PayPal funds... On Hold.
So what the hell are PayPal up to now?
Someone pays you using PayPal because they want the goods quickly. I get the money instantly and post the goods the same day. Everyone's happy.
Not any more.
Now the funds go into your account, but you can't post the item as the funds won't clear until 21 days have passed! People won't wait that long, especially when I state that I post within 4 days of receiving payment. What are they thinking? There's no way I'm going to post anything without first having the money in my bank. Nobody would. They say that they're doing this to speed-up transactions. Nope, they've just killed my ebay selling, stone-dead.
No warning.
Nothing.
Someone pays you using PayPal because they want the goods quickly. I get the money instantly and post the goods the same day. Everyone's happy.
Not any more.
Now the funds go into your account, but you can't post the item as the funds won't clear until 21 days have passed! People won't wait that long, especially when I state that I post within 4 days of receiving payment. What are they thinking? There's no way I'm going to post anything without first having the money in my bank. Nobody would. They say that they're doing this to speed-up transactions. Nope, they've just killed my ebay selling, stone-dead.
No warning.
Nothing.
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Of course if this now applies to all transactions then that really is a big bunch of arse.
- IONIAN-GAMES.com -
I even got them to admit (after 6 emails!) the last time they pulled this stunt on me that it wasn't even to do with non-receipt of goods, the buyer's payment had been "allegedly" been "unauthorised" even though he emailed me asking where the goods "allegedly" were and he was able to buy numerous other items on eBay during the dispute period without any of those payments being mysteriously "unauthorised". They recommended that I didn't send the goods out. Nice one. This was 5 days after I'd posted them as I stupidly thought you were supposed to send goods within a reasonable amount of time after receiving payment.
Anyway, now good old moody Ann Robinson is back on Watchdog maybe we could send her in to PayPal UK and kick some ass? They bloody need it!!</rant> :-x
- IONIAN-GAMES.com -
I've always found it cheaper either to give stuff to the charity shops or to the local landfill.
How does the ebay/PayPal rules apply if you state in your selling terms that items will only be posted after cleared funds have reached your bank account?
A few years back, I went through a few weeks of insisting on cheque payments only. Unfortunately I doubt I could do this now, as so few people have chequebooks. What is needed is a cheap, independent, viable alternative to PayPal - shame there isn't one.
Their are alternatives to paypal, it just you haven't looked. Firstly their is google checkout:-
https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=sierra&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fcheckout.google.com%2Fmain%3Fupgrade%3Dtrue&hl=en_GB&nui=1<mpl=default
...and here are some threads on this page, which give pro's and con's of a few more....
http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/forum/f10-e-commerce/alternatives-to-paypal-your-top-picks-for-merchant-accounts-5496.html
My comments regarding e-bay:-
They don't give a toss about their customers. I been collecting evidence against a fraudster in Hong Kong who sells fake capacity SD cards on e-bay. Out of 10 e-bayers I contacted, all had the same problem... Frankenflash SD cards (fake SD cards sold as 32gb, but their real capacity is 4gb). Reported the fraudster to e-bay to inform they were counterfeits, and they do bugger all, and the fraudster is still raking in loads of cash via counterfeit goods!
A good alternative to e-bay is www.ioffer.com. Ordered from them many times in the past and had no issues.
- IONIAN-GAMES.com -
indeed you can't, ebay now forbid you to ask for i.e cash only on collection, they force you to offer pay-pal, and prohibit you from promoting any other form of payment in preference to it, though you can still take cheques, you can't state only cheques and postal orders for instance. They must be in addition to poo pal.
They don't really seem to want small scale selling on there anymore.
Paypal will NOT allow you to gave goods picked up or delivered in person because it requires online trackable proof of delivery!!
the ONLY (for most people) way of being covered by their so called insurance is to use special delivery!
note - normal 'recorded' delivery won't work!! (i've been stung a couple of times)
if you sell on ebay a low value item, just get a 'proof of delivery' docket at the post office...it's free and covers you to 18 quid....they hate giving them out as it takes a few seconds work to print :-P