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Why won't bidders READ???
topstuf
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My first sentence in my description says I do NOT take PayPal.
I do not ship out of US.
And YET:
I enter listing. It sells. I get an email from a bidder asking if I will ship to Canada. I say no but will ship to a friend or relative in the US.
He sends by email the US address that he will use if he wins.
I say that address will be fine.
He ASSUMES that I am referring to the ORIGINAL Canadian address.
I correct him and reiterate that if he wins I will be shipping to the US address.
He wins.
I send winning notice.
He sends Canadian address.
He has (0) feedback.
I am betting I have a NPB.
Such a chore for some dummy who can't understand anything. They shouldn't allow THEM to have money let alone be BIDDING IN AUCTIONS.
hassle hassle hassle
For such a SIMPLE matter.
I do not ship out of US.
And YET:
I enter listing. It sells. I get an email from a bidder asking if I will ship to Canada. I say no but will ship to a friend or relative in the US.
He sends by email the US address that he will use if he wins.
I say that address will be fine.
He ASSUMES that I am referring to the ORIGINAL Canadian address.
I correct him and reiterate that if he wins I will be shipping to the US address.
He wins.
I send winning notice.
He sends Canadian address.
He has (0) feedback.
I am betting I have a NPB.
Such a chore for some dummy who can't understand anything. They shouldn't allow THEM to have money let alone be BIDDING IN AUCTIONS.
hassle hassle hassle
For such a SIMPLE matter.
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Take a look at one of my auctions.
Notice the 5 point, upper case bright red notice appearing at both the top and the bottom that says "NO CREDIT CARDS THROUGH PAYPAL"? Notice in the auction description body where it says "No credit cards through PayPal"? Notice in shipping instructions where it says "NO CREDIT CARDS THROUGH PAYPAL"? It also says it twice in the notices I send out at the end of the auction. That's a total of six times the bidder is exposed to the message.
Guess what? I still get people paying with a credit card.
Russ, NCNE
He or she is trying to do what THEY want regardless of your policies.
In some cases they get by on it. Why they won't ask up front rather than trying to ram-rod it through is beyond me. If someone says
MO or Paypal only, I will still ask if I can send a personal check with references. I hate MO's and really don't have the time to hit the PO several times a week for a MO. I usually will not even bother with a seller if they only take Paypal or MO.......or Liens on your house.
roadrunner
I make it easy for the buyer to send me his hard earned $$.
Now I am retired and ONLY do things MY way.
Of course, when Poopal froze two grand of MY money for 3 weeks and then charged me a stinking BUCK NINETY FIVE to get it in a lump sum instead of at a dribbling $500 per month, THAT entered into my thinking on pay policies also.
But I agree. When I had the coin/pawnshop and was offering JUNK, I made it so convenient to pay that I would deliver it to the men's room in the Tijuana BUS STATION if necessary.
Any COINS offered from here on out will be sufficiently desirable that the buyer will accomodate MY wishes.
THIS particular auction was on some of the crap I still have left from the pawn end of the place. (a knife)
I'm not a dealer with a shop, just a collector with some extra stuff.
I don't sell much and haven't had any problems so far but if I ever do you can bet I'll reevaluate my TOS.
Don't be calling my stuff junk.
Maybe I'm a POSTER who can't read. hehe heh
Anyhow, no aspersions on nice junk. heh
I have had to actually change my e-mail address for some auctions so that bidders can't pay via paypal unless I give them the E-mail address first.
Tyler
What nerve!
That was absolute pain, getting my fee's back from E-bay on that one!
It sure can be annoying. In an auction a long time ago now, I specified "NO PAYPAL", and the bidder won the item, used my email address, and sent a payment to paypal. I had never even signed up! Since I was thinking about trying it out anyways and I didn't want to cause any problems, I signed up so that I could get the money.
Speaking of paypal, is there any way in your preferences in paypal to say something like "Don't accept Credit card payments - current balances only" or anything like that?
JJacks
<< <i>is there any way in your preferences in paypal to say something like "Don't accept Credit card payments - current balances only" or anything like that? >>
Not that I've been able to find. I wish there were. The instant payment notice doesn't specify whether or not it's a credit card payment, so I have to check the site each time and deny the payment if it's CC.
Russ, NCNE
I still get personal checks. Not only that, but, they are always written on "The Bank of Billy Bob" in Saltlick, ARK. or something similar. Everyone appears to think that it doesn't apply to them.
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you dont have to sign up ! that should be disallowed .
anyone with an email address can get money !
how convenient
maybe a class action suit
<< <i>So Russ.....if I end up winning your blue Jeffs, you're saying you won't accept credit cards through PayPal?
russ doesn't take credit cards through PayPal????
say it ain't so!
Looking for PCGS AU58 Washington's, 32-63.
I'd probably still get credit card payments, though.
Russ, NCNE