New ways eBay is making life hard for occasional private sellers

[missbelz15]

Am I the only one offended by eBay's grabbing the buyers money and telling sellers "Trust us  you have been paid" go ahead and send the item now but with no sign of the money in our accounts . And then several days later they own up to having received the money and will send it on to us minus their fees of course in a day or so.

Further to this they are charging us the paypal 3.5% even though the money doesn't go to paypal at all but eventually , to our bank account perhaps 5 or 6 days after the payment was made.

Am I just being picky about this or do others think even by eBay standards this is over the top.

[4channel]

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@gutterpunkz05 wrote:

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@4channel wrote:

Yes but there are a whole plethora of issues relating to MP and this is just one of the many expressions of frustration. Things worked fine before they were changed.  Ebay has become less user friendly and more intrusive into the area of privacy. This was a non essential move.

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Sorry, but you have just displayed your total ignorance relating to managed payments, which was introduced to comply with government legislation.

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Reply: - Ebay asking for bank account passwords is non essential. It is immoral and obscene. Whatever legislation relates to eBay's forcing sellers to give more details and eBay themselves asking for info is non essential. That is also immoral and obscene!

[4channel]

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@sugar249 wrote:

Be interested to know what your privacy concerns are

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My privacy concerns are the same as those of any person who thinks for themselves and is concerned about  and puts value on what really matters in life.

[sugar249]

So you cant really tell us what privacy concerns you have

[4channel]

*SIGH*

[repentatleisure1952]

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@4channel wrote:

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@0439justimber wrote:

Ebay managed payments is DESIGNED, so sellers have to wait for their money, while ebay uses sellers funds to make more money. Ebay is NOW very DISHONEST with sellers money, VERY

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Hey 0439justimber, I hear what you say. Yeah, you do have a bit of a point. I can't really disagree with you here. I was thinking about selling again, mainly to downsize.  And with what you've said, well yeah ...  that's probably why I won't sell much here.

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As eBay do NOT have the funds "to make more money" how can there be "?a bit of a point"?

[sugar249]

@tuckcase1989  as with all the comments made by @4channel on several posts, they are all motherhood statements,  but when you ask for details,  no substance can be supplied.   They are an ex seller,  who really doesnt have a clue.

[repentatleisure1952]

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@sugar249 wrote:

@tuckcase1989  as with all the comments made by @4channel on several posts, they are all motherhood statements,  but when you ask for details,  no substance can be supplied.   They are an ex seller,  who really doesnt have a clue.

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No argument from me on that score.

[missbelz15]

Exactly my conclusion !

[missbelz15]

I'm not I am now on managed payments and eBay were so crafty in presenting it I didn't even realise it was optional . Is there a way to opt out of this?

[gutterpunkz05]

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@4channel wrote:

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@gutterpunkz05 wrote:

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@4channel wrote:

Yes but there are a whole plethora of issues relating to MP and this is just one of the many expressions of frustration. Things worked fine before they were changed.  Ebay has become less user friendly and more intrusive into the area of privacy. This was a non essential move.

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Sorry, but you have just displayed your total ignorance relating to managed payments, which was introduced to comply with government legislation.

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Reply: - Ebay asking for bank account passwords is non essential. It is immoral and obscene. Whatever legislation relates to eBay's forcing sellers to give more details and eBay themselves asking for info is non essential. That is also immoral and obscene!

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Again, you are only confirming that you are totally clueless on the issue of managed payments.  There is nothing immoral or obscene about the requirements,  the issue of bank account passwords is not an issue as it is only used as part of a world recognized account identification system, known as the micro deposit identification system.  The password is not retained by ebay and in any event it can simply be changed after verification for those who believe it is a security issue.   I also very much doubt that you are aware, that ebay can be instructed at any time to obtain further information from sellers and upon any such request a seller will be given a deadline to comply, any refusal or failure to comply will result in all sales funds being frozen.

While you claim to keep abreast of matters that may affect other members, it would appear from reading your posts  for many years, while refraining from commenting, that the majority of your posts are biased and from an ill-informed position.   Quite frankly most should come with a disclaimer.