[TenTec] Buying on EBay

[john ferro]

more hams should be using paypal, period! - have you ever sent a MO to a person and received nothing - not a good feeling? paypal protects both buyer and seller, especially on ebay. this piece of mind alone is worth any small hassle paypal can be from time to time. personally i've never had a problem with paypal and i have done thousands of transactions. i think alot of hams have a problem with the 3% sellers fee, so they spread bogus rumors about paypal - like i said many hams are cheap. 3% is simply the cost of protection and doing business - i gladly pay it when using paypal.

> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:34:23 -0400
> From: psussman at pactor.com
> To: tentec at contesting.com; wmgoins at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Buying on EBay
> 
> In the past I've had some serious problems with Pay-PAl and EBAY.
> 
> In private emails, several sellers have told me that they were "under
> pressure" from Ebay to ONLY use PAy-PAl. Two specifically had their
> listings denied or modified because (they said) "for the sales of
> electronics, Ebay currently only supports PAY-PAL as the specific
> method of payment."
> 
> One was even 'warned' that accepting another form of payment for an
> EBAY auction constituted a violation of the sellers terms of service
> and as such would evict the seller from future sales.
> 
> PAYPAL is NOT regulated and can sieze funds and make rules that are
> not subject to oversight. I heartily suggest that before using PAYPAL
> that everyone reads their Terms of Service. Then decide for yourself!
> 
> 
> 73 de Phil - N8PS
> 
> ---------
> 
> Quoting Michael Goins <wmgoins at gmail.com>:
> 
> > Paul,
> > 
> > I agree with Jon and the others. I have over 400 transactions there
> > over the last 10+ years, trying different gear and then selling and
> > trying something else, and I've never had a single issue as the vast
> > majority of the sellers of ham gear are hams. Having a look at their
> > standing lets you know if there have been issues in the past and it's
> > not bee any different there, for me, than using eham.net or qth.com or
> > any other ham site.
> > 
> > Michael Goins, kwmg
> > Professor, Writing
> > University of Texas at San Antonio
> > 
> > 
> -- snip --
> 
> 
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