Sellers: Advantages/Disadvantages of a PayPal account?

[GTaudiophile]

I have always shyed away from PayPal because it seems to get a bad reputation here. What exactly are the disadvantages as a seller to selling through PayPal? Advantages?

 

[imported_Mike]

Buyer almost always wins a dispute. Breeds scammers. If you're careful, you can avoid most of them.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: Mike
Buyer almost always wins a dispute. Breeds scammers. If you're careful, you can avoid most of them.

How so? They send money, then you send product, then they complain and withhold money?

 

[Farang]

When I bought/sold online I almost exclusively used PayPal without issue. You just have to make sure you cover your ass and document everything. From what I've heard, though, I will avoid it for any future transactions. I know how easy it is to get scammed, I was just lucky in not having been.

 

[imported_Mike]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: Mike
Buyer almost always wins a dispute. Breeds scammers. If you're careful, you can avoid most of them.

How so? They send money, then you send product, then they complain and paypal takes money from your paypal account. No money in the account? Paypal will go after your checking account. No money in there? Paypal will freeze your account, your ebay account and send it to collections.

fixed

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: Mike
Buyer almost always wins a dispute. Breeds scammers. If you're careful, you can avoid most of them.

How so? They send money, then you send product, then they complain and withhold money?

Unfortunately Paypal usually sides with the buyer.

 

[GTaudiophile]

What about in terms of fees? How much does a seller lose on the sale price to PayPal?

 

[RossMAN]

Fees

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Fees

So, if I sold something for $900 and then something else for $600 in a span of 30 days and that was all, I would owe PayPal $43.80 in fees?

 

[dartworth]

My seller reputation is over 2000 with PP...never had a dispute I didn't win

 

[zainali]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Fees

So, if I sold something for $900 and then something else for $600 in a span of 30 days and that was all, I would owe PayPal $43.80 in fees?

thats for cc payments. you can do non cc paypal and no pay fees. plus you can have 2 accounts to accept both kinds of payments.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: zainali

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Fees

So, if I sold something for $900 and then something else for $600 in a span of 30 days and that was all, I would owe PayPal $43.80 in fees?

thats for cc payments. you can do non cc paypal and no pay fees. plus you can have 2 accounts to accept both kinds of payments.

True but the problem is you can no longer specify non-cc Paypal. You must accept ALL forms of Paypal payments.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: zainali

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Fees

So, if I sold something for $900 and then something else for $600 in a span of 30 days and that was all, I would owe PayPal $43.80 in fees?

thats for cc payments. you can do non cc paypal and no pay fees. plus you can have 2 accounts to accept both kinds of payments.

So you're saying the transaction fees only apply if I want to accept credit card payment from buyers?

 

[RossMAN]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...hreadid=1639619&enterthread=y&arctab=y

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: zainali

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Fees

So, if I sold something for $900 and then something else for $600 in a span of 30 days and that was all, I would owe PayPal $43.80 in fees?

thats for cc payments. you can do non cc paypal and no pay fees. plus you can have 2 accounts to accept both kinds of payments.

True but the problem is you can no longer specify non-cc Paypal. You must accept ALL forms of Paypal payments.

At least on Ebay, right?

That, and on the personal accounts, theres a monthly maximum of 500, or around there.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: zainali

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Fees

So, if I sold something for $900 and then something else for $600 in a span of 30 days and that was all, I would owe PayPal $43.80 in fees?

thats for cc payments. you can do non cc paypal and no pay fees. plus you can have 2 accounts to accept both kinds of payments.

True but the problem is you can no longer specify non-cc Paypal. You must accept ALL forms of Paypal payments.

But I can ask the buyer if he/she is going to pay with a credit card, and if so, adjust the price accordingly?

 

[imported_Mike]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: zainali

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Fees

So, if I sold something for $900 and then something else for $600 in a span of 30 days and that was all, I would owe PayPal $43.80 in fees?

thats for cc payments. you can do non cc paypal and no pay fees. plus you can have 2 accounts to accept both kinds of payments.

So you're saying the transaction fees only apply if I want to accept credit card payment from buyers?

On ebay, you can't specify which types of PP payments you accept. You accept all or none.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: Mike

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: zainali

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Fees

So, if I sold something for $900 and then something else for $600 in a span of 30 days and that was all, I would owe PayPal $43.80 in fees?

thats for cc payments. you can do non cc paypal and no pay fees. plus you can have 2 accounts to accept both kinds of payments.

So you're saying the transaction fees only apply if I want to accept credit card payment from buyers?

On ebay, you can't specify which types of PP payments you accept. You accept all or none.

Okay, what if we are talking a non-eBay payment?

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Okay, what if we are talking a non-eBay payment?

Then you make your own rules.