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SCisfedup · ‎Dec-20-2009

I'm SO Sick of Paypal's 21 day hold! They are using our money for 21 days because a buyer doesn't leave feedback. Do they not understand that some buyers NEVER Leave feedback. They use Ebay once or twice a year and never visit the site again? HELLO? McFLY? I just found out that Paymate is making a comeback . And the nice thing is that buyers don't have to "Signup" for a Paymate account. They simply pay with a credit card as they would do with an online merchant! Very handy and easy for those buyers who only use the system occassionally. Paymate was actually on the scene in the early days with eBay. They dissappeared when eBay bought PayPal and made them their main payment option for their wildly successful auction site. Now eBay has approved Paymate as another alternative for eBay sellers as a payment method. Paymate's big advantage over PayPal's standard method is that you don't have to be a Paymate user to make a payment. The customer enters their credit card on the payment page so they do not have to go signup with an account like they do with PayPal. For the one-time or occasional seller on eBay, PayPal accounts are great. But if you are a small merchant on eBay and elsewhere, you are taking more than an occasional payment from customers. Paymate gives your customers a simpler experience to shop with you making it a better alternative to PayPal. You can read more about paymate on their website at www.paymate.com.

SCisfedup · ‎Dec-20-2009

Don't get me started on this topic! I don't what they want to call it, but Paypal is STEALING! They hold our payments for 21 days, gather interest, and cha ching! They are making incredible amounts of money around their "Protecting the buyer" crap. I sold some NFL football tickets. The NFL doesn't issue season tickets any more. It is all done ELECTRONICALLY! When I sell the tickets, the buyer simply gets a notice from the NFL team and they accept them and print them out. Apparently this is not good enough for paypal, because they want tracking numbers, etc. HELLO!!!! Welcome to the 21st century. Tickets are NOT issued anymore. And like it was mentioned before, the buyer hasn't left the positive feedback, so I have to wait 21 days. SO - here's what the buyer gets out of the deal vs the seller. BUYER -The buyer buys the tickets. -Buyer prints out the tickets - Day 2 -Buyer enjoys the game with my tickets - Day 4 - Buyer does nothing and never visits ebay again Day 5 - eternity SELLER -Seller sells tickets - Buyer sends money through paypal- Day 1 -Sellers is informed there is a 21 day hold on the tickets... but by all means, ship the tickets anyway. - Seller "transfers tickets from NFL Ticket office - Day 2 - Seller is notified by NFL that tickets have been claimed and printed- Day 3 -Seller waits, and waits, and waits, and waits for money Day 4- Day 21 PAYPAL Earns interest on MY money and thousands of other sellers from day 1 - 21. PONZI SCHEME disguised as Buyer Protection! They are 'Using" our money for their own benefit. WHAT TO DO? Start using PAYMATE! Paymate was actually on the scene in the early days with eBay. They dissappeared when eBay bought PayPal and made them their main payment option for their wildly successful auction site. Now eBay has approved Paymate as another alternative for eBay sellers as a payment method. Paymate's big advantage over PayPal's standard method is that you don't have to be a Paymate user to make a payment. The customer enters their credit card on the payment page so they do not have to go signup with an account like they do with PayPal. For the one-time or occasional seller on eBay, PayPal accounts are great. But if you are a small merchant on eBay and elsewhere, you are taking more than an occasional payment from customers. Paymate gives your customers a simpler experience to shop with you making it a better alternative to PayPal. You can read more about paymate on their website at www.paymate.com.

SCisfedup · ‎Nov-12-2009

I've sold and bought on Ebay since the very first year Ebay was in business. Paypal "Froze" my main account about a year ago and they refuse to tell me why. Thankfully, I only had a couple dollars in there. I've called, emailed, and have done everything I could possibly do and they act like I did something wrong. The only thing they can say is that an Ebay user name is associated with my account that sold something illegal. When I call / email Ebay, they have no idea what I'm talking about and see absolutely no association. So --- I was so fed up I just created a new paypal account with new info and new email and yada yada yada. After ALL THAT - one of my first transactions with my new account.... gets HELD! 21 days. I have had it! I sold my NFL Football tickets to a game a couple of weeks ago. You don't "Ship" tickets, you send them electronically through your ticket account. The buyer has enjoyed the game and the game is OVER! But - regardless of my attempt to get him to leave positive feedback.... he has done nothing. ( New buyer to ebay ) So - Paypal tells me.... sorry... you must wait 3 weeks to get your money. Meanwhile, Paypal is most likely holding millions of dollars from their customers and earning interest on OUR money! If that is not horrible business practice I do not know what is. Paypal and Ebay do everything to protect the buyers and nothing to protect sellers. If Paypal is going to have this "21" day policy, they need to have practices in place to contact the buyers to remind them to leave good feedback if the item arrived. Right now - buyers can just do nothing and we have to wait 21 days. Paypal - I won't use you anymore. I have my own business and I'll use my credit card machine at my office from now on. Shame on you paypal!

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