As a seller I'm out of pocket for these expenses... 1. Cost of item sold 2. Listing Fee 3. PayPal Fee 4. Shipping Cost 5. Insurance Cost The buyer pays PayPal, who holds my money until I receive positive feedback or 21 days. They hold MY MONEY as if it's their's to do what they choose with!! No interest provided, nothing. They just hold it. If I want to pay even more money and pay for tracking, then I'm given the pleasure of having to contact PayPal (by phone, because they refuse to help by e-mail) and ask for my money EVERY TIME a buyer doesn't leave feedback. PayPal is finally generous enough to release MY MONEY to me and now I have to wait another 3 or 4 days for them to send it to my account! Of course if I have a PayPal debit card, it's available right away. Sure it is! That's because they want everyone to have one of their debit cards so they can earn MORE FEES from the companies you use the debit card with! They could transfer the money quicker than 3 or 4 days. They choose not to so they can try to force your hand in getting a debit card so they can earn more fees! So I have a way around this, I'll just request payment by money order. Well, now that Ebay purchased PayPal, amazingly they no longer allow money order or cashier check payment for most auctions! Of course they don't. If they allowed that, they couldn't force sellers into paying the PayPal fee. So now I'm stuck paying an additional fee to PayPal, in addition to my Ebay seller fees! Ebay and PayPal are absolutely terrible for sellers! They're forcing us into accepting terrible policies and they are holding OUR MONEY for up to 3 weeks simply because they can get away with it. How is it legal for them to hold our money for 3 weeks, earn interest on it, and not pay that interest to us?!?!?!? We have no voice, and no power. They have a virtual monopoly on the online auction market and we're stuck with a take-it-or-leave-it policy that keeps reaching deeper and deeper into our pockets! I am absolutely disgusted by their practices.
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