[Phono-L] eBay

[Mike Stitt]

Well on the other hand if you list your Phonos on their adult (porn?) side
you can take a MO.
I'm afraid this P.P only will have be detrimental for collectors. Many folks
may use different venue's such as this to sell.  At the end of the day it
should be* your* choice as a buyer or seller to paid anyway you want....
I'd love to see data six months from now on how many have registered as new
and how many have de-registered. Data over say three years. Any bets?

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Douglas Houston <cdh041 at earthlink.net>wrote:

> Purely and simply, eBay has gotten too big for their breeches. PayPal is
> their banking arm, and they want more and more cut from the sales. It may
> be that there is buyer protection if PP is used, but considering eBay's
> policy of: "If you're screwed, tough gazotz", the notion of any extended
> comfort for the buyer is purely a joke. I've been swindled by a seller, and
> eBay's "Fair Trade" is the sham that one would expect it to be.  Whether or
> not, their policy will damage them, remains to be seen. They probably
> figure that they have a strong enough PayPal base to maintain sales levels
> strongly enough to thumb their snoots at those of us who don't use Pay Pal.
> There may be more noses to thumb at them than they expect. Time will tell
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Mike Stitt <smstitt at gmail.com>
> > To: Antique Phonograph List <phono-l at oldcrank.org>
> > Date: 11/14/2008 1:58:25 PM
> > Subject: [Phono-L] eBay
> >
> > As eBay is always a hot topic what about the new policy at eBay.
> > I'm not an eBay collector but it does have a useful purpose. It seems
> that
> > buyers and sellers must use Paypal. The best I can tell as I write this
> is
> > eBay does not release the seller address unless through Paypal...!!  At
> > least I couldn't find it. I had to email the seller (he said no Paypal in
> > his description).
> > Starting in January as I understand it any mention of cash, money order
> and
> > the like will result in the listing being pulled. Starting in 2012 Paypal
> > will report to IRS transactions over $20k in total or 200 or more
> > transactions per year.
> >
> > This is from their boards. I have a hard time finding much from eBay so I
> > may stand corrected.
> >
> > The question is how will eBay grow and attract more buyers? Will new
> people
> > registering go through the Paypal drill? I wouldn't.  Many will not.
> > Of those already registered how many do not do have Paypal. After years
> of
> > pushing and still not giving their bank account numbers to eBay will
> they?
> > How many of those will walk? What is the arrogance of this in a declining
> > economy ?
> > Thoughts. I have one. As seen this AM, sell on phono-l. Use photobucket
> or
> > Picasa to post pictures. Picasa will host them and just put the link in
> your
> > email.
> >
> > Loran and I talked about this new eBay policy last night. Looking for
> more
> > thoughts.
> > Mike
> > aka Oldcranky
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