managed payment

[kdeedid2]

I have been a seller since 1999. I am not a big lister but sell the things I do not need around the house.  This new managed payment is not good for the sellers and Ebay!!! I have collections and  handmade items . I do not like the fact the payment is held for several day sometimes longer.I do not like to ship a item before payment is in my account.  I am asking am I the only one who has stopped posting because of this?? Ebay needs to fix this problem.  Go back to PayPal or something like it.  Ebay give us small sellers a break!!!

[releasethekraken_1]

eBay doesn't consider it a problem, and they have no intention of "fixing" it. This is how it's going to be. 

I still don't understand why people refuse to ship until the money is in their checking account. When your payments were being sent to PayPal, the money could always be taken right back out for 180 days. So "having it" was never the same as "keeping it".

[mtgraves7984]

You're not the only one who 'stopped posting'. Many sellers adapted and will stay. Good luck to you, however you proceed.

[rufreakinuts]

@releasethekraken_1  It's pretty simple. Trust. Anyone who's been owed money and didn't receive it is wary of "Don't worry, it's on the way." Even more so when its coming from a very large corporation that has proven time and time again that the sellers best interests are not their top priority. Rightfully so, mind you. Profit is the bottom line. It is what it is.  Honestly, after scouring these boards for the last few months, it doesn't really seem like its an issue. I can still see, however, where people would be distrustful when it comes to their money.

[releasethekraken_1]

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@rufreakinuts wrote:

@releasethekraken_1  It's pretty simple. Trust. Anyone who's been owed money and didn't receive it is wary of "Don't worry, it's on the way." Even more so when its coming from a very large corporation that has proven time and time again that the sellers best interests are not their top priority. Rightfully so, mind you. Profit is the bottom line. It is what it is.  Honestly, after scouring these boards for the last few months, it doesn't really seem like its an issue. I can still see, however, where people would be distrustful when it comes to their money.

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Some of those same people have been here long enough to have shipped out an item after being paid with a check that could bounce a month after the buyer received the item. Having the money show up instantly in our PayPal accounts was great, but the other selling sites don't operate that way. 

[rufreakinuts]

@releasethekraken_1 I completely understand what you're saying, and agree with you. I'm just saying, from another perspective, I can understand it. Especially, like you said, after so many years of having the instant gratification of paypal. It's understandable that some may be leery of such change.

[releasethekraken_1]

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@rufreakinuts wrote:

@releasethekraken_1 I completely understand what you're saying, and agree with you. I'm just saying, from another perspective, I can understand it. Especially, like you said, after so many years of having the instant gratification of paypal. It's understandable that some may be leery of such change.

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I can understand the concern when something changes. But so much of this is just irrational overreaction, without even trying to understand how it works. 

[rufreakinuts]

@releasethekraken_1 No question about it, but it's human nature. Most are resistant to change, especially when you're talking money.

[flixstuff]

FeeBay, feeBay, FeeBay. This is how it's going to be: as a seller for over 20 years on eBay, we've cut back out listings from 2000 to 250.   Can't recommend it to friends or family any more. It's not run by marketers  but by accountants now.