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elgato
Joined: 24 Feb 2005
Posts: 14507
Location: TEXAS
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| Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:10 pm Post subject: PayPal will be your friend when online deals go sour |
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THE popular internet payment service allows you to shop in safety, writes Teresa Hunter
THE recession has triggered a boom in online auctions on websites such as eBay, pushing up transactions at the online payment system PayPal, which has seen business climb 50% to become the UK's most visited financial website.
But fees involved in both eBay and PayPal, now the world's largest online payments service, can eat into your profits, as can postage and packing. And not all consumers have been left satisfied.
Families under financial pressure are clearing out their attics in large numbers to raise cash by selling on eBay. According to research by YouGov, the typical UK family has redundant saleable items worth £452 on average.
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dlrane
Joined: 03 Jul 2008
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| Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:24 pm Post subject: Re: PayPal will be your friend when online deals go sour |
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| My, what a wonderful Cinderella Story, NOT!!!!!! :twisted: |
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DaLizardsLair
Joined: 15 Feb 2009
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I can state that when I've gotten the short end of the stick in a transaction, that Paypal was there for me...
No, wait, it wasn't Paypal that stuck up for me, it was my credit card that took the money back from Paypal, who in turn took it back from the seller.
Oh well..... |
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diesel_parts
Joined: 23 Jul 2006
Posts: 723
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| Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:48 am Post subject: |
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Paypal was there for a buyer that bought a lawnmower transaxle from me and burned it up as he didn't add oil before trying to use it.
He got his money back and I got the burned up transaxle. I can't ship them with oil in them so buyer has to add the oil.
He did get a big fat neg after the 90 days and couldn't figure how to neg me back LOL. |
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cohibastore.com
Joined: 14 Sep 2006
Posts: 4350
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| Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:59 pm Post subject: Re: PayPal will be your friend when online deals go sour |
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I have had generally good wit a few bad experiences. But crap happens. I deal with it and move on. No time to dwell.
CS |
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