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When shopping online, eBay or smaller companies you dont know previously, what's safest and less possible hassles -- mailing a personal check, PayPal, or what?
-------------------- dennis kiernan independent artist san francisco, calif, usa Posts: 907 | From: san francisco, ca usa | Registered: Feb 2010
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If ebay- check up on feedback. Beware that people can have ebay names hijacked too.
Safest: cash on pickup. Least hassles: Paypal.
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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we've been using Ebay for several years with very little problems. PayPal is reasonably safe. I did have one person try to rip me off on Ebay. I sent him about $150 and he never sent the item.After a couple of emails and a phone call, He closed his listing and his Ebay account; but not before I had retrieved some of his contact info. A quick google got his name, and a record of a run-in with the law where he was convicted of grand theft. I emailed the sheriff's dept where he lived in Illinois and within hours they were calling me on the phone eager for me to press charges. I got my money back.
The safest I know of is an escrow service. You will have to pay a fee for it though. Basicly an escrow service will not release the money to the seller until you receive the merchandise and give them the OK.
-------------------- Wayne Webb Webb Signworks Chipley, FL 850.638.9329 wayne@webbsignworks.com Posts: 7403 | From: Chipley,Florida,United States | Registered: Oct 1999
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Our son very nearly bought a laptop via Ebay- good deal, goos specs, good price, but I told him to just wait & send a message first. I just didn't feel right about the whole scenario.
He sent him a message, then a second. We received an Ebay email 'your message could not be sent because the seller has been suspended'...it seems he was advertising & trying to sell things he did not posess & could not deliver...
Gut feeling really does help, with a healthy dose of scepticism! Having said that, we've bought & sold with very few hassles.
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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I have had only one purchase go bad..... in 13 years dealing on ebay. It was a bank deposit. Never got the item, no response. Never a glitch with Paypal.
-------------------- Bill'n'Annie Davidson Heathcote, NSW, Aus. my Aussie wife, a Toohey's Old, my Holden Ute, Retired from the rat race! Posts: 309 | From: Heathcote, NSW, Australia | Registered: Nov 1998
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Ive been doing ebay for several years and had jsut a few problems. always check the persons ratings and their feedback content as to how much they have. I must have a awesome relationship with my credit card company because the first sign of problems i contact them. they will take care of it quick!
The last problem i had was I bought some software on ebay and when I got it it was a freaking burned copy. SO i contacted seller and said refund my money, he refused and I contacted Adobe. You know what Adobe did? nothing HOWEVER I bought Dreamweaver NEW CD on ebay and tried to do my own website after I figured out I didnt have the patience I put the Dreamweaver BACK On ebay. AFTER the item had sold EBAY and ADOBE came after ME for selling pirated software LOL. This went on for bout 3 months and finally I found out what started the whole thing. When I listed the item I put on it "This product was never registered"....Ill know better next time when i list software.
-------------------- You ever notice how easily accessible people are when they are requiring your services but once they get invoice you can't reach them anymore
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I have an Ebay STORE and have been operating it since 2007.Betsy spends hours every day corresponding with potential buyers,making sure when they make a purchase the item leaves our inventory promptly.We also have tracking numbers to make sure our buyers get their items as well. When you operate in this manor you become a top rated seller and soon a power seller.Positive feedback is the only way to aquire this sales status.You can check out our feedback buy opening the STORE section and typing in BW CUSTOM SIGNS
-------------------- Bill Wood Bill Wood, Sign Artist 3628 Ogburn Ave., NE Winston-Salem, NC 27105-3752 336-682-5820 Posts: 397 | From: Winston-Salem, NC | Registered: May 2006
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PS...SignPros on Letterville hasn't seen my work,only the post I make.Any feedback from you guys will boost my self esteme and encourage me at the retirement age of 65 to continue to add more signs to Betsy's inventory.
-------------------- Bill Wood Bill Wood, Sign Artist 3628 Ogburn Ave., NE Winston-Salem, NC 27105-3752 336-682-5820 Posts: 397 | From: Winston-Salem, NC | Registered: May 2006
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I've been burned twice on ebay (out of 150 transactions) The first time the seller overnighted me a refund check so no big deal. The last one I had to file a PayPal dispute. PayPal "refunded" the money....but in the form of a PayPal gift certificate so I have to buy something else on ebay to actually use it.
-------------------- Pat Whatley Montgomery, AL (334) 262-7446 office (334) 324-8465 cell Posts: 1306 | From: Wetumpka, AL USA | Registered: Mar 2001
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screw that, you didnt pay with a gift certificate did you? PAYPAL sucks and ebay sucks ONLY because they could care less about the seller. If your a buyer you cna do whatever you want but they abuse their sellers to the max
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