RicodJour wrote:
> On Feb 9, 11:26 pm, Mark & Juanita <[email protected]> wrote:
>> B. White wrote:
>> > See the details here.
>>
>> > ... snip spam
>>
>> Afraid I won't be able to join you in your strike. Since I have neither
>> bought nor sold on e-bay (primarily because of some of the shenanigans
>> PayPal plays), I won't be able to participate.
>
> Care to elaborate on the shenanigans?
>
> R
Several things.
1. PayPal has a magic limit that beyond which, you are shut out from using
PayPal until you give them a direct shot at your bank account. I give no
one a straight shot at my bank account unless I have written the check.
2. Various issues I have read about regarding getting through to either
PayPal or eBay when problems occur.
Several links:
<http://weblog.infoworld.com/gripeline/archives/2007/01/paypal_and_pric.html>
<http://weblog.infoworld.com/gripeline/archives/2006/09/embroidery_pira.html>
If you go to infoworld and do a search for Ed Foster and Paypal, you get
enough hits that I am certainly leery of doing anything with them. YMMV
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Mike O. wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:49:34 -0700, Mark & Juanita
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>1. PayPal has a magic limit that beyond which, you are shut out from using
>>PayPal until you give them a direct shot at your bank account. I give no
>>one a straight shot at my bank account unless I have written the check.
>
> You can work around this by having a separate savings account (at a
> different bank if you like) that only has limited funds available.
> This way they only have access to what you want them to.
>
But that requires that I do something to circumvent a policy with which I
don't want to have any dealings. Thus far, there is nothing on e-Bay that
has caused me to go out of my way to do business. i.e, as the customer,
I'm voting with my feet when a business expects me to do work in order to
do business with them.
> Mike O.
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[email protected] wrote:
> On Feb 11, 12:26 pm, "Twayne" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > "Twayne" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>
>> >> Same goes for PayPal, since it's owned by Google along with a host of
>> >> other online hosts.
>>
>> > Wrong It was independent and was bought by ebay in 2002
>>
>> That's just a different way of saying the same thing; what's "wrong"
>> about it?
>
> Are you saying that Google and Ebay are the same company?
PayPal is owned by eBay. Nothing to do with Google.
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Twayne took a can of maroon spray paint on February 10, 2008 01:46 pm and
wrote the following:
>> "What Me Worry?" <__@____.___> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> "B. White" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>> See the details here.
>>>>
>>>>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23TomS5--nQ&eurl=http://216.235.242.58/tuf/index.cfm?ac=ListMessages&PID=1&TID=1219974&FID=2&pc=17
>>>
>>> Cool idea; but it won't work. Too many people making too much money
>>> to stop selling for a week.
>>>
>>> It's a shame about unregulated private business, isn't it? Darn
>>> that free market!
>> eBay is acting like an out-of-control government, if anything.
>
> Dunno about that; it's a business and businesses concentrate their
> resources where it'll most benefit the bottom line. Whatever the true
> complete story is, that's all they're doing.
> If they truly don't care about the flea market, a strike such as this
> isn't likely to be much impact, much less meaningful to them. OTOH, it
> may play right into their hands in some ways.
>
> Same goes for PayPal, since it's owned by Google along with a host of
> other online hosts.
Huh????
Paypal is owned by EBay.
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On Feb 9, 11:26 pm, Mark & Juanita <[email protected]> wrote:
> B. White wrote:
> > See the details here.
>
> > ... snip spam
>
> Afraid I won't be able to join you in your strike. Since I have neither
> bought nor sold on e-bay (primarily because of some of the shenanigans
> PayPal plays), I won't be able to participate.
Care to elaborate on the shenanigans?
R
On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:49:34 -0700, Mark & Juanita
<[email protected]> wrote:
>1. PayPal has a magic limit that beyond which, you are shut out from using
>PayPal until you give them a direct shot at your bank account. I give no
>one a straight shot at my bank account unless I have written the check.
You can work around this by having a separate savings account (at a
different bank if you like) that only has limited funds available.
This way they only have access to what you want them to.
Mike O.
"What Me Worry?" <__@____.___> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "B. White" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> See the details here.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23TomS5--nQ&eurl=http://216.235.242.58/tuf/index.cfm?ac=ListMessages&PID=1&TID=1219974&FID=2&pc=17
>
> Cool idea; but it won't work. Too many people making too much money to
> stop selling for a week.
>
> It's a shame about unregulated private business, isn't it? Darn that free
> market!
eBay is acting like an out-of-control government, if anything.
> "Twayne" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>
>> Same goes for PayPal, since it's owned by Google along with a host of
>> other online hosts.
>
> Wrong It was independent and was bought by ebay in 2002
That's just a different way of saying the same thing; what's "wrong"
about it?
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I am looking forward to that week. I will be listing a lot of stuff!
What Me Worry? wrote:
> "B. White" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>See the details here.
>>
>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23TomS5--nQ&eurl=http://216.235.242.58/tuf/index.cfm?ac=ListMessages&PID=1&TID=1219974&FID=2&pc=17
>
>
> Cool idea; but it won't work. Too many people making too much money to stop
> selling for a week.
>
> It's a shame about unregulated private business, isn't it? Darn that free
> market!
>
>
> On Feb 11, 12:26 pm, "Twayne" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> "Twayne" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>
>>>> Same goes for PayPal, since it's owned by Google along with a host
>>>> of other online hosts.
>>
>>> Wrong It was independent and was bought by ebay in 2002
>>
>> That's just a different way of saying the same thing; what's "wrong"
>> about it?
>
> Are you saying that Google and Ebay are the same company?
Oops! Ebay owns PayPal. Sorry 'bout that!
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Simple: It offers me nothing I need nor
even want that I don't already have.
So, why switch? NOT gonna happen.
On Feb 11, 12:26 pm, "Twayne" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > "Twayne" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> >> Same goes for PayPal, since it's owned by Google along with a host of
> >> other online hosts.
>
> > Wrong It was independent and was bought by ebay in 2002
>
> That's just a different way of saying the same thing; what's "wrong"
> about it?
Are you saying that Google and Ebay are the same company?
"B. White" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> See the details here.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23TomS5--nQ&eurl=http://216.235.242.58/tuf/index.cfm?ac=ListMessages&PID=1&TID=1219974&FID=2&pc=17
Cool idea; but it won't work. Too many people making too much money to stop
selling for a week.
It's a shame about unregulated private business, isn't it? Darn that free
market!
"Twayne" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> Same goes for PayPal, since it's owned by Google along with a host of
> other online hosts.
Wrong It was independent and was bought by ebay in 2002
> "What Me Worry?" <__@____.___> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> "B. White" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> See the details here.
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23TomS5--nQ&eurl=http://216.235.242.58/tuf/index.cfm?ac=ListMessages&PID=1&TID=1219974&FID=2&pc=17
>>
>> Cool idea; but it won't work. Too many people making too much money
>> to stop selling for a week.
>>
>> It's a shame about unregulated private business, isn't it? Darn
>> that free market!
> eBay is acting like an out-of-control government, if anything.
Dunno about that; it's a business and businesses concentrate their
resources where it'll most benefit the bottom line. Whatever the true
complete story is, that's all they're doing.
If they truly don't care about the flea market, a strike such as this
isn't likely to be much impact, much less meaningful to them. OTOH, it
may play right into their hands in some ways.
Same goes for PayPal, since it's owned by Google along with a host of
other online hosts.
--
Regards,
Twayne
OO0 is a GREAT MS Office replacement
www.openoffice.org
Please respond to the newsgroup, not to
my e-mail, so that all may benefit. I do not
always respond to newsgroup e-mails.
"Mike O." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:49:34 -0700, Mark & Juanita
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>1. PayPal has a magic limit that beyond which, you are shut out from using
>>PayPal until you give them a direct shot at your bank account. I give no
>>one a straight shot at my bank account unless I have written the check.
>
> You can work around this by having a separate savings account (at a
> different bank if you like) that only has limited funds available.
> This way they only have access to what you want them to.
>
> Mike O.
I too have little respect or faith in PayPal. If there is something I want
to buy on ebay, I email the seller and ask if another form of payment might
be acceptable. If they agree, then I bid. If not, then I pass. So far I'm
not feeling as if I've missed anything important.
GWK