[Milsurplus] EBay to hold money 21 days!

[RICHARD SOLOMON]

The key phrase here is ..."if a positive feedback was received"... .

If you don't receive PF, it is an indication to the e-Pay Robot

that something may be amiss.

 

I for one have no problem with this.

 

73, Dick, W1KSZ
 
> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 12:53:14 -0500
> From: radioman390 at cs.com
> Subject: [Milsurplus] EBay to hold money 21 days!
> 
> I just listed an item on EBay, and there was a new section advising me that any funds received from a buyer
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> could/would be held for 21 days if processed by Paypal.
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> The exception would be if a positive feedback was received, OR EBay got
> proof of delivery. Of course since they only allow USPS or UPS
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> tracking, it forces me into dropping FedEx ground which is better than UPS by far.
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> There are a few other ways to get money sooner, but I can't meet the requirements
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> for example I must have received 20 or more detailed seller ratings (I'm up to 13, even though I have a 900+ 
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> positive rating of 100%, because most people ignore the stupid 5-star part of the Feedback report)..
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> They've put so many obstacles in the way, that I can only surmise that this is being done to
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> 1) collect interest on our money
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> 2) they're in financial trouble, or see it coming
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> Is this an effort to get rid of us casual sellers? EBay is really after the Amazon market, IMHO.
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> I have a few shares of Ebay; for me it's time to dump them. They've lost their way.
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