Dumb Ebay question, but important

[CobraCoffee]

Hey,

I haven't run into this yet in my limited Ebay interection. I was wondering if someone could answer this.

My wife is selling some stuff on Ebay, and the person paid yet I cannot accept the payment unless I upgrade to a premier account. I read and it says I need to pay a fee because this person is paying with a credit card to my Paypal account.

Now my wife stated "Paypal only" so I guess this could be misunderstood as "you pay our paypal anyway you want?"


I am also being told I cannot accept the payment unless I upgrade to premier status. I looked for the fees on the site buty it only gives me the fee of the actual transaction I am trying to do. Are there annual fees for being a premier account or will I only pay everytime someone uses a credit card? Are there risks? shoulod I ask the person to choose a different payment method? and last, should I just upgrade to a premier seeing as this may happen again? Is it free?

*****this is a question about Paypal membership, not Ebay...sorry

Thanks for the help!

=COBRACOFFEE

[CobraCoffee]

anyone know?

[Glumby]

You probably only have a personal account (buying only) and you need to upgrade to Premier (buying and selling). I have a premier account but didnt pay any additional charges.

The person buying your items can pay through credit card, funds in his/her paypal account or gift cards.

[CobraCoffee]

I have already sold a number of things to people through Ebay and personal (here on Hisstank) and have never been asked to upgrade to recieve payment.

Why is it not automatically going through and forcing me to accept a premeir upgrade to get my funds. Also, I noticed that if I upgrade I will then have to pay a "per transaction fee" everytime from now one that I would not normally pay with my current Personal Paypal.

Any thoughts?

[HissCommander]

if the buyer pays by credit card there is an additional fee that you "the seller" pays for instead of the buyer. I think thats crap.

you need a premier account to accept payments from ebay buyers that pay via credit card and E-checks

If they just do a funds transfer between accounts, or pay using a bank account then a "personal" account is all you need.

[CobraCoffee]

Then how did I recieve payments for Figures I sold on Ebay already through Paypal? Did they just send it outside of Ebay? or what? Is this fiasco happening because the buyers is chosing to pay paypal using a Ebay portal to it?

[PooVader]

They have a 800 number to answer such questions

[MAJOR BLOOD]

Pay Pal is no pal of mine. They should just have a set rate for each transaction instead of a percentage. For how many people use it a .20 or .30 cent charge would add up quick and be worth a seller using their service. I too was forced into the premium account. The response I got was they need to make their money too. I think they have more customers than I could even think of generating. Oh well, everyone has to get theirs I guess.

[HissCommander]

Then how did I recieve payments for Figures I sold on Ebay already through Paypal? Did they just send it outside of Ebay? or what? Is this fiasco happening because the buyers is chosing to pay paypal using a Ebay portal to it?

if they have funds in their paypal account aldread and transfer it directly to you, or they transfer funds from their bank account then you can use a "personal" account as far as i know. Anything that has to do with credit card purchased requires a "premier" account

[CobraCoffee]

They have a 800 number to answer such questions



They sure do, but I wanted to talk to real live friendly people right here on Hisstank. Besides, you never know.. I may be asking a question others may be wondering about.

[PooVader]

They sure do, but I wanted to talk to real live friendly people right here on Hisstank. Besides, you never know.. I may be asking a question others may be wondering about.

Meh your right! Sorry :P

[CobraCoffee]

if they have funds in their paypal account aldread and transfer it directly to you, or they transfer funds from their bank account then you can use a "personal" account as far as i know. Anything that has to do with credit card purchased requires a "premier" account


Yes, and it seems there is no way around it. I have contected the buyer of a product my wife sold and I will see if they have a personal account. I understand that PayPal needs to cover the transaction fees for Credit card. That's fine by me. That's just like retail...but to change it so EVERY transaction from here on out done through PayPal gets a fee is messed up.

[fogger1138]

Yes, and it seems there is no way around it. I have contected the buyer of a product my wife sold and I will see if they have a personal account. I understand that PayPal needs to cover the transaction fees for Credit card. That's fine by me. That's just like retail...but to change it so EVERY transaction from here on out done through PayPal gets a fee is messed up.

Nope, there's no way around it at all. I used to have two PayPal accounts, one personal and one business (they allow multiple accounts from the same person, or did at the time) and would switch between the two depending on how someone paid. Then they took away the ability to refuse a payment - you could either upgrade (and accept it, and get your money) or leave it in limbo with the buyer having still sent you the money but you not able to receive it. I hate using PayPal but it's the cost of doing business these days.

I miss BidPay, sometimes.

[HonestAbeJoeHooah]

<----- basically done with ebay after about 10 years! They stink bottom line.

[CobraCoffee]

Thank you for all your answers. Yes, It is messed up. I just talked to paypal and what Fogger says is dead on the money.

Personal Paypal accounts can ONLY recieve up to $500 per year until you are Auto upgraded to a premier.

If you are a personal account user and someone messes up and sends you the money by credit card! you MUST upgrade to premier to refund it back to them or you are both screwed and hello bad feedback!

You will always pay a fee to Paypal from here on out on ANY transactions once you upgrade. You can go back down to personal 1 time only, but they have to close the account and re-open it to do it creating more hassle.

GImmie a break


DAM THE MAN!

[RolandofGilead]

Yeah, I was forced to upgrade to a Premier account earlier this month because of the higher number of transactions I've been working with (and I don't even use eBay).

While we're on the subject of payment questions, I recently accepted a Money Order from a fellow Tanker for payment rather than my usual PayPal. I bank on-line and my closest branch is in Downtown Los Angeles. Where do I cash out a money order?

[mttlg]

I looked for the fees on the site buty it only gives me the fee of the actual transaction I am trying to do. Are there annual fees for being a premier account or will I only pay everytime someone uses a credit card?
Everything is explained on PayPal's web site (Personal -> Get Started -> How Much It Costs):

https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-fees-outside

While I certainly don't like how eBay has been forcing PayPal on everyone, you can't really fault PayPal for following its stated policies, nor is their fee structure out of line (though not allowing personal accounts to refuse credit card payments is pretty much pure evil). You did read this information when you opened the account, right?

[fogger1138]

Everything is explained on PayPal's web site (Personal -> Get Started -> How Much It Costs):

https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-fees-outside

While I certainly don't like how eBay has been forcing PayPal on everyone, you can't really fault PayPal for following its stated policies, nor is their fee structure out of line (though not allowing personal accounts to refuse credit card payments is pretty much pure evil). You did read this information when you opened the account, right?

Several of those policies have changed in the (many) years I've had PayPal accounts - most of the changes I don't consider to be for the better.

Mike

[CobraCoffee]

Everything is explained on PayPal's web site (Personal -> Get Started -> How Much It Costs):

https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-fees-outside

While I certainly don't like how eBay has been forcing PayPal on everyone, you can't really fault PayPal for following its stated policies, nor is their fee structure out of line (though not allowing personal accounts to refuse credit card payments is pretty much pure evil). You did read this information when you opened the account, right?



I can't be bothered with things like instructions....


hehe


No I did read the rules but this was kind of something you wouldn't go looking for or read unless it comes up. I understand the fees don't get me wrong but the idea of being "forced" is what gets me.


Oh well, I don't wanna screw the lady buying my wifes stuff over this so I have unwillingly upgraded. whoopee :(