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| Re: Who uses eBay/PayPal? [message #305903 is a reply to message #305902] |
Thu, 27 December 2007 10:27   |
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Goztow
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I use ebay and am happy with it. Don't buy PC games: big chance that the serial that comes with it will already be in use and/or banned.
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| Re: Who uses eBay/PayPal? [message #305925 is a reply to message #305902] |
Thu, 27 December 2007 11:23 |
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Crimson
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Pay very close attention to the feedback rating of the user you buy from. Make sure they have a decent history of successfully selling the same or similar item to what you want to buy. PayPal is a very safe way to conduct these transactions. If the seller never delivers, PayPal is the only way you really have a good chance of getting your money back.
I've had dozens of successful eBay transactions as a buyer and a seller. You're going to hit a random idiot who tries to take your money and run, but those can be almost completely avoided by watching the seller's feedback religiously.
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| Re: Who uses eBay/PayPal? [message #306049 is a reply to message #305902] |
Thu, 27 December 2007 18:31 |
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Crimson
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PayPal does take a percentage but it's pretty comparable to fees for a merchant account. My online store accepts regular credit cards as well as PayPal and Google Checkout. I can't recall PayPal ever being down when I needed to use it. In fact, in a multi-server, multi-data center setup that they use, there's almost no way they could possibly be down except for maintenance periods which are unavoidable when you're dealing with finances and timed processing.
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| Re: Who uses eBay/PayPal? [message #306050 is a reply to message #305902] |
Thu, 27 December 2007 18:34 |
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Crimson
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All it boils down to is that you should be moderately knowledgeable about what you're doing. I've been using eBay and PayPal for something like 5 or 6 years and I've never actually lost any money with it. I did buy something once that wasn't shipped but PayPal took my money back from the seller when I reported them and I bought it from someone else, no big deal.
If you're reasonably computer savvy, not a moron, and not a paranoid idiot, you should have no problems using eBay and PayPal to buy things.
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| Re: Who uses eBay/PayPal? [message #306053 is a reply to message #305902] |
Thu, 27 December 2007 18:36 |
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That doesn't mean their servers are down. There are probably a dozen or more routers you pass through on your way to their servers, not to mention local computer issues.
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| Re: Who uses eBay/PayPal? [message #306118 is a reply to message #305965] |
Thu, 27 December 2007 22:40 |
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| cmatt42 wrote on Thu, 27 December 2007 16:16 |
The poll was confusing at best, but I like PayPal. Though, most of the online stores I want to buy from still don't accept it, it works well when it is accepted.
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Download the Virtual Card. It lets you use your PayPal account as a credit card, so the store doesn't have to accept PayPal. I've used it, and it works seamlessly.
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| Re: Who uses eBay/PayPal? [message #306194 is a reply to message #306049] |
Fri, 28 December 2007 09:24 |
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| Crimson wrote on Thu, 27 December 2007 20:31 |
PayPal does take a percentage but it's pretty comparable to fees for a merchant account.
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I don't know, but Paypal taking 15 bucks out of 70 I'm transfering to my mother's account as a "fee" didn't exactly look fair to me.
That's when I told Paypal to fuck off.
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| Re: Who uses eBay/PayPal? [message #306213 is a reply to message #305902] |
Fri, 28 December 2007 10:20 |
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The fee on $130.00 USD is $5.37 USD and that's on an international "cross-border" transaction. I don't know what sort of crazy fee schedule you guys are on.
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| Re: Who uses eBay/PayPal? [message #306223 is a reply to message #306118] |
Fri, 28 December 2007 11:07 |
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cmatt42
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| cheesesoda wrote on Thu, 27 December 2007 23:40 |
Download the Virtual Card. It lets you use your PayPal account as a credit card, so the store doesn't have to accept PayPal. I've used it, and it works seamlessly.
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Er, does it go by another name? I can't find "Virtual Card" anywhere.
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| Re: Who uses eBay/PayPal? [message #306243 is a reply to message #306225] |
Fri, 28 December 2007 12:28 |
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Thank you everyone for your information and assurances. Thank you Crimson for sharing a lot of details!
Yeah, I was partly aware of the fact you need to buy from sellers with good ratings. Anyway, I am buying games from the old days just for some fun (like Tanarus, Incoming, etc). I know this one particular lady whose been runnin an eBay store for the past 6 years seeling toys, books and rare computer games. She had made thousands of sales and not a single customer left a nagative rating. She has this rare game I have been looking forward to own for 2 years!
Anyway, thanks to all for your great help! 
P.S. I won't be selling anything (atleast for now till I get the hang of the system!).
EDIT:
Please forgive if I messed up the poll and you found it confusing. This is my first poll! 
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| Re: Who uses eBay/PayPal? [message #306466 is a reply to message #305902] |
Sat, 29 December 2007 10:50 |
JPNOD
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Used Ebay and Paypal. I used to find it a little bit scary but that's just because my parents were scared and they always were like: "never buy something on the internet!". Most big shops are as safe as it can get when it comes to receiving stuff, I bought a CPU secondhanded once, ( It was broken) the guy send me a good on in return). Though I would not buy anyting else on the internet like clothing, as nothing comes to touching the real stuff, and see if it fits.
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