[Leica] Ebay Policy changes..... No more Checks.....

[rhaightjr at yahoo.com (Bob Haight)]

I was not aware that a paypal payment could be reversed. How does thast work?


--- On Thu, 8/21/08, Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Ebay Policy changes..... No more Checks.....
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Thursday, August 21, 2008, 12:13 PM
> To be honest, I doubt that this change will have any impact
> whatsoever  
> on international transactions, for two reasons:
> 
> 1) I have never encountered any seller who would accept a
> check or  
> money order from abroad, simply because of the high cost of
> depositing  
> it in one's bank account.
> 
> 2) At least in Europe, checks are basically not used
> anymore. I have  
> not written a check since I left the US in 1995. I did
> receive one  
> from someone in the UK about 6 or 7 years ago, but that was
> the last  
> time. All transactions here are done by bank transfer (both
>  
> domestically and internationally), by direct debit or by
> other  
> electronic means.
> 
> I think the only transactions where checks are still used a
> lot of  
> ebay purchases are intra-US deals.
> 
> While I do not like ebay pushing people towards Paypal (and
> if I sell  
> or buy something to/from someone in Europe, I will
> certainly use bank  
> transfer and not Paypal), I can understand that they want
> to eliminate  
> checks. Paper is so 19th century. Just like paper airplane
> tickets,  
> checks are a thing of the past.
> 
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
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> 
> On Aug 21, 2008, at 4:31 PM, Frank Filippone wrote:
> 
> > Starting October ( 1? 30?) Ebay will no longer allow
> buyers to pay by
> > personal checks nor by money orders.  ( which means
> PayPal only.)
> >
> > Can you believe they are stoking their own coffers at
> the expense and
> > especially risk of sellers?
> >
> > If you did not  know, Paypal payments can be
> reversed...... and the  
> > buyer
> > may still have the merchandise......
> > Paypal does not guarantee Foreign ( non-US) payment
> transactions....
> >
> > I am OK with this to pa a point for a $50 item.... but
> a $2500 Leica  
> > Item???
> > I am more than risk adverse.....
> >
> > I guess if you have something to sell, to a foreign
> audience, or do  
> > not like
> > to use Paypal,  you best sell it now.....
> >
> > Frank Filippone
> > red735i@earthlink.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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