e-bay .... do's and don'ts
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e-bay .... do's and don'ts
OK, finally I have enrolled on the bandwagon called e-bay!!
I have no idea how all this works even though I have looked through the tutorials
I have opened up a PayPal account, as it looked like the right thing to do - BUT - if a buyer buys an item off me and I go to PayPal I have to click on 'Request Payment' ...... but, they say I will have an e-mail telling me 'You Have Cash!' (If I have why ask for payment??)
Anything I should and shouldn't do on e-bay/PayPal??
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I have no idea how all this works even though I have looked through the tutorials
I have opened up a PayPal account, as it looked like the right thing to do - BUT - if a buyer buys an item off me and I go to PayPal I have to click on 'Request Payment' ...... but, they say I will have an e-mail telling me 'You Have Cash!' (If I have why ask for payment??)
Anything I should and shouldn't do on e-bay/PayPal??
Pete
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Originally Posted by pslewis
OK, finally I have enrolled on the bandwagon called e-bay!!
I have no idea how all this works even though I have looked through the tutorials
I have opened up a PayPal account, as it looked like the right thing to do - BUT - if a buyer buys an item off me and I go to PayPal I have to click on 'Request Payment' ...... but, they say I will have an e-mail telling me 'You Have Cash!' (If I have why ask for payment??)
Anything I should and shouldn't do on e-bay/PayPal??
Pete
I have no idea how all this works even though I have looked through the tutorials
I have opened up a PayPal account, as it looked like the right thing to do - BUT - if a buyer buys an item off me and I go to PayPal I have to click on 'Request Payment' ...... but, they say I will have an e-mail telling me 'You Have Cash!' (If I have why ask for payment??)
Anything I should and shouldn't do on e-bay/PayPal??
Pete
I wondered how long it would be before you registered.
If you offer Paypal as an accepted payment method then you DO NOT have to ask for payment. The buyer pays you and you will receive notification of payment.
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Originally Posted by pslewis
OK, spoon, thanks ........ why do they say click on the 'Request Payment' button in PayPal Account then??
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It gives you the option to chase non-payers up if they haven't already paid under your terms of sale.
As a rule if people want to buy, they pay first.
I've not once had to chase up a customer for payment, even when I've sold an "optional extra" after the original sale which won't generate an invoice.
With the absense of any Paypal payment buttons, I just tell them to deposit the amount to my email address.
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Thanks for your explaination, I understand that bit now.
In simple words how does it all work?
Is the PayPal account like a Bank Account?
Do buyers pay into your PayPal via a credit card?
A cheque would come to the seller wouldn't it? Not to PayPal?
How do you get money out and what do they charge? Personal Account?
How do you deposit money to an e-mail account???????
Cheers
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In simple words how does it all work?
Is the PayPal account like a Bank Account?
Do buyers pay into your PayPal via a credit card?
A cheque would come to the seller wouldn't it? Not to PayPal?
How do you get money out and what do they charge? Personal Account?
How do you deposit money to an e-mail account???????
Cheers
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If this is anything like your camera you will be dead before your 1st auction.
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Its all pretty straight forward.
If someone wishes to pay you by cheque, then they send you said cheque in the post. You bank it, WAIT FOR IT TO CLEAR.... then dispatch the goods.
Paypal works with credit card payments and is immediate in most cases.
Good luck !
If someone wishes to pay you by cheque, then they send you said cheque in the post. You bank it, WAIT FOR IT TO CLEAR.... then dispatch the goods.
Paypal works with credit card payments and is immediate in most cases.
Good luck !
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Originally Posted by pslewis
Thanks for your explaination, I understand that bit now.
In simple words how does it all work?
Is the PayPal account like a Bank Account?
Do buyers pay into your PayPal via a credit card?
A cheque would come to the seller wouldn't it? Not to PayPal?
How do you get money out and what do they charge? Personal Account?
How do you deposit money to an e-mail account???????
Cheers
Pete
In simple words how does it all work?
Is the PayPal account like a Bank Account?
Do buyers pay into your PayPal via a credit card?
A cheque would come to the seller wouldn't it? Not to PayPal?
How do you get money out and what do they charge? Personal Account?
How do you deposit money to an e-mail account???????
Cheers
Pete
The first level account (personal) doesn't accept credit card payments. For that you need to choose the premier or business level.
Your receiving limits are raised with Premier and buyers can use all methods of payment but you are then charged a percentage for receiving payment (starts at 3.4% + 20p and lowers depending on amount of money running through your Paypal account).
Indeed a cheque would come to the seller via post as normal.
To get money out you click on WITHDRAWAL and follow the screen, it's simple. A personal account has no charges.
To pay somebody just click on SEND MONEY and follow the screens.
Take a look at the help pages in Paypal- they cover everything.
NB- Without looking myself they might have changed the personal account status but as far as I can remember back it was limited.
Oh and to add, it's free to withdraw £50 and above a time.
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Originally Posted by unclebuck
lewis has signed up to Ebay. LOL Great, another tit ripe for getting ripped off.
I really am getting left behind and missing out on making big money from the warmth of my own home or the convenience of my own pda when sitting in my favourite bar selling something I know.
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Originally Posted by Spoon
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I really am getting left behind and missing out on making big money from the warmth of my own home or the convenience of my own pda when sitting in my favourite bar selling something I know.
I really am getting left behind and missing out on making big money from the warmth of my own home or the convenience of my own pda when sitting in my favourite bar selling something I know.
I have to say how delighted I've been with how much complete crap I previously assumed was worthless fetched. Hence my comment.
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OK, I'm getting there ................ how do buyers pay money INTO my PayPal Account if credit cards are not accepted?
Am I correct in assuming that the only way money will be paid into the PayPal Account is from another e-bayer who has a PayPal Account with funds in it?
Also, how do I pay money into my PayPal Account?
I cannot find answers to these questions on the site and there are loads of experienced e-bayers on here who could assist
Pete
Am I correct in assuming that the only way money will be paid into the PayPal Account is from another e-bayer who has a PayPal Account with funds in it?
Also, how do I pay money into my PayPal Account?
I cannot find answers to these questions on the site and there are loads of experienced e-bayers on here who could assist
Pete
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Originally Posted by unclebuck
with how much complete crap I previously assumed was worthless fetched.
They certainly ARE crap!!
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Originally Posted by pslewis
OK, I'm getting there ................ how do buyers pay money INTO my PayPal Account if credit cards are not accepted?
Am I correct in assuming that the only way money will be paid into the PayPal Account is from another e-bayer who has a PayPal Account with funds in it?
Also, how do I pay money into my PayPal Account?
I cannot find answers to these questions on the site and there are loads of experienced e-bayers on here who could assist
Pete
Am I correct in assuming that the only way money will be paid into the PayPal Account is from another e-bayer who has a PayPal Account with funds in it?
Also, how do I pay money into my PayPal Account?
I cannot find answers to these questions on the site and there are loads of experienced e-bayers on here who could assist
Pete
Others can pay via bank funds, Paypal funds.
If you have completed Direct Debit for a UK bank account, you can add funds to your PayPal Account using direct debit. After you initiate a direct debit transfer, you can view the approximate date the funds will post to your PayPal Account balance by clicking the blue question mark on the transactions details page. You will receive an email confirmation every time you add funds to your account.
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Originally Posted by pslewis
You sell your SN threads????????
They certainly ARE crap!!
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They certainly ARE crap!!
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Cheers for the tips Spoon!!
I'll get used to it ....... now to get the stuff out the attic!!
Anyone for some boxed 1950's Scalextric Sets? Don't think they were played with more than 3 or 4 times .....
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I'll get used to it ....... now to get the stuff out the attic!!
Anyone for some boxed 1950's Scalextric Sets? Don't think they were played with more than 3 or 4 times .....
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Originally Posted by pslewis
Cheers for the tips Spoon!!
I'll get used to it ....... now to get the stuff out the attic!!
Anyone for some boxed 1950's Scalextric Sets? Don't think they were played with more than 3 or 4 times .....
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I'll get used to it ....... now to get the stuff out the attic!!
Anyone for some boxed 1950's Scalextric Sets? Don't think they were played with more than 3 or 4 times .....
Pete
BTW you don't need Paypal to sell stuff. and you get charged. Personal cheques only for sales.
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Originally Posted by unclebuck
BTW you don't need Paypal to sell stuff. and you get charged. Personal cheques only for sales.
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Originally Posted by pslewis
Powerseller Forum?? Winner??
Surely if you hit a 'winner' whatever that is - you wouldn't 'share' it???
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Surely if you hit a 'winner' whatever that is - you wouldn't 'share' it???
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The Scaletrix Sets must be about 1950's and 1960's, never played with most of them - some old Gerry Anderson stuff as well ..... I always bought 2 toys ( 1 for the kids to open and play with and 1 for the old man! most still have their sellotape on!) I have some Lucky Bags that are unopened - with Thunderbirds stuff in (obviously I haven't a clue what toy is inside!)
The attic is literally full to the rafters with 55 years worth of stuff/boxes/toys etc. needs to be cleared out - hence e-bay??
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The attic is literally full to the rafters with 55 years worth of stuff/boxes/toys etc. needs to be cleared out - hence e-bay??
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£1000?? Its hardly worth getting up into the loft for THAT!
Have you ANY idea how difficult it is for me to wriggle through the loft space these days??
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Have you ANY idea how difficult it is for me to wriggle through the loft space these days??
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They will just rot away if you leave them. Get your son or daughter to go up there and fetch them down.
You don't want them, so release them into the wider world.
You don't want them, so release them into the wider world.
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that's it! I've had enough!
Does anyone actually believe pslewis is a real "old" man? Really? He is just pandering to some peoples perceptions of what a real old bloke would say, and not very well.
Read between the lines, whats the best stuff to have in your attic, when your trying to get to grips with ebay? Old thunderbirds toys, scaletrix sets! ffs, that stuff would be a gold mine if it was "new in the box", and some people fell for his "old man, no idea" routine
He's got nothing to do all day, allegedly, so he must have caught a glimpse of antique roadshow on cable by now
I actually reckon pslewis is just some sad out of work middle aged doleite, with nothing better to do than troll scoobynet, wasting peoples time and bandwith with inane and boring topics.
Damn, damn, damn, he's got me at it too now
chris.
Does anyone actually believe pslewis is a real "old" man? Really? He is just pandering to some peoples perceptions of what a real old bloke would say, and not very well.
Read between the lines, whats the best stuff to have in your attic, when your trying to get to grips with ebay? Old thunderbirds toys, scaletrix sets! ffs, that stuff would be a gold mine if it was "new in the box", and some people fell for his "old man, no idea" routine
He's got nothing to do all day, allegedly, so he must have caught a glimpse of antique roadshow on cable by now
I actually reckon pslewis is just some sad out of work middle aged doleite, with nothing better to do than troll scoobynet, wasting peoples time and bandwith with inane and boring topics.
Damn, damn, damn, he's got me at it too now
chris.