[Boatanchors] Epay values

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I love EBay, PayPal and the USPS, it’s so easy to sell and ship items and buy things I’d never have found otherwise.  For me it’s like an exchange system, things I don’t need anymore get sold to someone that wants them and I get things someone else has no need for.  Maybe I’ve gotten a sixth sense about buyers and sellers but 99.9% of my transactions have been great.  Just my opinion.

Ben

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> On Mar 7, 2019, at 11:40 AM, Tom Chesek via Boatanchors <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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> On Thu, Mar 7, 2019 at 12:23 PM -0500, "Bill Fenech" <wfenech at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> My interest in ebay dropped considerably after they began pressuring if
> not requiring buyers and sellers to use Paypal.  If I can't pay for
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>> with a regular credit card and would have to sign up for a Paypal account
> to make a payment, I don't bother, although some Paypal sales allow non-
>> members to submit payment with a CC and I'm OK with that.
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> on a couple occasions where I purchased something thru Ebay using a credit
> card, my CC number ended up being hacked/used fraudulently within a couple
> weeks. for whatever reason, it seems Ebay can't seem to secure their
> backend databases from getting hacked. Using Paypal to buy Ebay merchandise
> solved the issue. Speculation on my part, but perhaps that's why Ebay
> instituted that policy.
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> On Thu, Mar 7, 2019 at 9:15 AM Donald Chester  wrote:
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>>> So many pretend to despise eBay by using euphemisms such as epay etc. ,
>>> but as many know it has brought together many buyers and sellers who
>>> would never had made a connection without the venue. I agree that the
>>> fees have grown too much but where would we be without it? We would
>>> be searching hamfests and maybe never finding what we want.
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>>> Tom k3tvc
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>> Calling them "epay" doesn't necessarily mean despising them, but it does
>> point out some degree of resentment, primarily of the fact that ebay has
>> caused the prices of vintage equipment and components, along with other
>> radio and non-radio stuff, to rise and in some  cases skyrocket at flea
>> markets, estate sales and other non-ebay venues.  Another similar example
>> of using language to express derision or mild contempt  is the term
>> "slopbucket" for SSB.
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>> I have won only one or two bids, and purchased a few buy-it-now items, and
>> I would likely not have found those items otherwise. Epay, ebay or whatever
>> you choose to call it, has kept a lot of nice stuff out of the landfill.
>> My interest in ebay dropped considerably after they began pressuring if not
>> requiring buyers and sellers to use Paypal.  If I can't pay for something
>> with a regular credit card and would have to sign up for a Paypal account
>> to make a payment, I don't bother, although some Paypal sales allow
>> non-members to submit payment with a CC and I'm OK with that.
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>> I'm not sure "euphemism" is the correct term for this; it's meaning is
>> precisely the opposite: "Euphemism" is defined as "an inoffensive or
>> indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered
>> offensive or too harsh".  Examples of euphemism include "shrinkage" as the
>> retail trade's euphemism for "shoplifting", and "passing away" as a
>> euphamism for "dying".  "Breaking wind" is another one.
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>> Some people seriously lack a sense of humour.
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>> Don k4kyv
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