[Milsurplus] eBay does it

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Unfortunately, all that that is going to accomplish, at least after the new 
rules actually go into effect, is to get the seller in trouble with eBay if he 
agrees to it.  And probably get him a Negative Feedback which he cannot do 
anything about if he refuses (eBay claims that they will remove any received for 
that reason but you know what their claims are worth).  Ebay has already 
stated explicitly that sellers accepting checks or money orders outside the system 
will be charged with a policy violation.  If the seller has Power Seller 
status, 5 such violations in 60 days will cause him to lose it.

Further, I fully expect to see the button in My eBay where a seller can mark 
an item as PAID disappear.  eBay's KGB computer will no doubt also be 
programmed to look for sales that are marked as shipped but not marked as paid.

On the other hand, it is unfortunate that some sellers have jumped the gun.  
We don't intend to make any changes until the last week of October.

And just for the record, I totally disagree with almost every rule change 
that they have made or announced this year.  For one thing, until they came up 
with this check and MO thing, every one either hurt sellers but not buyers or 
hurt both.  But I am not going to risk getting caught violating them, either.

In a message dated 8/28/2008 10:41:26 PM Central Daylight Time, n7rk at cox.net 
writes: 
> You should be able to get around that by not going through the ebay 
> checkout system. E-mail the seller directly. You should have his e-mail 
> address when you receive the "sold" e-mail from ebay
> 
> Dave N7RK

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480   
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