I came across a listing the other day in which the seller requested that
people contact him by email before bidding or the bid will be rejected.
He had a bunch of wierd restrictions....I thought it was rather crazy.
I would never pay the extra % or adhere to any strange requests.
Andrew Gullen wrote:
>on 2004/11/06 8:04 AM, Simon Worby at simon@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>>Iwert wrote:
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>>>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3849599188
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>>>I'll have to take good care of mine, which I got as a "bargain", thanks to
>>>tom scales.
>>>
>>>
>>Has anyone paid the "extra" 3-odd % for using PayPal that some buyers ask for?
>>I never pay it since eBay have banned it, and I've never had anyone complain
>>or ask me for the extra money yet.
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>I've offered to, as I believe both the buyer and seller benefit so I am
>willing to split the cost. I don't remember whether I've won an auction
>where this was an issue or not.
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>Frankly I find eBay's ban outrageous, as this is a monopoly practice to
>benefit one of their companies - does it apply to other payment methods?
>It is also interference in other people's business.
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>The credit card companies ban merchants from offering discounts for cash,
>and I also find this outrageous interference in restraint of trade. Such
>things limit people's choices and distort the market, but somehow such
>considerations seem to have no weight when the interests of the rich and
>powerful would be adversely affected. What hypocrisy!
>
>Andrew
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