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Pillar of the Community
United States
1804 Posts |
I was offered X dollars "via Paypay" to avoid the ebay 10% fee. How do I report it? |
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Bedrock of the Community
13014 Posts |
No reason to report that. If you dont want to do it just thank them for their interest and tell them youre only comfortable doing it through ebay. But theres no reason to report someone for asking |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
623 Posts |
Nothing makes my day more than selling something outside of ebay. |
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Pillar of the Community
872 Posts |
If I can save myself some cash, I'll do it. Depending on the amount of the purchase. ebay takes its 10% or so, then tack on another 3.5% or whatever Paypal is, and your giving the ebay corporation close to 13.5% of your sale. ebay frowns on conducting this "outside of ebay" practice, because they lose money. They say its "not covered" but that's hogwash. All you have to do is complete the transaction through Paypal and there is an electronic chain of evidence. For outside of ebay sales, tell the buyer your going to wait 2 days to mail the items as per your shipping and payment policy. That way if there was any fraudulent attempt, it can be thwarted before an item ships. Fraudulent activity can happen anywhere, but its best to understand the risks. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1211 Posts |
I can understand being personally against such a practice or choosing to ignore such a request. But to report someone for this? Yikes...
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Valued Member
United States
180 Posts |
I've never accepted an offer outside of ebay but after reading this post I may start. Has anyone used Ubid? The seller application is pretty involved but I don't see where they disclose on site their fee's; may not be worth the hassle. |
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Forum Dad
 United States
24182 Posts |
95% of those offers are scams. With that said, I'd report every single one of them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
623 Posts |
Bobby you clearly don't know what you're talking about. I sell more stuff off ebay (via ebay) than through ebay. As long as you do it via Paypal invoice you're fine. |
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Forum Dad
United States
24182 Posts |
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Bobby you clearly don't know what you're talking about. Yeah ok. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7641 Posts |
I would NEVER report someone trying to save me money. People can send me money through Paypal "personal" all day long. I am more than happy to end an auction early if it has no bids. Anytime I can take a cut out of ebay's and PayPig's pie I am more than ready, willing and able to do it. If you do your due diligence you won't have a problem. I'm at the point now that I do more business off ebay with people that I originally met on ebay. That's pretty cool and ebay can't do a darn thing about it! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
623 Posts |
I have had more issues through ebay purchases than direct paypal invoice. Late last year I had a fraudster pull "oh the box came damaged." Sent out another box of $1000 Ikes...they were "seized by law enforcement." Riiiiight. I didn't lose any money but it opened my eyes to scammers. Apparently, these fraudsters pulled this too much b/c a detective let it slip that the Secret Service was going after them. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1839 Posts |
I don't think this thread is going quite the way Domain555 expected, oh well. I too don't have a problem doing business outside of ebay for coins. I've been on both ends of this, buyer and sell and have had good experiences so far. For me, it's definitely the exception and not the rule so I don't think ebay is getting hurt much. |
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Valued Member
United States
160 Posts |
I've purchased coins off ebay when suggested by the seller and have had easy transactions every time. The purchaser is trying to save both parties money so I don't see the harm. Nor do I see the point in some sort of "loyalty" someone has in tattling to a large faceless corporation. |
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Moderator
United States
16679 Posts |
ebay has it's rules. Don't like it, I suggest you find another venue. Just remember, there are as many scammers on ebay as there are legit folks. Such is life. I have done transactions outside of ebay so I'm not innocent. There is no buyer protection though and I have been saved by that on a few occasions.
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New Member
United States
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To answer your question Domain, go here: http://ocsnext.ebay.com/ocs/cusr?query=1481 and it will walk you through reporting the listing. I am assuming it has either a multiple choice of why you're reporting so you can specify your reason, or a note section where you can say you received that offer in your ebay messaging. I've never done a report like this so I don't know for sure. ebay page with explanation: http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies...ay-sale.htmlQuote:
I don't think this thread is going quite the way Domain555 expected, oh well. It isn't going the way I expected either - he asked a simple question, and everyone's replies are all about the morality of it? Really? It's against ebay's rules - very simple. If you do it, you open yourself up to potential fraud at the least. But I don't see Domain asking for opinions on everyone's views on reporting, he asked how to do so. Since when are you all the Morality Police, anyway? Quote:
Bobby you clearly don't know what you're talking about. I may not have many posts showing but I've been around here a while. Bobby131313 has had more listings and dealings with ebay than you can shake a stick at - years worth of buy/sell/counterfeit reporting/websitemastering stuff, and that's only the stuff I've read about while I've lurked here for years. He's probably learned more about interacting with them than many of us ever will. So I hope that foot tastes good. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
623 Posts |
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So I hope that foot tastes good. Funny...Domain555 called me trying to buy Ikes direct. I have dealt with him. Next... |
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