How about the sellers on Ebay that won't take Paypal....
markglicker
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...but when they win your auction, they pay with Paypal. I always welcome all forms of payment, but it just seems a bit odd, when they do that.
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<< <i>...but when they win your auction, they pay with Paypal. I always welcome all forms of payment, but it just seems a bit odd, when they do that. >>
It is odd. Especially if the fact that you accepted PayPal made them (and others) more willing to bid and thus increased the sale price. That should tell them that maybe, just maybe, that would happen if they took it, too.
For a gotta-have-it coin, it doesn't matter how they want me to pay -- for a price I can accept, I'll bite, even if I had to round up $300 worth of puka shells. But if it's a little more, well, "widget-like," there are times when I'll pass on an item if I can't use PayPal. And in those instances, not offering it may have very well cost them considerably more than the fees they would have paid. If they could get the sale price up by a measly 5% by attracting more bidders, it's money well-spent.
For those who say "I don't take PayPal because the fees are a ripoff" or something like that, the term "penny wise and pound foolish" comes to mind.
Not taking paypal is just an option they have and exercise, and I dont mind sending a money order, its free for me at commerce bank.
No way is someone going to get my stuff and then get their money back too.
Ray
Russ, NCNE
<< <i>I recently received an eMail from an eBayer informing me that he would not be bidding in my auction because I require a confirmed address for PayPal payments. So, I check his listings - and he doesn't accept PayPal at all.
Russ, NCNE >>
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I get the same emails.
For a regular seller, not using Paypal is a mistake, in my opinion. Sure, the fees can hurt, but the convenience and ability of a customer to possibly "stretch" a bit for a coin (by using a credit card through Paypal), makes up for the fees, in my opinion.
Regular sellers who don't accept Paypal seem CHEAP, to the point where they aren't making a good business decision.
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Sure it costs a little more for accepting pay pal, but this is ELECTRONIC COMMERCE. If you want a smooth transaction with E-veryone, send money via pay pal and accept pay pal. It is the preferred choice of nearly all traders on the internet. I feel silly running to the post office to cash a postal money order for $2.05 because someone bought a set of P&D State quarters with free shipping. Cripes, I spend more in gas starting my truck, gimme a break.
It is the same if I have to write a check or get a postal money order for a coin under ten bucks. The costs I incur for the time, the envelope and stamp, plus the trip to the post office almost warrants negative feedback.
To have someone send me a money order so I can make an extra thirty or forty cents or even ten or twelve bucks on the deal is being cheap and I would not likely do business with anyone who would do that to me.
There are instances where it is okay ( someone may not have the best credit and cannot get a pay pal account but has great coins for sell, or they could be a paranoid person who thinks BIG BROTHER is coming to get them, or whatever ), but those instances are few and far between.
All in all..........if they have that coin I want, I am not likely to care either way
BUT
I do give free shipping/handling/insurance as a bonus.
Some of you guys just plain crack me up with your lack of business sense.
Their idea of customer service is akin to when a bull 'services' a cow.
In general I have found that if you cannot get a quick resolve to a problem, then you make a quick call. Paypal just sucks with their service.
JMHO
Besides that, I'm skeptical of seller's that do not accept PayPal. I would have no protection sending some seller a large sum of money and then suppose I receive problematic coins?!? I am very much PRO PayPal. They're worth it as far as I'm concerned and besides, having them in my corner brings in more customers. You pay for speed/ convenience, record keeping and protection. No problems here. JMHO.
And speaking of percentages, streeter, I think it's 100% certain we are in WWIV, actually. WWIII was the Cold War. Your sig line is particularly timely as Paris burns, and it is surely part of the battle you say started over 1000 years ago. It just never ended for the other side, and we're getting around to noticing. The MSM is even going to have to start reporting on it after last night's escalation in the violence.
Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."
Can you imagine your local dept store not accepting Visa?
Dave
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No way is someone going to get my stuff and then get their money back too.
Ray >>
That is it in a nutshell. I don't take Paypud. It has nothing to do with not wanting to pay the percentage.
It has everything to do with poor customer service and, above all: Paypud "stealing" your money when
someone makes a complaint that has not been fairly resolved. Paypal just plain sucks the big one!
and they're cold.
I don't want nobody to shoot me in the foxhole."
Mary
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So, for me now, it's a "trash hauling" fee.
I guess I have to accept it for coins too though if I sell any.
I am Looking to Buy California Tokens too.
It's not perfect, but compared to buying a money order and mailing it? That's so 1992.
--Severian the Lame
So maybe some of you paypal only Guys lose a little bit also by not offering a choice !! Given the choice I will pay by MO or Personal Check !!
Just the way I like to do business, and that is my choice as the buyer !!!
Rick
Always Looking for Raw Proof Lincoln Cents !!
and they're cold.
I don't want nobody to shoot me in the foxhole."
Mary
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More like 1970....
Dave
<< <i>LOL some well thought out responses. I don't take paypal not because of the fees because of the potential hassle. Who knows if I cost myself a few dollars. I take personal checks and ship most items with no cost. I used to set merchants up on credit card sales so I don't need someone unfamiliar with the potential risks to lecture me. Why do you care if a seller doesn't take paypal? It's their perogative. I could sit here and relate dozens of horror stories when it comes to accepting payment from paypal/plastic. I sell on ebay not as a seller but as a collector.
Some of you guys just plain crack me up with your lack of business sense. >>
<< <i>LOL some well thought out responses. I don't take paypal not because of the fees because of the potential hassle. Who knows if I cost myself a few dollars. I take personal checks and ship most items with no cost. I used to set merchants up on credit card sales so I don't need someone unfamiliar with the potential risks to lecture me. Why do you care if a seller doesn't take paypal? It's their perogative. I could sit here and relate dozens of horror stories when it comes to accepting payment from paypal/plastic. I sell on ebay not as a seller but as a collector.
Some of you guys just plain crack me up with your lack of business sense. >>
I used to take Paypal until they freezed my bank account for no reason and refunded the money to the buyer, i was left standing with No Money & No Merchandise!!!
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Hmmmm, I wonder if there is another side to this story...hmmmm....
Dave
<< <i>I used to take Paypal until they freezed my bank account for no reason and refunded the money to the buyer...
Hmmmm, I wonder if there is another side to this story...hmmmm....
Dave >>
No! It was a quirk on their side with the buyer and it took 3 weeks before they took the freeze off. like i said, i never got my piece back & $229.00 plus the buyer never responded to any of my emails or phone calls.
The buyer was a deadbeat and thought he could get away with something & He Did!