Is it a good idea to have paypal or do you havre a better way !!!

puzzler · #1 (**permalink**) 28-03-2007, 09:01 PM

Hi Guys,

Want to know if it is better to sell your products on your own behalf, or opt for the pay pal,or opt for an alternative.

Cath xxxxx

eeyore · #2 (**permalink**) 28-03-2007, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by puzzler

Hi Guys,

Want to know if it is better to sell your products on your own behalf, or opt for the pay pal,or opt for an alternative.

Cath xxxxx

paypal doesnt protect you that well - check out boddies website Andrew Hunter Photography: CHOP CHOP out of here, if easily offended. for the saga he had with them - mind you they are probably better than nothing

Dan Salter · #3 (**permalink**) 28-03-2007, 09:11 PM

And what sort of product and where? you can sell via ebay and use paypal if this is what you mean? or just via your own web site and set up paypal as a payment method?

puzzler · #4 (**permalink**) 28-03-2007, 09:15 PM

I have come to the conclusion that that was the case....Thank you for re-enforcing the
Fact.....Cath xx

Paul mabbott · #5 (**permalink**) 28-03-2007, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by puzzler

Hi Guys,
Want to know if it is better to sell your products on your own behalf, or opt for the pay pal,or opt for an alternative.
Cath xxxxx

You don't say whether you want internet payment or could use cheque payment or maybe credit card.

Any internet transaction will be open to fraud but should not be if you are security-conscious. You will find that setting up a credit card account for the internet will cost money but, if you are careful, will mean that any fraud against your account will be covered by the CC company. By and large this is true with PayPal, especially in conjunction with EBay but, again, you need to be very careful about what information you give away, how you arrange transactions &c - don't send anything to a buyer until their money is firmly in your bank account as opposed to being acknowledged by EBay or PayPal!

Cheques are still legal and the safest way to do business - even though they take a little more time and attention.

Good luck

puzzler · #6 (**permalink**) 29-03-2007, 09:14 AM

Thanks guys...

I am not sure myself as yet of how to recieve payments...I have a paypal account, but have not used this facility yet..So was just wondering if it was the best way to go...

Might just be better to go the cheque route...

Many thanks Cath

chirpychap · #7 (**permalink**) 10-04-2007, 04:26 PM

Never had a problem with PayPal. They generally take 4 days to get the payment to your account.

Lance Morgan · #8 (**permalink**) 10-04-2007, 06:00 PM

Paypal are excellent and in my experience extremely reliable. I have never had a problem though if you sell abroad be prepared to send your item/s so it is traceable by post.
You can deposit money paid to you from paypal free to your bank account (£50 or more is free of fees and it takes about 5 -7 working days).
They do of course have fees for the service they provide and like ebay of which they are now owned.
Read the conditions when you sign up it pays to avoid misunderstandings you'd be surprised how many people don't and then complain because they have had a bad experience. They are very reliable in my experience (4 years).
Cheques are 'old hat@ and the sooner we get rid of them the better.

On a general note - Never ever respond to email requesting your login details PIN numbers etc reportedly from paypal, ebay or your bank etc.
They will never ask for this information by email.

puzzler · #9 (**permalink**) 11-04-2007, 10:33 AM

Thanks Lance, will certainly try it out... Best regards Cath

eeyore · #10 (**permalink**) 14-04-2007, 10:40 PM

I heard on the news today that google are launching a rival to paypal called google checkout - i've no idea if it'll be any good but it might be worth a look

ebay (who also own paypal) have banned its use from their site however

nightshade · #11 (**permalink**) 15-04-2007, 06:54 AM

I bought some Bino's from Sherwoods and was asked if
I wanted to sign up for Google-checkout I got £10 off!

puzzler · #12 (**permalink**) 15-04-2007, 04:13 PM

Google sounds good, will have a look at that...Thanks guys

martin s · #13 (**permalink**) 23-05-2007, 10:43 PM

I've lost money to paypal both as an eBay seller and buyer. No longer use it and like other people I hope Google is much fairer.

Boddie · #14 (**permalink**) 23-05-2007, 10:50 PM

So Paypal have competition at last? Excellent. Perhaps now they will address so many of their issues

eeyore · #15 (**permalink**) 23-05-2007, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by martin s

I've lost money to paypal both as an eBay seller and buyer. No longer use it and like other people I hope Google is much fairer.

although you cant use google on ebay because ebay have already banned it as a result of their vested interest in paypal.

Perhaps google should retaliate by setting up their own auction site and banning ebay from the googlead service which gets them a fair bit of their buisness

martin s · #16 (**permalink**) 24-05-2007, 02:11 PM

"ebay have already banned it". sounds about right, shame as eBay is good site but let down by paypal.

Lance Morgan · #17 (**permalink**) 24-05-2007, 02:42 PM

Ebay bought paypal they are one and the same. To be fair i have used paypal both as a buyer and a seller and have never had a problem that was not my fault. Main thing is not to send anything that you can't trace - some unscrupulus buyers will say they have not received it.

Boddie · #18 (**permalink**) 24-05-2007, 04:00 PM

I dont understand how they can ban it. Surely you just pay by Google privately and mark the item as paid for?

martin s · #19 (**permalink**) 25-05-2007, 11:01 AM

I guess they won't allow it as a preferred option but they shouldn't be able to stop it being listed in the payment terms.

Theraphosidae · #20 (**permalink**) 29-09-2007, 10:34 AM

I've used PayPal for quite a while now and I've never had any major problems

jnewberry123 · #21 (**permalink**) 02-10-2007, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by puzzler

Hi Guys,

Want to know if it is better to sell your products on your own behalf, or opt for the pay pal,or opt for an alternative.

Cath xxxxx

HI CATH, I HAVE BEEN USING PAYPAL FOR JUST UNDER 2 YEARS, I HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH THEM, AS A BUYER OR A SELLER, ALTHOUGH I HAVE HEARD OF SOME THAT HAVE PROBLEMS, MIGHT TRY THIS GOOGLE CHECKOUT THAT SOME HAVE MENTIOED, LOL JULIE

gez · #22 (**permalink**) 02-10-2007, 08:14 PM

I dont use paypal now 2 reasons. as i find the costs to high on the items i was selling. i just use good old cheques yes it takes 4/5 days to clear but hey im in no hurry. when it clears i post simple as that. re paypal when i did use it it was fine till one day they got all shirty with me for a few pound so i closed my account.
gez

peppermint · #23 (**permalink**) 03-10-2007, 10:20 AM

i have never had any problems with paypal as a buyer or seller. Will check out google though, but as i use ebay a lot i am not sure if i would switch.

puzzler · #24 (**permalink**) 29-10-2007, 01:04 PM

I think I will try Pay Pal and hope everything goes fine,

Thanks everyone for your much needed input.

All the best Cath

SweetRocket · #25 (**permalink**) 29-10-2007, 01:46 PM

We buy most of our stuff on the internet now including on ebay and we always us the PayPal system without any problems whatsoever.
For peace of mind we have a bank account which we keep enough money in to use when buying on the internet. If there is any fraud going on at least our main bank account is safe from being cleared out, but so far we have never had any problems.