PAYMENTS - THIS RIDUCULOUS NEW SYSTEM

[stevesoller]

i HAVE  USED  EBAY  FOR  AROUND  30  YEARS around  20 years  with my current  details  and  previously in the  early  days  around  10  years  with  different sign in name  which incorporated a house  name  from  which we  moved!

Anyway as  from  now  I have  ceased  to  use  Ebay  as  I do not  agree  with  the  NEW!! payment  system

Nothing  leaves  my premises  until  it  is  paid  for,  thats  a similar  system  that  the  retail trade  uses  isnt  it??

One  does not  enter  a shop and  select what they wish to  purchase,  tell the  shopkeaper  I will send  you  the  payment in  a  few days  time  and  leave  with  the  goods.

I have  spoken to other eBay users  I know all of  whom  are totally against  this  system and  will not  be  selling!

EBAY  you need  to  wake  up  quickly  and  sort  out  this  matter!

[jow1995]

You can upgrade to a business seller , then the new rules do not apply, only snag fees are much higher.

[papso22]

Nothing  leaves  my premises  until  it  is  paid  for,  thats  a similar  system  that  the  retail trade  uses  isnt  it??

One  does not  enter  a shop and  select what they wish to  purchase,  tell the  shopkeaper  I will send  you  the  payment in  a  few days  time  and  leave  with  the  goods.

Actually that's exactly what happens for any retailer when a buyer pays by credit or debit card.

In ebay's case the buyer has paid, it's you that has not received the funds, and there is absolutely no reason why you would not get the funds from ebay (bar money back guarantee claims of course).

By all means leave ebay to those that actually understand the changes and can adapt to them. .

[mick41968]

I totally agree with you,once my items have sold, its goodbye Ebay, and i also am now going to purchase my items from Amazon instead.

[mick41968]

Why should they have to?

[moldosgifts]

If you want to vent your frustrations do it here starts at 2pm

Weekly Chat with the eBay Community Team- 05.02.25... - UK eBay Community

But don't expect a direct answer but your comments will be passed onto the relevant department.

[vintique*violet]

You can not " trade" as a business if you are not trading as a business! 

If there is no " business"...there is no trade! 

Personal items,  at whatever amount is not "trading!"

Edit - spelling... 

[mick41968]

i understand that clearly, but when your only selling under £1700 worth of
unwanted items a year it would not pay to upgrade to a Business Account
surely,regards mick.

[bittyboy101]

The point is we shouldn't have to just "live with it",

The idea of a change by such a big company is to provide a positive and pleasant experience for its users... not to take something that was really good away and replace it with something not so good.  I.E, PayPal was good and provided fast instant payments for sellers and another layer of security for both buyer and seller... now it seems eBay have ditched PayPal in favour of slower payments and less buyer and seller protection ! - Anyone can see that this is a 100% downgrade. 

Remember not everyone is financially secure  with tons of "reserve money" in their bank... so all this waiting around for money from eBay can now make things hard for people who are less well off and in some cases this now puts people off from selling through eBay as the whole point of selling something on line is to GENERATE MONEY QUICKLY to buy something else maybe from eBay or another place or to pay a bill like rent or  council tax which must be paid by a certain date. So delayed payment does not work well at all for this kind of situation.  

eBay really need to have more consideration instead of just looking at the bigger part of the picture.  

[mick41968]

I totally agree.

[maarsy]

i have upgraded to a business seller though for items paid today it still says funds will be available feb 20 ...

[bittyboy101]

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@mick41968 wrote:
I totally agree.

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Thanks 🙂 😎

[bittyboy101]

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@maarsy wrote:

i have upgraded to a business seller though for items paid today it still says funds will be available feb 20 ...

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That's disgusting.

So even as a proper registered business seller, there are still no advantages in having quicker payments.

The only advantage is you can still opt out of eBay's new "Managed Delivery" nonsense... but for how long before they start forcing this on business accounts is unknown as eBay is constantly chipping away bit by bit... to rake in as much money as they can to support their failing business due to more other similar selling sites now being available...    

[stevesoller]

FEB  20th !!??  that  seems  a rather  long  waiting  time!

S

[bittyboy101]

15 days = Terrible !  😞  😞  😞  😞  😞 

[moldosgifts]

Have you set your pay-out to daily, weekly or monthly?

Sounds like monthly to me.

[maarsy]

i have been using the payout on demand option and just take out every day 

[moldosgifts]

There allot of things that can happen to why its not available until 20th.

Best to ask CS you can get them to ring they can access your account and give some answers as to why .

eBay Customer Service

[papso22]

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@maarsy wrote:

i have upgraded to a business seller though for items paid today it still says funds will be available feb 20 ...

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Ebay has reasons for holding payments that also apply to business sellers.  It's not a given that just because you now have a business account all your funds will clear immediately.  

https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/selling/getting-paid/getting-paid-items-youve-sold/payments-hold?id=4816...

[papso22]

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@maarsy wrote:

i have been using the payout on demand option and just take out every day 

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Have you checked that this is still the setting on your business account?