If you find any other method to buy from X vendor is very likely a scam.
Even then Don't allow PayPal access to a main checking account. Many have big problems with them and can take weeks to never settle any problem.
I pay anything online and offline only w/ Credit Cards not Debit Cards. CC are different from DC and better protected by Fed Banking Laws. DC "protection" is at the whim of individual banks and they can change whatever rules w/o warning.
------------------ Dr. Ian Malcolm: Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should. (Jurassic Park)
Ebay is phasing in a new payment option (forget what it is called), but it is still voluntary at this point (I haven't been forced to switch). I will pay a little more for the same item to purchase through paypal vs. signing up for the new program.
"PayPal spokeswoman Amanda Miller said the company will "continue to provide a comprehensive payments solution to eBay through July 2020." It will also remain a payment option at checkout for eBay customers until July 2023."
Seriously, doesn't anybody actually READ the linked articles at all?
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Maybe I was not clear in my original post, so I'll state it again: Ebay is preventing merchants from using paypal. I called ebay, and they confirmed this on these exact items.
Don't know what to tell you. I've been selling on ebay for about 20yrs at this point. Right now I have over 200 items listed and generally sell around 1-2 per a day. I only accept Paypal as a payment option and have had no problems as of yet.
Sams club is now trying to force people to use their card, as is costco. Bye, bye.
I do not know about Sam's Club but Costco only accepts Visa this year and they do not care who issued it. I personally do not use a Costco Visa and purchase things there on a regular basis. BTW, prior to going to Visa last year, Costco only accepted American Express for credit card payments. I assume that they negotiated a better deal with Visa and then changed. Who knows what will happen next time they negotiate a new card agreement?
BTW, I purchased two items on eBay last week and used PayPal with no issues.
Nelson
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Maybe I was not clear in my original post, so I'll state it again: Ebay is preventing merchants from using paypal. I called ebay, and they confirmed this on these exact items.
For the last year, ebay merchants (I am one of them, been a member since August 1999) have been getting emails and other notices requesting/suggesting to switch to the new ebay pay system. Some merchants are making the switch and moving on (I will call them voluntary early adopters - and they might be getting some incentive by ebay to participate to help the new system gain momentum), many are sticking with paypal as long as they possibly can (I am still paypal only for all my listings). When the day does come where ebay forces the non-voluntary merchants to switch, many like me will simply just walk away from ebay. Likewise, when paypal is no longer accepted for any product on ebay, many customers will also walk away and the merchants will lose sales.
I consider this similar to the Photobucket debacle... those of us that stood our ground, did nothing, and waited them out, eventually had everything restored to just like it was before (as a paying customer $30/yr I never lost any links to any of my pictures). Ebay is trying to persuade everyone to switch and push paypal off their platform to gain market share and margin, but when enough merchants choose not to, they will have to make a hard decision.... by switching early, many merchants are currently losing sales, and when the deadline to switch comes and ebay sees that 50% or more of their merchants haven't voluntarily switched, then will have to think about the consequences to forcing the switch... loose merchants and lose customers.
I buy a lot of stuff from large sellers on ebay, and sometimes have an issue where a vendor won't accept paypal. When that happens, I go back out to the search list and go down the list until I find one that does, and buy it from them. Sometimes it costs a little more, but it is worth it to avoid the hassle of needing to add yet a 3rd pay system to my LLC.
The other little trick ebay is doing to make the issue look more wide spread than it is, when you use the cart function to buy from multiple vendors, if one of them doesn't accept paypal, you get the notice on all of them (even though some do still accept paypal). What you have to do is only pay one vendor at a time (those that accept paypal) and then find an alternative vendor. In the big brother world we are living it, I can't help but to think they are monitoring people actions when they encounter this. Do they just sign up to complete the purchase or do they take the long way around to purchase what they want w/o joining the new pay system...
Anymore, I pay attention to the payment methods when I am looking at the part and don't add anything to the cart from a vendor that doesn't accept paypal.
The tide definitely is coming in regards to the new ebay pay system, but paypal hasn't been completely phased out at this point, and I am fighting the process by choosing which merchants on ebay still get my $$$.
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Didn't read any of the articles because I'm to lazy. Paypal will remain as an option for payment....it will not be listed in front of the other credit card logo's ( in other words no more suggestive selling ).
By 2023 Paypal will be an option BUT will no longer process credit card transactions. What this means to me is that I have to use Paypal credit or a Paypal balance only. I wonder how the new company will handle a credit line such as Paypal credit? Will it be Adyen credit?
I use Paypal on Ebay. It is linked to a bank account, but there is only enough in that account to cover a purchase for that day. If I buy something for $20, I transfer $20 to that account right at the transaction. It is 'protected' by a credit card on that account. BUT that credit card expired years ago. No one can steal anything. Now if I get a bad deal and want my money back, all its costing is that money for that product for the time they take to work it out. I dont buy stuff for a price im not willing to forget about. losing $15 for a camera battery is not going to bother me. I give more than that for tips at dinner. I dont buy big stuff there anymore, I go direct to seller companies for that. Then the card I use is totally protected from fraud.
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Originally posted by IMSA GT: By 2023 Paypal will be an option BUT will no longer process credit card transactions. What this means to me is that I have to use Paypal credit or a Paypal balance only. I wonder how the new company will handle a credit line such as Paypal credit? Will it be Adyen credit?
OK, that totally sucks. Having the Credit Card payment method allows for a second line of dispute, if needed, also accrues frequent flier miles (for the cards I use), and keeps PayPal out of my extra bank account. This is exactly what I hate about these e-Commerce companies ... they Force customers to give up features instead of listening to what customers want.