Payouts the new payment scheme is awful

[Anonymous]

The new "payout" scheme developed by ebay is a NIGHTMARE!!! Payouts dont even get to my bank, payments are held and sometimes fail, buyers sending me messages asking me what's going on. Grrrrrr

It seems apparent that eBay didnt test this facility thoroughly and this has made me really hate this site now, especially for selling purposes. Is anyone else having this problem, as it seems like a huge step backwards for this site?

[john1297576]

Why would buyers ask you what is going on? If a payment fails that is the buyers problem, you wouldn't even know as your item would not show as paid.

Once shown as paid it cannot change, you post out as usual.

[eremen]

The issue is that eBay tells you the buyer has paid but the funds don't reach your account until the person has received their item. Many people cannot afford to do this. With the old system you got paid via PayPal and used that money to be able to post/send your items. Now we are posting items with the money being held in escrow by eBay until the buyer says they have received the item. I can see all of this going horribly wrong... I will not be selling via eBay anymore

[tobiasd4]

Ebay dont hold money until buyers receive item, they only pay into your bank at times you requested under MP.

[albielab]

But not at weekends though. If you sell on Friday, even if you request
daily payments, it’ll be Tuesday at the earliest before you get paid. By
which time you would have possibly posted the item at further cost.
Terrible system....

[tobiasd4]

I agree, but ebay arent going back to paypal as they no longer own them.

[albielab]

It’s so stupid what they’ve done. I have three items currently for sale on
eBay with watchers. I sell these, then I’ll vote with my feet on this
monopolised system.
I just feel EBay are being greedy, and the new system is to feed that
alone, with no improvement for the user at all. In fact there are definite
losses.