Ebay payment system??

[coatcheckcop]

I have decided after nearly 20 years, the last years of total mistrust of the secrecy and obstructive methods of ebay that I will NO WAY sign up fo their "in house" payment system, I will NO WAY give ebay ANY details of any of my bank accounts mainly because I DO NOT TRUST EBAY!! apart from all the increases and DEVIOUS and anti buyer and seller  behaviour. However, my question is: Should I be prevented from selling small personal items on ebay, will I still be able to BUY from commercial sellers on ebay? (which I do quite alot for things that are now IMPOSSIBLE to source in retail shops, i.e. sewing supplies and computer/phone cables, SD cards etc., thanks.

[redwick1 · Accepted solution]

You will be able to  buy but not to sell if you do not sign up to the managed payments

You gave your details to paypal so what is the difference

Many of us are already on the managed payments and it seems to be working fairly well

You could always have a seperate bank card for ebay which is what I do and always have for online sales/purchases

[coatcheckcop · Accepted solution]

Thats fine then, I dont TRUST ebay with ANY of my bank details AND the new system is TOTALLY EVEN MORE RIGGED AGAINST A SELLER!!! I will not give a pre arranged postage cost when it is IMPOSSIBLE to give a postage price for an item before it is even sold, It is LUDICROUS now on ebay for a private seller, I have just sold a bakelite telephone where i had to increase my start price by a massive 30% to cover no more £1 final value fees, such a brittle item has to be carefully packed and weighed and then priced for insured postage, NO WAY can you give a postage price BEFORE IT EVEN SOLD!! No!!! Ive had it with ebay really I am MILLIONS of other DO NO TRUST EBAY ANYMORE!! but I will still be able to buy things from commercial sellers so that is just fine, I dont mind not selling on ebay now that it is a NIGHTMARE!!

[redwick1 · Accepted solution]

Your opinion is fine if that is what you think but you wont be able to sell. I dont see why you cant give a postage price. The £1 listings were an extra and ebay does not have to give us anything yet we get the 1000 free listings. It is no use shouting at us. We are not ebay and many of us sell so know all the ins and outs of selling on ebay. It is your choice. Sign up or dont sell