@terese2 wrote:
Don't waste your keystrokes addressing a rude and ignorant insult! There are individuals on this site who appear to have been trained to resort to personal attacks when they don't make headway shutting up complaints with mindless platitudes about Paypal's right to rip you off, the "ease" with which you can get your hold released (for a nanosecond, after following some insanely time-consuming rigamarole each and every time you make a sale, etc.) Blah. Blah. If they pander enough to Paypal, they get to become "advisors," whatever that means, but you can be sure it means spouting the Paypal party line.
You are right to complain, you have a right to complain, and with any luck, when enough people underscore their displeasure by LEAVING PAYPAL, change will occur.
As for other selling venues, if you read through this forum, you will see people mentioning Craig's List and Etsy with some regularity. There are a number of payment processing venues identified as well, though each has pros and cons. The good thing about Craig's List and Etsy is that you are free to accept any kind of payment you desire.
SAY GOODBYE TO PAYPAL! And tell everyone you know WHY!!
Sure, at ETSY, all you have to do is wait for a couple of years to sell maybe a dozen items, maybe two dozen, but you do get your money if you use a merchant account. There are a few sellers on ETSY who have regular sales. Last year I sold the same amount of items on eBay that it has taken since 2006 to sell on ETSY. Yeah, tell them to go there, or better still to Craig's list where they have to know your address to come and see the item or you have to go and meet them, and that still does not take care of the Paypal payments being held. We are talking payment venue here not selling venue. For some reason Craig's list doesn't sell well with just pictures. They seem to want to see it in person. According to what I read that Sunshine said a while back, there is a hold until you get a positive feedback. I don't know about that since I don't care to sell there. But, you send them there. That is what a smart leader would do, you think??
You might get enough of the people, those easily swayed by empty words, upset enough to shut down the equivalent of one small retail shop, so don't give the credit to yourself if Paypal finds later they don't have to do this to as many as they are now.
How many times does Blunt, Red, etc. etc. have to repeat that this has been in the policies since the sellers here started selling for it to get through peoples' heads. It's nothing new. But, it is happening to you and that is all that matters. You and maybe a few million others. This is something you have to get over, accept and get on with your selling so you will have your holds released once Paypal sees you are fulfilling your part of the seller agreement. Sure it is going to take longer at first. Every job you have ever had, you were on probation for 90 days, right? I know I have not seen a job where that was not the case. And it is not 90 days of proof here that you can and will do the job if you have already been selling and sell now and are consistent in everything you do related to your being an eBay seller.
