Paypal alternative

[teatowel_baby]

Hi,
I have been selling on eBay for about 6 months now and have 40+ positive feedback. No negative. I am sick of Paypal holding my money for no reason when I have had no issues.

I recently sold an item and mailed it immediately and Aust Post have lost the item and will be reimbursing me as the item was insured. I have given ebay and the buyer all this info and have refunded the buyer while I wait for the reimbursement from Aust Post. The buyer put in a case to ebay and they ruled in their favour even though I have all tracking info and emails from Aust Post and have refunded the buyer. Ebay has now debuted my paypal account the amount of the item even thought the buyer has been refunded so they have recived twice the money back! Should I appeal to ebay/paypal or is this a waste of my time? I have tried to speak to someone on the phone but have got nowhere.

Is there any alternative to using paypal? I know you can use a merchant account but assume this is complicated to set up etc. Does the paypal all in one payment system - Paypal Payments Standard work the same way as a normal paypal account?

Someone else mentioned Braintree to me also. Is this not allowed as a payment method on ebay?

Sorry for all the questions - I'm confused and annoyed!!

[phorum_junkie*]

I Have used Paynow for a site overseas as a buyer.

You may have used it or any one of the very many alternative 3rd party payment gateways however to list on the Australian ebay site you have to offer one of either Paypal,  Paymate or a merchannt facility for direct card payments.

[barbie1663]

Proof of post is NOT and should not be proof of delivery

Proof of post may prove a parcel / item was handed over BUT it does not gaurantee the seller has sent the parcel to the correct

address !  An item may state "delivered"  but in some cases to who ?

Unless a printed record of the address can be produced, it is assumed that every

seller / sender is 100 % on their game , which some are definately not

eg. a neighbour delivered my parcel once because the sender wrote the wrong house number ..

another seller sent my item to a completely different state because they got addresses "mixed up"

tracking stated delivered, but not to me .. If the wrong recipients weren"t honest I would

end up with no items and out of pocket

So yeah , before I ( the buyer ) gets accused of having my item, when I actually dont

I am glad the seller actually has to prove they sent it to my address

Just sayin ...