My listing states 'Paypal only' and buyer now wanting to send a Postal Order

firesidemaid

i am happy to accept uncrossed postal orders if it means an extra sale and NO paypal fees.

perhaps give them a deadline to send it by - that way if it fails to materialise you can do an NPB with no qualms whatsoever.

anon_ymous

I dont understand why you dont want to accept bank transfer? Its very quick, and can be done online.

For the others, I see where you're coming from, but bank transfers almost instant and it means no paypal fees for you!.

I accept cheques, postal orders and electronic means of payment eg: internet bank transfer, paypal etc...-Ill even accept cash in the post, though this is VERY risky for the buyer(The largest amount of cash through the post to me was £120)

The only annoying thing is that not many buyers will pay by such methods

too_much_debt

The only good thing about PO is no Paypal fees, I only accept Paypal or Postal Orders on my auctions and hardly ever get anyone paying with a Postal Order, it is a pain as they don't always send straightaway.

If they had a problem with Visa through Paypal, maybe ask them to ring Paypal and find out why they couldn't pay and see if it's something that could be sorted out in a day or two so they can pay that way.

Paypal is much better as it's instant and I like sending stuff out straightaway rather than it hanging around for a week or more.

OrkneyStar

Buyer only wants to use PO, and I want to use Paypal- has messaged me and told me to relist and that there are others of the item I sold on ebay!
I am happy to cancel too, so set up a request, detailed problem and that we were both happy to cancel, awaiting them to ok or until their 7 days up (when I will close myself).
Thing is seller only has a few stars (not always a bad thing I know)- ok feedback this year but a big -ve comment just over a year ago.
When can I re-list ? Do I have to wait until case closed ?
Thanks for all the input/help people- this would not have happened if seller had read terms/made sure they could use paypal, but then that would be too easy lol .
We live and learn (hopefully).

OrkneyStar

Just to say, buyer responded as expected to cancelled transaction and I got my final value fee back!
thanks again everyone!

Dizzie77

OrkneyStar wrote: »

PS Why oh why do people bid then ask to pay in another way ?
Had they asked before hand I would have said no, and they would not have bid!

Possibly because they didn't know they were going to have a problem with their paypal BEFORE they tried to pay for your item??

OrkneyStar

Dizzie77 wrote: »

Possibly because they didn't know they were going to have a problem with their paypal BEFORE they tried to pay for your item??

THANK YOU DIZZY
Perhaps...........