eBay/Paypal woes...

[AmiDude]

Ebay/Paypal is a swindle. Specially if they force you to
use a creditcard and then rip your money.
It's a customer un-friendly business.
Do NOT never ever fall into their trap!
 :rtfm:  :pissed:

[AmiDude]

You would be surprised what fees you pay using banks these days that you may not even know about.

You don't have to pay any fees with (inter)national bank transfers within the European Union, while Paypal charges
fees which are out of proportion.
Paypal is one big bamboozle!
 :rtfm:

[AmiDude]

@CLS2086 wrote:

Around 1500 deals using Paypal all over the world, from L.A. up to Tokyo... no problem

1500 ?! :-o Then you must have payd a fortune on paypal fees...  :crazy:


@guru-666 wrote:

this is all a bunch of whinning. What e-bay and paypal offer is fantasic. Buying an item off eBay with out paypal only help people like DoomMaster.

Nonsense. I'm buying/selling for years now on eBay, and always use bank-transfer. Never had any problems. Above that, I only have to pay eBay fees and no paypal fees.


@Boot_WB wrote:

Correction - you don't have to pay any additional fees when transferring funds between EU countries compared to in-country transfers. This, however, only applies to transfers in the same currency.
Consequently, if you live in "rip-off Britain" you will still pay around £9 for the privelige of transferring money from your GBP account to your friend's Euro currency account.

True. It's about time that the UK exchange the Pound
for the Euro.


@platon42 wrote:

You have to. They changed that in February (that's why I canceled my PayPal account back then). Whatever you do, you always pay a fee, even when there is only bits being shifted around.

Wrong! With bank-transfers, no extra fees are charged within EU countries that have the Euro for currency.


@countzero wrote:

Nice for you guys in the EU, but when I want to make a bank transfer from Japan to anywhere in the world, I end up paying about $60 ! (depending on the transaction, depending on the bank). Now, who's the thief here ? And even the cheapest bank here (which is Citibank) charges $20 for the smallest transaction, and to have that you have to have a bank account with them, and you have to pay $20 monthly to keep that account open (or keep $2000 inside all the time). For me, paypal's fees are very reasonable when you think about the service they provide. And I have done more than a hundred transactions without any problems at all.

:-o WTF! What kind of rip-off banks are that?! No such banks here in Europe. You really have a good reason to use that crappy paypal.
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