Paypal

Jo4

I was considering listing a few things on Ebay today in the hope to make a few pounds for Christmas but I was wondering if I could except payment by paypal and if so how much would it cost me? Am I better to just accept cheques, cash and postal orders like I normally do?

GregtheHammer

Accepting just cheque & postal order will limit your buyers. Do not list auctions for cash payment or eBay will boot them off.

Paypal charges are listed on their website, they can be a bit high for low value items by the time you have paid listing fees.

Jo4

The items I am for listing are ending up between £8.50 and £9.50 at the moment on Ebay, how much would I end up paying for accepting paypal?

soolin

many people , me included, search for items using the criteria 'paypal accepted' so would never even see a non paypal item.

Ultimately though it is up to individuals as to whether or not to accept paypal, I do as I prefer the ease and speed of transactions, but if you don't want to then don't.

Jo4

soolin wrote: »

many people , me included, search for items using the criteria 'paypal accepted' so would never even see a non paypal item.

Ultimately though it is up to individuals as to whether or not to accept paypal, I do as I prefer the ease and speed of transactions, but if you don't want to then don't.

I prefer to be able to pay by Paypal myself.

villeroy1502

I'll only use paypal on ebay.

Recently | won a bottle of Opus one for £89 +p&p (normal restaurant prices vary between £300 & £600 per bottle):eek:

So when I won I was over the moon. Only after a month nothing had arrived from the states & I couldn't get in touch with the seller.
Two weeks later Paypal refunded me.:T

Here endeth the lesson

frivolous_fay

BTW, cash is ok only if the buyer is collecting.

And if the buyer is collecting, you'd be crazy to accept any other type of payement. (Other than bank transfer, but that's not gonna happen!)

rose_sparky

Thanks for all of the above. As per a previous thread I'm considering using Paypal so all this info is a real help.

frivolous_fay

villeroy1502 wrote: »

I'll only use paypal on ebay.

Recently | won a bottle of Opus one for £89 +p&p (normal restaurant prices vary between £300 & £600 per bottle):eek:

I'm assuming that was a bottle of bubbly...?

If so, I'm surprised the listing lasted the full duration! (No alcohol on ebay, right?)

Jo4

Thanks for all the replies.

Brooke_Daver

Jo4 wrote: »

I was considering listing a few things on Ebay today in the hope to make a few pounds for Christmas but I was wondering if I could except payment by paypal and if so how much would it cost me? Am I better to just accept cheques, cash and postal orders like I normally do?

Ebay like people to think that accepting paypal boosts sales, however just as many people who have been burnt by paypal are put off by sellers who only take paypal.

Given that this is a money saving forum, paying an extra 4% or so on all your sales seems needless...

If you are selling something that people are keen to own (the only real way to make money on ebay) then people will pay by virtually any means.