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

What has not been mentioned is how hard it is to get your mailing address to a buyer who wants to use a check or money order for payment. EBay moniters your messages, and will not let you send a message containing an address, a telephone number or an email address. I have been using PayPal, both as a buyer, and as a seller since it started, with no problems. It actually protects the buyers. And for those that say they don't have a PayPal account, I think they can still use a credit card to pay through PayPal without having an account. Of course if they don't trust PayPal, they probably don't trust banks, or credit cards either!

Ken, perhaps if I used eBay, I'd feel as you do. But I don't. I've never purchased anything on eBay. I don't even visit the site.

My only die-cast buys have been right here on the D4C auction site. And the way I look at it, we are all family here who share our collections and talk via this Forum a lot. If we don't trust each other to handle a transaction with a check or money order, than all is lost in my opinion.

I personally do not shop on-line everyday or week, so a Pay Pal account is not going to be to my benefit.

Me too, quick and easy.

Too much time for me when I can do it in a couple of seconds with PayPal.

Hey George, maybe bitcoin would work for you, LOL.

ROTFLMAO....I've run into that so many times it's crazy

Seeing as when I sell it is only on our auction. I accept PayPal when I want the money to come to me. MO's and checks (mostly personal) is for when I want the money to go to my wife. (Keeps some of the MFing out of my ears so I don't have to go to the hospital to get them cleaned out) I've come to for the most part, accepting personal checks from the members here. All it costs them is a stamp which is cheaper than the 3% for PayPal. Anyway that is my reasoning for using both ways to pay.

LOL...........I have recieved cash. It sure is a strange way to get paid via the post office

I was forced to by my first money order today, since I was 12.

Almost didn't buy what I wanted, but the guy is the only game in town. I was hesitant about PayPal but learned quickly that I'm protected when I buy and the money in my acct is instant. I can buy stuff that nite!
There was a money order scam a few years back, where they were bogus.
When I sell my own stuff in my Basement, I'll even accept rolled coin! In all the years I've dealt with known collectors, no one has burned me. Had one guy run up a bill for a couple of grand, but we ratified that quickly.
PayPal is OK in my book.
My P.O. I can find myself waiting up to an hour to be served and then get an attitude when I do hit the counter. I avoid it as much as I can or drive across the river to the next town where they are very nice.

I have use paypal for years and find them reliable and efficient. I have had no problems at all.

It is simple and easy. I get my cash upfront before shipping for a point and a half. I pay online when I buy. No writing checks, postage, and mailing. No money orders either (what a pain). Addresses are verified.

What with ATM cards, Credit Cards, and Paypal, I don't even remember the last time I wrote a check

And I don't do M.O.s and P.O.s or Cashiers Checks because they cost me money to buy over and above the auction. I don't need that cost when it costs me nothing to use Paypal. I've also had occasion to use Paypals Buyer Protection on damaged items I received. It saved me tremeindously. I even have a Paypal credit card/account. Now THAT is dangerous - I use it WAY too much!

What I dislike even more is when the seller doesn't list the cost of shipping. For all I know if they don't like the results of the auction, the seller could decide to try to make it up by jacking up the shipping, and I'd have no choice but to pay it because I won the bid and if I back out over shipping I could get a bad feedback. So I don't touch any auction that does not give the cost of shipping up front.

(Not saying any of you would do that, but we all know there are people out there who would)

I agree, Duncan. I always ask before I bid. But, the seller should just save everyone time and put it in the listing.

All said and done guys, accept ONLY Pay Pal on your auction and I don't look, bid, or buy.

As far as I'm concerned all of us who post on THIS forum are family, and if you don't want to accept MY personal check, a money order or cashiers check, I won't do business with you.

I am an honest person and I expect all of you here to be the same. Don't trust me, I move on. I've had 17 buyer transactions from the auction and everyone I've bought from have been good and honorable guys to deal with. None have been Pay Pal only.

George - don't assume a seller has a lack of trust in a buyer just because he wants to be paid by

PayPal. It likely is because it is so easy and fast to ask for a PayPal payment.