mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
@this*old*attic wrote:Ah. In the cancelling of the Premier option, then, it makes sense to drop everyone into a basic account. That means users have to proactively opt in to a higher level.
Any chance the announcement was actually made a long time ago, and flew under folks’ radars?
I have to be honest, I think this one’s a bit tempest in a teapot as issues go.
IDK, I don't know why PP would state they never sent an email on it if they did. I also have not read from any poster here or elsewhere [it was talked about on other threads], that received an email on the subject. But I have a business account, so I would not have even been sent the email if one existed.
@mrv71 wrote:
@mam98031 wrote:When you are selling on Ebay, EVERY transaction is a business transaction. There are NO personal transactions allowed on this site. Like any business, our sales here should be claimed on our federal tax reports too. Sad but very true. And you do a nice little business here.
I'm personally like it that PP removed that option. There were lots of sellers misusing that block in PP.
You do not have to ship to an international address if you don't want to. You don't need the PP block to accomplish that. Just make sure your listings are set up correctly and that you have your Buyer Requirements in your Site Preferences set up correctly. There you can block International buyers that do NOT have US ship to addresses.
There is no problem to sell to an international buyer with a USA ship to address. You do pay a little more in PP fees, but other than that, you are still shipping to a US address so it is just like any other US shipment you may have.
International bidders can still bid and pay unless you block them in Paypal. People complained that eBay blocks alone don't work without Paypal blocks. And I would not sell to a foreign bidder who is using a reshipper because of too much fraud from their part.
This is inaccurate. The Ebay block is NOT blocking international buyers. The block on Ebay blocks International Buyers that have a ship to address that the seller doesn't ship to. In other words if the international buyer has a US ship to address, they are free to purchase from any seller on Ebay that ships to the US.
To use the PP block was blocking buyers that purchased from you on Ebay, within the rules of Ebay, yet the seller was preventing them from paying.
I've shipped to reshipper for years and NEVER had a single fraudulent issue. People tend to want to block this time of transaction out of fear and assumptions and not on experience or facts. The seller is ONLY responsible for the item to the address they ship to, so in this type of situation that is to the reshipper's address. Once that item is shipped off to another country, the buyer's coverage under the MBG is VOIDED, per the stated policy.
It is also important to keep in mind that we have a whole lot of people with International accounts that are here in the USA on work visas, extended vacations, or any number of reasons. So all these types of purchases are NOT going to a reshipping company.
There are many misconceptions about this process. And it just isn't as scary as some might like to make it seem to be.
@myjunqueyourtreasure wrote:
But you don;t sell high scam items, right? Like Iphones?
No I don't nor would I. But sellers in this category have an enormous burden in regards to scam buyers. Not just related to international buyers. It is a category that is filled with issues and sellers have all kinds of issues to work through. It is one of the highest if not the highest categories for fraud on Ebay.
With that said, it must still be a profitable endeavor as the category stays active and there are seasoned sellers there after all the years.
Most categories on Ebay are not like this one.
@mg152 wrote:
@myjunqueyourtreasure wrote:
Did you get an email saying Premier accounts would now be Personal accounts? Because I didn't.Yes I did and I upgraded to a business account.
You did? Would you please share it here. You are the first poster that has said they got this email, even PP has said they didn't send one. But as we know CSRs can sometimes be wrong.
@myjunqueyourtreasure wrote:
I wonder if they've also taken away our access to financial statements etc.
Log in and find out. Let us know. I would, but I have a business account, so I can't see what some of you are seeing.
