On May 6, 1:01*am, CelticDude wrote:
Hey all,

A friend of mine helped me to put a couple of radios on EBay over the
weekend. *He used Vendio, and listed them both under "Consumer
Electronics\Radios: Ham, CB etc\Shortwave". *The 2 auctions were set
to start Sunday at 9:00pm. *Today he discovers that they didn't start
because EBay says you have to allow PayPal for certain categories *of
items.

WTF??

My friend won't take PayPal because it costs extra. *He has had no
problem with bank checks and money orders in past auctions. *I thought
maybe it's because electronics cost a bit more, but my friend usually
sells high-end guitars and other instruments, so cost doesn't seem to
be it. *Then my cynical side kicked in, and I figure EBay must be
getting kickbacks from PayPal. *Does anyone know the real story, or
have ideas?

Anyway, sorry for the rant...

DWP

So sorry that many of you have had bad PayPal experiences, as here in
Afrika the comming of PayPal has been the best thing for me since
George Washington came to town.

Prior to PayPal I had to go personally to my bank twice for each
transaction and get a bank draft, for which I got zapped $30 for each
one, then I had to send it snail mail and the whole sorry saga took
weeks and many sellers refused to deal with me.

Now I just pay PayPal via my Mastercard and the whole thing takes
seconds and I don't get charged any fees and get the best exchange
rate = lovely!

Never had a problem at all over many transactions.

John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
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