[Milsurplus] Fw: Beware this seller!

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Actually, accepting a check or Money Order is not officially against eBay 
policy.  You just can't say in an ad that you will do so.

You also do not have to have a PayPal account in order to sell on eBay.  
However, you must have some other way to accept electronic payments, which 
basically means having a merchant account to accept credit cards.  We have 
both, and accept checks and MO's once in a while.  But I know a couple of 
sellers who only have a merchant account.

In a message dated 4/3/2011 9:55:59 PM Central Daylight Time, 
kd7jyk at earthlink.net writes: 
> :I don't think you can open an eBay account, and certainly cannot sell,
> : without giving eBay a credit card number. I don't think a "prepaid" 
> store
> : bought card works either.
> 
> I opened two more accounts recently because they limit their searches to 
> 100
> items, rather than a more realistic (for me) 300 or 500 per account.  The
> only requirement was that I use a different e-mail address and user name 
> for
> each one.  I have bought and made payments through them without any 
> trouble.
> 
> Here is a note from a seller I just won an auction with a few minutes ago,
> note that three of the four payment options are "against ebay policy":
> 
> "I will accept PERSONAL CHECKS up $30.00 AMOUNTS ABOVE THAT MUST BE 
> Pay-Pal,
> Money Order, or Certified bank check ONLY"
> 
> I'll pay with paypal because it's convenient and free to me, but he'll 
> take
> a loss on the transaction.
> 
> Kurt
> 

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