will do it.
Thanks all for your replies.
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
use the post office address. they permit that either generally or with a signed document.
ie:
400 North A Street
Box 793
if the box # at least isn't under the address it is about a 50/50 if it gets delivered to the box.
NO. That format will not work.
It should read:
Join us or you get the boot...yeah, that's a great business model.
USAF (Ret) 1974 - 1994 - The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. Remembering RickO, a brother in arms.
without being argumentative, i've received MANY packages/letters like i typed it. i'm not saying every single PO across the country will accept it but for the OP, it is better than nothing to try.
The U.S. Mint is also VERY particular about address matching. They cancelled my order for a 2021 1/2 oz. proof gold since my U.S. Mint mailing address had the UNIT number but my credit card company had used apartment number format. That’s despite my telling them the correct format AND having them read it back to me.
If you are merely getting mail sent to you at your box a different format MIGHT work.
eBay wants control? That ship sailed 20 years ago and won't be coming back. At this point, it is what it is and one either accepts it and moves forward with the understanding that things aren't going to be like they used to, or not.
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that is where i am at with eBay currently. why in the world they want to control payments/fees but still have shipping labels, purchases etc go through paypal is just plain inconvenient. (i will hope this really puts a wrench into the scammer's engines.
auditing when/how buyers pay, refunds and a couple other things has become much more time consuming than just payal handling everything BUT either i get on board or move on down the road.
i've said it a thousand times so i will eat my own words, "change sings the tune that we all dance to." !
Um... you mean like Amazon, Walmart and every major retailer. Shopify and all the gateways do the same thing.
EBay's good days have been gone for years. Wont surprise me if Amazon takes over eventually
Look into selling your items on FB. Create your own page and sell from there.
Hope this may work for you and others.
Wayne
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Amazon got out of that business when they folded their Z-shops. And if Amazon takes over coins, y'all are screwed. They charge 20-25% in transaction fees. The coins they sell now are grossly overpriced for that reason.
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My last transaction with eBay went horribly wrong. The package was put into the wrong mailbox by the mailman. eBay and the seller claimed no fault as the package was delivered. One of my dishonest neighbors got my package and did not turn it in to the leasing office. I did not file a complaint with the post office because my mailman has always been good at bringing mail to my door, except this one time.