Comments on: eBay Looking to Expand PayPal’s Reach http://technologizer.com/2009/03/09/ebay-looking-to-expand-paypal/ Reviews, News, and Opinion About Personal Technology by Harry McCracken & Friends Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:03:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: paybitch http://technologizer.com/2009/03/09/ebay-looking-to-expand-paypal/comment-page-1/#comment-23438 paybitch Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:05:55 +0000 http://technologizer.com/?p=8960#comment-23438 Right now I have multiple auction wins and several eBay sellers are refusing to accept payment. Yes, you read that right: the sellers don't want my money. When I go to pay for the items they are trying to force me to create a PayPal account that I don't want or need. It is certainly possible to pay a seller with PayPal even if you are not a PayPal member. There is a hidden form for this purpose on the PayPal site which sellers can provide a link to. When you click on that link, the sellers account will appear on the screen. Then you just enter your name, address and credit card like you would on any normal shopping site. For some reason, most eBay sellers are refusing to use this feature--and then they complain about declining sales. They falsely claim to accept payment through PayPal, but after you win the auction they refuse to accept credit cards through PayPal. eBay could easily integrate non-member checkout into the service, but they choose not to. This policy has been exposed in the book 'PayPal Wars' : "PayPal was trying to force everyone to stop using credit cards to fund purchases." http://paypalsucks.com/PayPalWarsBookReview.shtml Now that eBay and PayPal are one monolithic entity, the practice of discouraging credit card sales has expanded. But why? When you refuse the most popular form of payment, you drive away customers. How could they expect anything BUT a decline in sales? It's no wonder this auction business is struggling when they make it nearly impossible for people to use a credit or debit card the way that you would at any other online store. eBay was cool when it started, but now its just an absurd, asinine way to do business. This company is sinking fast. The only way to save eBay involves getting rid of the current management. The 80+ Site List (80 alternatives to eBay) http://www.blognow.com.au/fuckebay Right now I have multiple auction wins and several eBay sellers are refusing to accept payment. Yes, you read that right: the sellers don’t want my money. When I go to pay for the items they are trying to force me to create a PayPal account that I don’t want or need. It is certainly possible to pay a seller with PayPal even if you are not a PayPal member. There is a hidden form for this purpose on the PayPal site which sellers can provide a link to. When you click on that link, the sellers account will appear on the screen. Then you just enter your name, address and credit card like you would on any normal shopping site. For some reason, most eBay sellers are refusing to use this feature–and then they complain about declining sales. They falsely claim to accept payment through PayPal, but after you win the auction they refuse to accept credit cards through PayPal. eBay could easily integrate non-member checkout into the service, but they choose not to. This policy has been exposed in the book ‘PayPal Wars’ :

“PayPal was trying to force everyone to stop using credit cards to fund purchases.”

http://paypalsucks.com/PayPalWarsBookReview.shtml

Now that eBay and PayPal are one monolithic entity, the practice of discouraging credit card sales has expanded. But why? When you refuse the most popular form of payment, you drive away customers. How could they expect anything BUT a decline in sales? It’s no wonder this auction business is struggling when they make it nearly impossible for people to use a credit or debit card the way that you would at any other online store. eBay was cool when it started, but now its just an absurd, asinine way to do business. This company is sinking fast. The only way to save eBay involves getting rid of the current management.

The 80+ Site List (80 alternatives to eBay)
http://www.blognow.com.au/fuckebay

]]> By: BEWARE of ebay & Paypal!!! http://technologizer.com/2009/03/09/ebay-looking-to-expand-paypal/comment-page-1/#comment-10711 BEWARE of ebay & Paypal!!! Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:12:33 +0000 http://technologizer.com/?p=8960#comment-10711 The pitfalls of Paypal and the horrible management of it's parent company, ebay, are all under the direction of one of the most hated CEO's in this country, as well as the other countries in which ebay Inc. operates. John Donahoe is successfully KILLING it's core with deceitful and corrupt policies. To read what is REALLY happening to ebay & Paypal users due to ex-ebay CEO, Meg Whitman's and current ebay CEO, Donahoe's, "Disruptive Innovation" scheme against ebay, against it's shareholders and against ebay members, please read these reports and the comments left by those who know ebay/Paypal best, Paypal and ebay users...leaving ebay Inc. in droves: How eBay is Alienating Selling Allies http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/How-eBay-is-Alienating-Sel... ==================== Are you an ex-eBay seller? If so, what can they do to win you back? http://www.examiner.com/x-312-Auctions-and-Antiques-Examiner~y2009m3d1-A... ==================== Hey eBay, Say Hello to Bonanzle http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2009/tc2009033_379735.... ================== Ebay Stockholders and Sellers Calling For Immediate Termination of John Donohoe CEO http://www.petitiononline.com/jdonohoe/petition.html ==================== SPOTLIGHT: WATCHING OUT FOR YOUR SAFETY AND POCKETBOOK Battle over bag: Seller loses out in online http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/03/08/spotlight030... The pitfalls of Paypal and the horrible management of it’s parent company, ebay, are all under the direction of one of the most hated CEO’s in this country, as well as the other countries in which ebay Inc. operates. John Donahoe is successfully KILLING it’s core with deceitful and corrupt policies. To read what is REALLY happening to ebay & Paypal users due to ex-ebay CEO, Meg Whitman’s and current ebay CEO, Donahoe’s, “Disruptive Innovation” scheme against ebay, against it’s shareholders and against ebay members, please read these reports and the comments left by those who know ebay/Paypal best, Paypal and ebay users…leaving ebay Inc. in droves:

How eBay is Alienating Selling Allies

http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/How-eBay-is-Alienating-Sel...

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Are you an ex-eBay seller? If so, what can they do to win you back?

http://www.examiner.com/x-312-Auctions-and-Antiques-Examiner~y2009m3d1-A...

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Hey eBay, Say Hello to Bonanzle

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2009/tc2009033_379735….

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Ebay Stockholders and Sellers Calling For Immediate Termination of John Donohoe CEO

http://www.petitiononline.com/jdonohoe/petition.html

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SPOTLIGHT: WATCHING OUT FOR YOUR SAFETY AND POCKETBOOK
Battle over bag: Seller loses out in online

http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/03/08/spotlight030...

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