[Hallicrafters] Ebay problems

[Howard Weeks]

I treat any so called credit card transaction through Ebay as being 
through Pay Pal and will not use it either.

Howard K5JCP

On 28 Aug 2008 at 20:51, Carl wrote:

> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Roger (K8RI)" <hallicraftersgroup at rogerhalstead.com>
> To: <kt4ae at bellsouth.net>
> Cc: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 7:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Ebay problems
> 
> 
> > Harry Vaught, KT4AE wrote:
> >> As a buyer only, I will only pay via PayPal.  I've passed up a number 
> >> of auctions which didn't accept it - also those which wouldn't accept 
> >> PayPal which was linked to a charge card.  I won't give PayPal access 
> >> to my bank account.
> 
> 
> > Which limits the amount you can use through Pay Pay.
> > OTOH I refuse to use PP at all. If they can accept PP they can accept 
> > a credit card.
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Roger (K8RI)
> 
> Thats incorrect.
> 
> In order to directly accept a credit card the seller has to sign up with 
> a card processing company. This can get quite expensive with fees and 
> all the other crap they try and sneak in. I ha to get very creative to 
> get out of that contract after they started adding fees on a regular 
> basis.
> 
> PayPal also offers a similar service at $30 a month flat fee which I 
> switched to about 2 years ago. The buyer hasnt a clue that its going 
> thru PayPal and I certainly wont tell them either!
> 
> Carl
> KM1H
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