Opinion/Help: Ebay and Paypal Issues

[Rigmaster]

I honestly don't think you guys have ever taken any law classes. <SNIP>
Wes

WTF do law classes have to do with any of this?

The way I see it, you have 2 situations that have been brought up here that you need to carefully consider before you start celebrating:

1- that it is against Paypal/Ebay rules for a seller to charge a surcharge to use Paypal. You can argue all you want, but the way I see it- your policy is against Paypal/Ebay regulations. I personally don't give a shit about it (whether or not someone charges a surcharge), but that's the way I see it.

2- that you will win if this case goes to court. The point is not whether you will win if it goes to court, the point is that the way Paypal is set up, if the buyer files a dispute through their CC company for a Paypal payment, Paypal immediately freezes the funds and can and will freeze the seller's (in this case YOUR) Paypal account. No $$ will be able to come or go from your Paypal account. CC companies have it setup so that the consumer (buyer) gets the benefit of the doubt in most cases. Sure, the buyer has to provide some sort of backup if they file a CC dispute, but it's not that hard to get them to reverse the charge. If this happens, you are screwed. That's all I'm saying- and it might be a good idea for you to realize this before you break bad on the guy.

It's not a Paypal dispute that you have to worry about, if that's all the guy has to rely on, then you are likely in the clear. It's the possibility that the guy funded his payment through his CC, and IF he then files a dispute through the CC company, the first thing Paypal is likely to do is freeze your account.


Bret

[Jscotty]

This sounds like a job for the Prepaid legal attorneys. You know.. the pyramid scam that claims that you can get the best lawyers in the country for a $26 a month membership.. and then you are supposed to make money on this thing by getting your friends and their friends involved.. and then you are supposed to cut them off and not be friends with them anymore if they refuse to be a part of the scam.

[Rachel B]

I have been ebaying for alooooong time, and I have had very few problems....I try and work any fees into my starting price or tap on a few extra $$ to the postage charge.

My biggest problem was I sold a golf club as new for $210 (it still had its plastic wrap on it) and the guy emailed me 6 months later saying it had broken while he as playing golf, you can probably guess what I told him lol!

Good luck with sorting your problem tho!