Comments on Matthew Shannon's articles RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.com/author/matthew-shannon/articles http://seekingalpha.com/article/112745-ebay-the-paypal-factor?source=feed#comment-348176 348176 paypal may be cheaper for the buyer than a credit card @29% annually > but their fees are still excessive.]]> Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:38:08 -0500 at least the credit card companies will freeze the charge and THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATE... KEEPING THE CARD HOLDER INFORMED..
IT DOESN'T WORK THE SAME WAY WITH PAYPAL... THEIR RULES.. YOUR MONEY.. and Paypal answers to NO AGENCY.. NO COMMISIONS.. NOTHING.. NADA...
IF THEY FOLDED TOMORROW... THEY WOULD BE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF MONIES FLOATING... AROUND.. WITH NO SINGLE AGENCY .. TO REACH OUT TO FOR HELP... ON THE CONSUMERS BEHALF...



On Dec 31 09:39 AM john s. gordon wrote:

> paypal may be cheaper for the buyer than a credit card @29% annually
> but their fees are still excessive.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/112745-ebay-the-paypal-factor?source=feed#comment-348173 348173 Paypal quick to take your money not so quick when it comes to paying > it out.]]> Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:32:19 -0500 THAT'S A WHOLE LOTTA BANANAS... JUST ON THE INTEREST ALONE.. NEVER MIND FEES..


On Dec 31 09:40 AM sstro wrote:

> Paypal quick to take your money not so quick when it comes to paying
> it out.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/112745-ebay-the-paypal-factor?source=feed#comment-348170 348170 Paypal is NOT protecting the Buyer from Counterfeit goods seller. > My wife purchased an UGG boots from http://fashionugg.com and it > turns out to be counterfeit, despite the assurance from the seller. > We informed Paypal about the case and they turned a blind eye about > it. Paypal rep told us that unless we purchased the item from Ebay, > they are Not going to offer the buyer purchase protection from the > seller. They told us that as long as the Seller can provide a shipping > tracking number, case is considered closed. They might as well send > us an empty box with tracking and Paypal and Ebay happily pocketed > their transaction fees. Caveat emptor, You are better off with your > bank card for your purchases.]]> Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:28:19 -0500 TOTALLY AGREED... MATTER OF FACTLY.. ALL HAVE A BETTER CHANCE SENDING CASH THROUGH THE MAIL...
With Ecomonic times being as they are.. and things being scrutinized by the Government... it should make for an INTERESTING YEAR AHEAD... Maddoff is old news... time to turn the investigation light onto PAYPAL AND DUNGHO...


On Jan 01 05:05 AM Gruntled Paypal User wrote:

> Paypal is NOT protecting the Buyer from Counterfeit goods seller.
> My wife purchased an UGG boots from fashionugg.com and it
> turns out to be counterfeit, despite the assurance from the seller.
> We informed Paypal about the case and they turned a blind eye about
> it. Paypal rep told us that unless we purchased the item from Ebay,
> they are Not going to offer the buyer purchase protection from the
> seller. They told us that as long as the Seller can provide a shipping
> tracking number, case is considered closed. They might as well send
> us an empty box with tracking and Paypal and Ebay happily pocketed
> their transaction fees. Caveat emptor, You are better off with your
> bank card for your purchases.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/112745-ebay-the-paypal-factor?source=feed#comment-348167 348167 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:19:40 -0500
WHAT A LOAD OF CROCKOLA
IT'S HARD TO TELL WHO THE REAL SCOUNDRELS ARE.. THE SCAMMERS, EBAY OR PAYPAL... none the less... IT'S ALL THE SAME...

A HEAVE AND A HO... ITS TIME FOR JOHNNY BOY TO GOOO
AND NO PARACHUTE TO SOFTEN TO BLOW..
]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/112745-ebay-the-paypal-factor?source=feed#comment-344807 344807 Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:37:57 -0500
Expect deep losses at eBay.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/112745-ebay-the-paypal-factor?source=feed#comment-344808 344808 Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:37:57 -0500
Expect deep losses at eBay.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/112745-ebay-the-paypal-factor?source=feed#comment-343806 343806 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:03:09 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/112745-ebay-the-paypal-factor?source=feed#comment-343160 343160 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:05:01 -0500 fashionugg.com and it turns out to be counterfeit, despite the assurance from the seller. We informed Paypal about the case and they turned a blind eye about it. Paypal rep told us that unless we purchased the item from Ebay, they are Not going to offer the buyer purchase protection from the seller. They told us that as long as the Seller can provide a shipping tracking number, case is considered closed. They might as well send us an empty box with tracking and Paypal and Ebay happily pocketed their transaction fees. Caveat emptor, You are better off with your bank card for your purchases. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/112745-ebay-the-paypal-factor?source=feed#comment-342886 342886 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:21:37 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/112745-ebay-the-paypal-factor?source=feed#comment-342484 342484 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:35:41 -0500
My opinion is because eBay will no longer allow checks, cash, moneyorders etc for payment. Also since eBay site sales are down, let's say fewer buyers, and they are required to use PayPal, I think this would account for the growth number. If eBay only sold 10 items and they all paid via PayPal, this would show 100%. Take away all the check, moneyorder, payments and the buyers that prefer to pay that way and the percentage of Paypal payments grows due to lost sales.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/112745-ebay-the-paypal-factor?source=feed#comment-342447 342447 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:14:21 -0500
While Paypal is useful for eBay transactions and for payments to very small scale sellers, it has significant disadvantages for the buyer for transactions with normal ecommerce sellers--worse buyer protection and a more time-consuming transaction process than the credit card process.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/112745-ebay-the-paypal-factor?source=feed#comment-342393 342393 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:40:16 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/112745-ebay-the-paypal-factor?source=feed#comment-342391 342391 jack]]> Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:39:29 -0500 > jack]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/112745-ebay-the-paypal-factor?source=feed#comment-342274 342274 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:02:43 -0500 IMHO]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/112437-apple-leads-the-charge-for-tech?source=feed#comment-341360 341360 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:49:56 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/112437-apple-leads-the-charge-for-tech?source=feed#comment-340487 340487 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:54:34 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/112437-apple-leads-the-charge-for-tech?source=feed#comment-340467 340467 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:44:10 -0500
So, as you said, if more and more people move to Apple and away from Windows, Apple has only one way to go and the PC players are going to be hard pressed to even hold ground.

Interesting times ahead. (long on Apple) :-)

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