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ok, when they explain to me when having to wait for your money several days, if not more by most accounts is better than having your money basically immediately via PP through your debit card, or for a 1% fee within minutes then I’ll consider it.
Etsy managed payments works relatively well, and steady, then you have Tradesy, it’s generally a week before you get your money after you request the transfer, most are around 10-14 days.
Also, from what I understand, your money will be held when there is a return request, unlike PP, and this can be a hassle.
I currently have a return request from May 25, buyer decided she would keep it, I asked her to cancel, she didn’t know how. Anyways, it was supposed to close after 30 days, NO, ebay extended it to July 15, then it was supposed to close, now I get an email, it says “return delivered, please refund buyer”, they have no tracking for delivery because it wasn’t. Still won’t close. Thankfully PP never held my funds, but under new MP, my funds would still be tied up.
Alyssa the only win is for fleecebay. if you were Pinocchio your nose would be at least 5 foot long
Maybe it’s just my old school grammar, but when you put “no” in front of the 1st noun in a series of nouns in a sentence, it applies to all the nouns in that series.
I know what he meant, but it’s not what he said. Classic eBay.
Alyssa,
If it is such a GREAT win for both sellers and buyers, when is China going to have the privilege of dealing with Sellers Hub and Mangled Payments???? I have yet to ever hear anything about China ever being included in this great Ebay program, which tends to make me think that they were smart enough to make sure that Ebay could never control their business and money like they are now forcing on all Sellers in almost every other country. In fact I have been asking this question for a couple of years now and have yet to ever have any response from Ebay. Not even an acknowledgement that while the rest of us are going to continually get screwed over by Ebay whenever their is any type of accidental glitch where Ebay just happens to not pay out the correct amount of money or delays the payment for some erroneous reason. Why can’t Ebay just admit that China is never going to be included in the program so that the rest of us can once again understand how Ebay continues to favor China, who of course according to your former CEO is Ebays future???
I just want a benign US selling venue.
Running silently in the background.
3% take from the transaction.
MY payment gateway.
My policies.
Alyssa Cutright, another eBay employee whose only job is to lie to the customers, the sellers.
“Before eBay managed payments, sellers had to work with two different companies to sell on our platform, creating hassle with supplemental reconciliation, time delays, and support challenges.”
Alyssa, all of those hassles and challenges were on the eBay side of the equation. Your colleague, Jordan Sweetnam, said that after the Wenig debacle that eBay would be more transparent with its partners, the sellers. But trying to get a straight answer on Managed Payments is like pulling teeth. It looks like the secrecy it at your orders, why the need to hide everything Alyssa?
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eBay Expands Managed Payments — Here’s Why This is A LOSS for All of Us
Alicia, Alicia – what a liar you are. Liar liar cheap pants suit on fire.
Ive been here since 1998 and no buyer ever said to me “I couldnt buy your stuff because I wanted to use X payment method and eBay didnt let”. Does it happen? yes – but whats your excuse when people ask if they can use personal check or cash?
Paypal was never the REAL issue – they made money (ie they had real growth) and OUTSIDE investors forced the separation. Why? Because when a company says “we are part of eBay”, they get shown the door – no one takes eBay SERIOUSLY.
Besides, isnt eBay “Just a venue”? hmm guess they lied AGAIN in court.
Its also bad for sellers because when it was 2 different companies – sellers had a better chance to win cases – dealing with eBay means that most times as a seller – you are SOL.
NEVER believe the liars at eBay, NEVER
I buy pennies on the dollar. Everytime Ebay raises any rates we raise everything 5 per cent, Same with the USPS, Has worked for us just fine the past 21 years, As long as I’m making money I don’t care who they climb in bed with nor do I care who they screw. I’m making enough to be smart enough to look the other way and just raise prices. At 79 years old I will die before they make it impossible for us to list.
Nice to hear you have no skin in the game simply because you’re going to die soon. As for the rest of us who will still be here, we have something to fight for. Too bad you couldn’t use your knowledge to help out fellow sellers in their fight rather than belittle everything they say because it doesn’t affect you. Glad you don’t have to care, Who Really Cares.
Hmmm…instant access via my own PayPal business account or wait for what could be a rather long time (ya never know on eBay)? Add the fact that the latter would cost more or wash out for the majority rather than save them anything? Do you think we can’t do math or something? Maybe it’s you who can’t do the math, which wouldn’t at all surprise me. Sorry, but K-Mart Blue Light Specials don’t constitute as degrees — either that or you paid a lot of money to learn nothing. Like to party did ya?
Theresa Cox=ebay cheerleader….
I’ve been a longtime eBay buyer/seller since the late 90’s… but I think I’ve had enough 🙁
For the last 10+ years it’s just been a slow death of 1000 cuts (and fee increases) over there for sellers
Let’s face it, Ebay’s management has severe character issues and is devoid of ideas. Managed payments is just a mindless way to juice revenue on the backs of sellers. Commission on taxes? Really? The notion that it is a win for sellers is offensive.
I wish Ebay would just be honest. Management is fearful they will be run off for poor fiscal performance. Managed Payments is just a super simple way to juice the numbers for the short term. The board should just clean house and bring in a management team with creative ideas. Cut loose the cretins who stalk the truth tellers instead of investing in creative ideas for growth.