Guest fluffcat1 Posted July 11, 2006 Report Posted July 11, 2006 (edited) http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/acce...nts-policy.html Ebay have recently changed their aceepted payment policy to push paypal harder -'online payments are the best / easiest / safest ra ra ra' - which is untrue, but anyway, whiilst reading, I noticed Nochex was also now on the 'banned' list. Nochex, a UK based company setup by the NatWest IIRC! Who'd you rather handled your money? Paypal, a shyster company run as a monopoly with no real regulation and a parent company who pushes it's use as fait acompli, or Nochex, setup by a bank, regulated by the FSA and generally well regarded. I think I'll complain to trading standards and anyone who'll listen. :) Richard p.s I don't actually use nochex, I just object to ebay/paypal squeezing them out to force the use of paypal. edit - more info: http://forums.ebay.co.uk/thread.jspa?threa...d=1152469525681 http://forums.ebay.co.uk/thread.jspa?threa...120&start=0 Edited July 11, 2006 by fluffcat1
Guest Pondrew Posted July 11, 2006 Report Posted July 11, 2006 Can absolutely understand where you're coming from Fluffcat1... <_
Guest Perfectionist Posted July 11, 2006 Report Posted July 11, 2006 As soon as Google roll out their Auction/Payment products ...... Ebay & PayPal will be history ..... GOOD !!
Guest pisquee Posted July 11, 2006 Report Posted July 11, 2006 Ebay also banned use of Google's payment system .... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/11/ebay_nochex_fallout/
Guest genaldar Posted July 12, 2006 Report Posted July 12, 2006 This is why I tried to use other auction sites (yahoo auction notably). Sadly so few of us did they're mostly dead now.
Guest scottb Posted July 12, 2006 Report Posted July 12, 2006 Best way to fight that is to use checks, money orders and the like to bypass PayPal altogether. Unfortunately, those who can't be trusted ruin it for the rest.
Guest fluffcat1 Posted July 12, 2006 Report Posted July 12, 2006 Best way to fight that is to use checks, money orders and the like to bypass PayPal altogether. Unfortunately, those who can't be trusted ruin it for the rest. Sadly I think the writing is on the wall for ebay insisting *all* payments go through paypal eventually. They push paypal so hard as it is, most people will go for the path of least resistance and use it. :) Richard
Guest adchaffey Posted July 12, 2006 Report Posted July 12, 2006 As soon as Google roll out their Auction/Payment products ...... Ebay & PayPal will be history ..... GOOD !! Yeah I second that! I love the google philosophy, and if their payment products are as fairly priced when they're released here in the UK as they are the US at the moment, paypal is going to have some serious competition at last. Just need google to create an auction service now. How about g-bay??
Guest spacerace Posted July 12, 2006 Report Posted July 12, 2006 Yeah I second that! I love the google philosophy, and if their payment products are as fairly priced when they're released here in the UK as they are the US at the moment, paypal is going to have some serious competition at last. Just need google to create an auction service now. How about g-bay?? g-bay would be cool, not so sure it will happen soon tho. didn't they buy craigs list to enter into the buying and selling of items? just items at a fixed price not auction. also I think google checkout is primarily meant to aid adwords customers, not as a universal payment method 'for all'
Guest fluffcat1 Posted July 12, 2006 Report Posted July 12, 2006 g-bay would be cool, not so sure it will happen soon tho. didn't they buy craigs list to enter into the buying and selling of items? just items at a fixed price not auction. I thought ebay were an investor in craigslist, not google?... Richard
Guest adchaffey Posted July 13, 2006 Report Posted July 13, 2006 also I think google checkout is primarily meant to aid adwords customers, not as a universal payment method 'for all' AFAIK Google checkout is simply an online payment gateway similar to the likes of paypal, worldpay etc etc. Only it uses the same policies as paypal allowing users to register their details inc. payment details/bank details enabling them to pay for things more easily without having to enter their card details every time. It is a universal payment method, but the intention is to also promote adwords customers that use this payment method by adding a little cart symbol to their adwords advert, hopefully encouraging customers to use them because of the ease of purchasing.
Guest travisb Posted July 13, 2006 Report Posted July 13, 2006 looks like there's been a change of heart at eBay: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/13/ebay_oks_nochex/
Guest fluffcat1 Posted July 13, 2006 Report Posted July 13, 2006 (edited) looks like there's been a change of heart at eBay: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/13/ebay_oks_nochex/ Glad somebody at ebay listens.....: EDIT : In the interestes of fairness I should point out that my eBay registration is held at ebay.com and not eBay.co.uk ( as eBay.co.uk didn't exist at the time I joined) so the c.s rep may have assumed I was writing from the US. Dear fluffcat1, Thank you for writing eBay in regard to PayPal as an unfavored payment method. I want to assure you that sellers retain the right and remain able to accept checks from their buyers as a means of paying for auction winnings. There is no 'no checks' policy in force at ebay. It is my pleasure to assist you. Thank you for choosing eBay. Sincerely, Aidan eBay Customer Support Original Message Follows: ------------------------- Form Message %44453% 121498 D_ID071120060650D_ID/W_ID71603337W_ID/S_ID003S_ID Subject: IV=C00232 The problem you're having with unpaid items isn't listed [A97 #US US 01000T !11100! 102897 ?01 -00 ] User Feedback: 1833 User State: ?01 Browser Info: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) Selling and Managing Your Item > Unpaid item concerns and appeals > The problem you're having with unpaid items isn't listed Member or Item being reported: none 0 Message: You've banned Nochex? That stinks! Forcing us to use paypal for online payments! Terrible Edited July 13, 2006 by fluffcat1
Guest fraser Posted July 13, 2006 Report Posted July 13, 2006 Google will bring out their own online auction within two years. I'd put money on that bet.
Guest mcwarre Posted July 13, 2006 Report Posted July 13, 2006 Google will bring out their own online auction within two years. I'd put money on that bet. I hope so..............
Guest chucky.egg Posted July 13, 2006 Report Posted July 13, 2006 ... There is no 'no checks' policy in force at ebay. That's not the same as saying that they haven't banned Nochex. The Yanks missspell "cheques" as "checks" :)
Guest fluffcat1 Posted July 13, 2006 Report Posted July 13, 2006 That's not the same as saying that they haven't banned Nochex. The Yanks missspell "cheques" as "checks" :) That was the point I was trying to make - they assumed my complaint was about payment via bank 'check' (sic) rather than 'Nochex' ( which was banned on the US site a week before it trickled down to the UK version) - and as my question reference paypal and online payment is was a h@lf @rsed reply IMO. Richard
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