Eric Rucker

On Sep 11, 5:40*pm, "a2retro" <a2re...@a2central.com.remove-7j8-this>
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> * To: datajerk
> On 9/11/2010 4:13 PM, datajerk wrote:
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> > On Sep 9, 6:24 pm, "a2retro"<a2re...@a2central.com.remove-10iu-this>
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> >> * *To: comp.sys.apple2
> >> I thought I would try selling a few Uthernet cards on eBay.
> >> It has been awhile since I have tried selling anything through their system.
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> >> I sold my first one today only to find out they now plan on holding all
> >> my sales for 21 days after the transaction is completed but I am
> >> expected to ship the item right away.
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> >>https://www.paypal.com/ca/cgi-bin/?c...curitycenter/s....
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> >> Seems like an flimsy excuse to hold funds for interest bearing reasons
> >> just like the big banks do.
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> >> I've been a member for 10 years and have 100% feedback, score of 66.
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> >> I am not impressed one bit.
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> >> :|
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> > Did you ask eBay why? *I recently sold something on eBay (2 weeks
> > ago), got paid (paypal), and spent the dough all before the item
> > reached the seller. *And before I got any feedback.
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> Paypal is holding the funds because I don't meet all the eBay criteria
> on that web page I referenced.
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> I learned long ago to not waste my time arguing with them about
> "policy". Years ago I wanted to use the same credit card on more than
> one account. They wouldn't budge and I didn't want to apply for another
> card that was only needed to fulfill their requirement in order to get
> verified.

Really, the solution is probably to lobby banks to do cheap (or free)
wire transfers. That's how it's done in Europe, and avoids the mess
that is PayPal entirely.

drkenb

On Sep 9, 8:24*pm, "a2retro" <a2re...@a2central.com.remove-10iu-this>
wrote:
> * To: comp.sys.apple2
> I thought I would try selling a few Uthernet cards on eBay.
> It has been awhile since I have tried selling anything through their system.
>
> I sold my first one today only to find out they now plan on holding all
> my sales for 21 days after the transaction is completed but I am
> expected to ship the item right away.

I share your frustrations with eBay. I got fed up with eBay's ever-
increasing fees, their lack of balance in enforcing their policies,
and some of the general b.s. you just experienced, so I looked around
for alternatives and came up with Blujay and Bonanzle. Blujay has
absolutely no fees, and Bonanzle only charges you if the item sells
and its fees are much less than eBay. Granted, the traffic on both
sites is less than eBay, but I found that I sell quite a bit on
Blujay, much less on Bonanzle. I continue to list a few items on eBay
as a way of driving traffic to my Blujay store - each item I sell on
eBay goes out with promotional materials for the Blujay and Bonanzle
venues. There are a few other vintage Apple II sellers on Blujay so
you may want to give that a try. No fees so the only thing you can
loose is the few minutes it takes to put your ad up.

Someone at eBay may have had the best of intentions with that policy
but for the life of me, I can't figure it out. With your eBay
Feedback profile, there is absolutely no justification from what I
see.

drkenb
http://www.Apple2Online.com

mdj

On Sep 13, 3:57*am, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:

> Because there are so many more buyers than sellers, eBay is extremely
> sensitive to issues that could put off buyers.
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> It's likely that their "clampdown" was prompted by a fraudulent seller
> who worked up a good feedback rating with little stuff, then started
> a brief spree of taking people's money and not delivering.
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> As with any mass market, sometimes the innocent are punished in the
> process of inhibiting the guilty. *;-(

Agreed. Although after having my ebay account for 11 years and only
having a feedback rating of 27 - lots of stuff from the same sellers
and a few sellers miffed about less than favourable feedback has kept
it lower than it otherwise might've been so I'll 'suffer' from this
policy next time I sell something I suspect.

It's a pity that such security policies turn out to be so profitable;
21 * new_sellers_listings * avg_sale_price is quite a kitty I suspect
- more than enough to cover their policing costs ;-)

Unfortunately there's no incentive for them to have some transparency
around this since they *are* the market, and can effectively hold
sellers to ransom.

Matt