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<\/p>\nI\u2019ve just listed an MP3 player for sale on eBay in the UK. I was surprised to see that I was required to accept PayPal and only PayPal for the transaction, making the \u201cDecide how you\u2019d like to be paid\u201d section of the form redundant:<\/p>\n
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It is not even possible to state that someone who collects personally may pay cash.<\/p>\n
As I understand it, eBay is not applying this rule to all transactions. I suspect this one is regarded as higher risk because it is electronics. The company justifies it on the grounds of security; but since eBay owns PayPal, and gets a double-dip on the fees for transactions processed by PayPal, it has other incentives.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t like this. It is a step backwards; I prefer to have control over what payments are acceptable. I still listed it though, since Amazon (the obvious alternative) is even more expensive, and also acts as payment provider.<\/p>\n
eBay has run into some trouble<\/a> over this policy in Australia; I wonder if the UK will make a similar fuss?<\/p>\n Update: <\/strong>I\u2019ve discovered that eBay UK is now forbidding payments other than PayPal on the following types of sale:<\/p>\n 1) Sellers using a 1-day listing format<\/p>\n 2) Sellers listing in these categories:<\/p>\n – Video Games > Consoles<\/p>\n – Consumer Electronics > MP3 Players<\/p>\n – Computing > Software<\/p>\n – Wholesale & Job Lots > Mobile & Home Phones<\/p>\n – Business, Office & Industrial > Industrial Supply\/ MRO<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n There are some broad categories there. Further, I presume that once eBay starts restricting some<\/strong> sales to PayPal only, it will be tempted to extend the list further.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve just listed an MP3 player for sale on eBay in the UK. I was surprised to see that I was required to accept PayPal and only PayPal for the transaction, making the \u201cDecide how you\u2019d like to be paid\u201d section of the form redundant: It is not even possible to state that someone who … Continue reading eBay insisting on PayPal only in the UK<\/span> \n
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