[Closed] PAY PAL??? Whenever I see on the auction that a seller will ONLY accept Pay Pal, I wonder

LOL, hope you wire a telegram before sending the cash.

I accept other forms of payment on my auctions but always get paid by PayPal by all my buyers. Who wants to screw around getting a MO? Waste of time and effort.

Ha Ha Ha

Good one David. And usually, that "person" you speak of also has vision and hearing problems to compound the aggravation.

Brians Got It

Me sentiments exactly.

Agreed. Paypal is much safer and faster for both buyer and seller.

George, if you used Paypal and never got what you ordered you should have filed a case. Paypal would have refunded your money in full.

I've been using Paypal for over 10 years and never had a single issue. That's my preference, I know it's not for everyone but I love it.

Same here. NEVER an issue.

+1

Everyone talks about how much time it takes to get a Cashiers Check or Money Order...Give me a break

I went to my bank at 10:10 this morning and was out at 10:15. Drove down the block to the post office, dropped the check in the mail and I was back home at 10:25.

It took me a whole 15 minutes! That't too much time???

Geez!

George, your original question was "Why sellers ...."

I my reply I referred to "seller" time. The buyer time is at the buyer's own discretion.
MO and all checks are safe and even cheaper (no fee) for the seller, however they cause inefficiency in the workflow that some people just don't want to deal with. They would prefer to loose you as customer over dealing with extra paperwork. You don't want to use PayPal, they don't want to use MO/checks, it is a personal preference. You want to go to the bank, they don't want to. Nobody compromises, no transaction.

Wow, this thread is popular. Luv PayPal. Never had a problem as a buyer or seller. It's fast, too.

for us Canadians, paypal is great, as others....

take too long to arrive and some banks do not know what to do with them. Had nothing but problems with US banks trying to cash Canadian US $ money orders. Plus if the item doesn't arrive to me, then have no recourse with money orders as I am in a different country and tried in vain to recover my money. One claim took over 16 months and never came to resolve...

Chris, every auction I've ever bid on says they will only deal with the continental 48 states.

Refusing to use Paypal nowadays is like refusing to use a computer. Sorry.

And yet look what we are all using to be here.

The 3% cost is pretty much the same that credit cards charge on credit transactions. So I do pass up - or adjust what I am willing to bid accordingly - to those people who want to charge the 3% to cover their cost.