eBay

rebalew62-0 · ‎10-30-2018

Is anyone else out there concerned about Ebay eliminating Paypal ? I wonder if if will have an effect on my sales in the future. Feedback anyone ?

inthepastcollectibles · ‎11-17-2018

One further thing.....Walmart will be offering "layaway" again this Christmas shopping season. Can eBay compete with that?

fine_find · ‎11-18-2018

I'm a seller and a buyer. I walked away for the first time in my buying history, because the seller didn't have PayPal. I will not be buying from sellers who cannot give me the option of using PayPal. This is not to punish a seller but rather a way for me to let eBay know that they will loose sales without PayPal. In my opinion, it was rather stupid for them to remove PayPal from the seller's ability to choose which payment form they could accept.

I use PayPal in many places, not just eBay. As a seller, I like to have MY money available when I make it, and PayPal does that. I don't want eBay messing with in any fashion my bank account, including putting funds there.

fine_find · ‎11-18-2018

I walked away from my first seller who was using Adyen. I really wanted the item too, but only if I could purchase with PayPal. I will continue to do this with every item that is locked in to that service as well.

fine_find · ‎11-18-2018

As a seller I like to be supportive. But as a buyer, I will not make a purchase using Adyen. It is not personal. Like I said, I'm a seller too. But the truth is what it is and you should have that information. I walked away from my first possible purchase a few days ago because they did not have PayPal. I really wanted the item too.

eBay should find a way to get PayPal back before the summer of 2019. They are loosing sales.

grandma*neat*stuff · ‎11-18-2018

You have said exactly how I feel. When I buy, I want to use PayPal. I don't want my credit card number out there at some unknown site. If they don't take PayPal, I don't buy.

dptedora · ‎11-18-2018

I think with all the changes eBay has done over the last 4 or 5 years not for the better, not caring about their sellers and technical problems. Together with the Eliminating PayPal in 2021 that they will go under within a year or two.

bitbeat · ‎11-19-2018

I use my paypal $ to BUY on ebay. Separate account allows me to spend the money I earned. I hate this shift - it will mean more brain work for me.

usedjeepparts4u · ‎11-19-2018

Eliminating PayPal is just the next horrible decision that eBay will make. eBay does not look out for sellers, that is proven by eBay blindly siding with buyers with any dispute. Then they changed everyones return policy to their own policy, forcing good reputable buyers to accept any return when a buyer simply clicks "Return This Item". My understanding is, a couple years from now eBay will no longer offer PayPal as payment option. Good luck trying to remedy that disaster! The ONLY time eBay listens to a seller is when we have to call their call center to overturn another poorly decided case, and that is a challenge due to the language differences... I often spend an hour on the phone to do that, just as a matter of principle. I now offer NO returns on eBay, and find it helps with the automated return problem. How many problems do we the sellers continue to endure before we say this is not worth the hassle? I think I only have one more in me, before I close my eBay account. No eBay is not listening to any of the sellers. Too bad eBay used to be great, now it is dying a slow death as management decides what is best for something they know little about. I apperently spend more on Ebay fees than it costs to set my business up with its own online store, goodbye eBay!

rainbowcolorz · ‎11-19-2018

@dirk12955 said: Paypal is just like the first girl I ever kissed. Her name was Debbie and it was 1969.

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Hey, me too! Her name was Debbie but it was 1973. lol

fine_find · ‎11-19-2018

I agree. However, I think it will take more than a year or two. But down they will go is inevitable and they will have no one to blame but their CEOs who know nothing about the eBay we all knew.

fine_find · ‎11-19-2018

Would you guys get back to the topic at hand, or I'll start walking down my memory lane, and I can assure you, no one wants that.

edvigil · ‎11-20-2018

Today was the first time I tried to buy something, only to find out using Paypal was not an option. I cancelled the order rather than have to provide CC info. Later in day, I avoided ebay for 2 other things I would have bought here in the past. (Got one from Amazon, will get the other from Target next time I go there.)

Eventually, I'll likely cave and give ebay my CC info, but with easy alternatives that are already set up for me, and virtually everyone else taking Paypal, it'll have to be something I really can't get elsewhere. Sorry for the sellers who would have had my business a week ago.

grasshopperx · ‎11-20-2018

I am EXTREMELY concerned. That if ebay does this, it's over. The snobby craft site uses adyen and had Paypal. Just recently, they went totally managed payments. And they decided not let people use *stand alone paypal* anymore. They now have control over the sellers money and take the fees right out of their balances. Every fee. You can no longer pay your fees yourself, monthly. Of course now the sellers are finding fees, they never knew existed, coming out of their funds. Let me put it this way. The thread on their forums with 3000 complaints has been taken down. It's a total mess. HORROR is more like the word for it.