Originally Posted by
Tropical_Trish
Hello Mark,
A huge welcome to the forums from me!
I have read about alternative methods of online payments, but to be perfectly honest -
Buyers trust Paypal, to send their money to a seller. Why wouldn't they?
I know when I buy anything online and pay with Paypal, my purchase and payment will be honoured.
If not - file a dispute.
I have had to do this, and although it takes forever for them to sort it, at least you do get your dough back.
Out of all my sales, I think almost everyone paid via Paypal ...
... excepting one bod that sent cash in envelope.
Envelope was too heavy ... insufficient postage paid by buyer...
Result: I got a demand from Royal Mail for £1.20 or something similar to enable me to collect the letter.
The item sold was £0.99p.
Needless to say I didn't collect the letter,
Emailed buyer to tell them that their letter (plus cash) was being detained at head post office , 40 minutes drive there and back for me to collect.
Buyer said .. forget it.
Result?
My first neutral comment ..." never received item due to post office".Boo!
I dislike Poopal immensely with their greedy seller fees, but until someone comes up with a 100% positive method of payment that you and especially your buyer are happy with, I guess we are stuck with it.
BTW - have tried most of the other sites, as I have been selling online since Dinasaur eggs hatched ...