22 Feb
2006
22 Feb
'06
12:52 p.m.
At 01:01 AM 2/23/06 +0000, you wrote:
I hate to say it but they were right and you were wrong. You should have
made sure of the payment details BEFORE you bid. I look at the payment
method/details, hidden and/or excessive charges and any other unreasonable
terms on EVERY auction BEFORE I bid on them. I frequently don't bid on
items because of unreasonable terms, excesssive handling charges and the like.
I suspect sellers require verified accounts because credit cards are
EASY to come by. There's seldom a day that goes by that I don't get an
offer for a credit card and many of them don't require any application.
Credit card numbers are also easily hijacked. They recently arrested
several people that worked at a major hotel here in the Orlando area. They
had copied the CC numbers from something like 6000 customers!
Joe
Is this why
there are some sellers on ebay that are absolutely hostile
to anything paypal? I even had one seller that would only accept
paypal coupled to a bank account, not a credit card (although how they
could tell I don't know).
I
think that is because they didn't have a verified account. I had the
same from a seller in Germany they left me bad feedback because I
don't have that set up on my account. They would only accept a bank
transfer which would of cost me ?30 for an item that only cost ?20
which I refused to pay.
Dan