22 Feb
2006
22 Feb
'06
2:59 p.m.
In article <43FCE97A.10303 at oldskool.org>,
Jim Leonard <trixter at oldskool.org> writes:
Seconded. ebay and paypal exist for the buyer, not
the seller.
[...]
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 had a
friend sell something online for $80, then take the money out. 2 weeks
later the buyer claimed that "his computer was taken over by hackers"
and denied ever buying the item (which was virtual, ie. no physical
product to ship or track). paypal tore the $80 out of his account,
which was at 0, which then became -$80 and then immediately -$115
because of an overdraft fee. He had to eat it -- he was out the item
*and* the money.
There was no intermediate negotiation with the seller? I guess since
the product is virtual there was no way to track delivery of the item?
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