mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
You may want to review your Buyer Requirements in your Site Preferences. It was updated last month.
I don't know of any, but then I never said there was such a site. If you are suggesting that Ebay doesn't allow you to change how you pay, that has not been my experience.
OK I was NOT being "condescendingly telling" you anything. It appears you want to read more into what I posted than was actually there. That won't help you in any way except to likely further upset you because you are assuming stuff not said or implied.
I would be happy to have a civil conversation with you on this subject, but it appears you mind is made up so it probably wouldn't serve any purpose as it appears your interest is in throwing out insults.
As to humans not real big on change. It is just a normal human reaction. That is a FACT.
https://training.nottingham.ac.uk/Public/Managing-Change-Four-Stages-of-Change-Factsheet.pdf
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/7-common-reactions-change-how-respond-them-ken-blanchard
And there is much more on the internet regarding this subject.
Again you assume too much. It is very common to provide links to various things as a discussion goes on. It is a way for others to view the supporting data so they can better understand any given subject at hand. It certainly doesn't mean you need to read it, it only is given for those that may want to look.
"I'm sorry, but "Most internet sites require payment before a purchase goes through" seems to intimate that there are sites that use the same "pay before you purchase" model that eBay is adopting."
No need to apologize, but again you are assuming stuff I did not say. Your interpretation is very different from the intent of what I posted. I never even implied that ANY other site "used the same" system as Ebay.
There are very few sites that actually even have auctions anymore. There are some specialty auction houses and they all have their own TOS and payment terms. You'd have to research each of them to see what their requirements are.
But if it is a fixed price listing, all sites that I'm aware of require payment before the actual purchase goes through. Ebay is just trying to fix a problem that sellers have had for years with buyers that don't pay after winning an auction.
This is one of those things where a few bad apples spoiled it for the more responsible buyers out there, which is most buyers. There are however enough of these bad apples that it costs sellers dearly over the year when a buyer does not pay upon purchase.
The next time you go to make an offer or bid on an auction you will get the opportunity to change your payment method within those Ebay accepts.
@paulrowlands wrote:Phew - I was able to bid on something, so it looks like normality is resumed...
Sellers control if the payment authorization appears when you go to bid on something or make an offer. So it didn't really go away, you just are dealing with a seller that doesn't require it.
@paulrowlands wrote:Those are interesting replies; I don't want to change the way things work for me, so I'll simply not bid/offer on items which try and force it on me.
The sellers may be having issues which they feel need fixing, but they'll be turning me away too.
There's nothing on eBay that I need to buy immediately and can't get elsewhere, so scaling back isn't an issue.
Sellers have the right to be paid. Ebay gave us these tools because of for years way too many buyers would bid and never pay or make an offer and never pay. Leaving the seller to hold the bag. Have their items unavailable for the purchase by a buyer that was really going to pay as well. So it can be very expensive for a seller.
