seller refusing paypal?

Nooob

how do you leave feedback for a seller you haven't bought from?

jayok

Nooob wrote: »

how do you leave feedback for a seller you haven't bought from?

I assumed you bought from them and they would not take paypal as payment?

George_Michael

Deleted_User wrote: »

Accept their terms and get these particular curtains, or go and buy some other curtains elsewhere. It's that simple.

Do you mean, "Accept their terms" like the seller accepted the terms of ebay, (one of which is that they will have paypal as an accepted payment option) when they listed items for sale?

Nooob

jayok wrote: »

I assumed you bought from them and they would not take paypal as payment?

No they list the fabric and curtain style but you have to message them with your requirements for them to price your own items then they make you a private listing with those details and you buy that. I've been messaging the seller for about 3 weeks now and they led me to believe it was all fine until a couple of days ago when they said no paypal.

RMS2

George_Michael wrote: »

Do you mean, "Accept their terms" like the seller accepted the terms of ebay, (one of which is that they will have paypal as an accepted payment option) when they listed items for sale?

What, you mean like ebay accepted UK trading terms, then moved their head office abroad and will refuse to fight anything in court, they just close your account.


Ebay works on its own terms and this seller has decided that for this product he doesn't want to give it away for free and is using his own terms.


People are entitled to set any terms they like, if they are deemed unfair, you challenge in the court.


These are bespoke goods and even though ebay say they are not covered by their paypal guarantee, any plethora of other guarantees can be invoked, leaving the seller out of pocket.


If buyers were a lot more reasonable and understanding and ebay actually bothered to listen to seller complaints instead of saying 'computer says no' perhaps those genuine buyers would be able to secure items without this hassle.

hermum

I know this is from several days ago.
OP have you tried searching for the fabric you want on ebay from another seller? I recently bought some unused 1980ish Laura Ashley fabric & different ones come up all the time, I'd buy the fabric & get them made locally.
The seller has to have agreed to accept Paypal in order to sell on ebay, as they're changing the terms I personally wouldn't touch them with a barge pole.

lovinituk

To be honest Nooob, if your communications with the seller have been the same tone as your posts here, I would feel uncomfortable about having you as a customer too! Sometimes you get a feeling about a buyer and even if that feeling is not right, you do everything you can to mitigate potential issues. If that risks losing a sale then so be it.

giantmutantbroccoli

You shouldn't have any dealings involving large sums of money with anybody you don't trust. Clearly you don't trust this seller, so if I were you I would not deal with them. Either you abide by their terms of business, which now state no PayPal, or you don't buy - exactly as if you were buying from any store or online marketplace.
If you report them to eBay, they may get a telling off from eBay or they may not, but either way eBay does not own their business and cannot force them to deal with you.

hermum

lovinituk wrote: »

To be honest Nooob, if your communications with the seller have been the same tone as your posts here, I would feel uncomfortable about having you as a customer too! Sometimes you get a feeling about a buyer and even if that feeling is not right, you do everything you can to mitigate potential issues. If that risks losing a sale then so be it.

I must be missing something here, the tone of the OP wouldn't make me uncomfortable having them as a customer but a seller changing their mind on accepting paypal, which it appears to be based on the value of the order would make me uncomfortable as a buyer.
If I was ordering from their own website I would expect to be making payment in some other way but on ebay I expect to be able to pay by Paypal, after all when we sign up to sell there we do have to accept their T&C's & for a long time now that has included accepting paypal.

lovinituk

hermum wrote: »

I must be missing something here, the tone of the OP wouldn't make me uncomfortable having them as a customer but a seller changing their mind on accepting paypal, which it appears to be based on the value of the order would make me uncomfortable as a buyer.
If I was ordering from their own website I would expect to be making payment in some other way but on ebay I expect to be able to pay by Paypal, after all when we sign up to sell there we do have to accept their T&C's & for a long time now that has included accepting paypal.

Perhaps 'tone' wasn't the right word. I didn't mean it as they were being aggressive or anything like - perhaps 'annoying' would be a better description.

As for being uncomfortable as a customer, yes I completely agree. And thats what the OP should be thinking but instead they are acting like a dog with a bone and won't let it go. Its that behaviour that would put me off having them as a customer.