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Ebay the Zippi Way!!!

admin — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

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Founded in August 2004, we are a selling partner for eBay, the World’s Online Marketplace for the sale of goods and services. Zippi’s objective is to aggressively contribute to the eBay community; a community of tens of millions of registered members from around the world. Our client provides a robust platform and financial vehicle for sellers and marketers to the eBay online destination. For more information visit www.myzippi.com/NathanTurner

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Wow, a spammer, and a crappy service. Two birds in one. oj

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Pinhead

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Wow, a spammer, and a crappy service. Two birds in one. oj

And an insult to the real Zippy the Pinhead. — To reply by email, remove the word "space"

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setting minimum price

admin — Thu, 15 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0000

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Thanks to all who answered, for your good ideas and advice. (But no consensus, damn it!) — SML ess el five six zero at columbia dot edu

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Thanks to all who answered, for your good ideas and advice. (But no consensus, damn it!)

The consensus is … as is all of eBay …. there is no consensus. It all depends on what you are trying to sell, how popular it is right now, who is bidding, how much money they have and if eBay will let your auction stay because someone complained about it. Since I’m not supposed to mention smoking anymore, I won’t. :)

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Sara, There is value in both pricing strategies. If you start with a low minimum bid, you entice more traffic and you save listing fees. On the other hand, the majority of the traffic you entice are bargain shoppers who aren’t serious bidders. And there is the added risk of losing money. I’ve personally found that in the long run I’ve been more successful listing low minimum bids. Due to the bizarre psychology of bidding, if you start an item at $10 that you want to sell for $10 and there are no bids, people will be hesitant to open the bidding, asking "do I really need this?", "how come no one else has bid?", "is it worth $10?", etc. But if you start it at 99 cents and it is bid up to $10, shoppers tend to get wrapped up in the bidding and instead say to themselves "I really want to win this!" When you want something and you fear it will be taken away, you tend to want it even more. There is no perfect pricing strategy on eBay. It varies from one seller to the next, depending primarily on what they’re selling. Since you’re selling something with a wide potential audience (records), it is my opinion that you aren’t taking on much risk by listing your auctions with no/low minimum bids, and in the long run you’ll probably come out very slightly ahead. I wrote an article about eBay pricing strategy if you want to read more about it. Check it out at http://www.online-auction-expert.com/eBay-pricing.html. Good luck on eBay! Timothy Mina – http://www.online-auction-expert.com Help for sellers at eBay Online Auctions. Free strategies, secrets and tutorials to help you ELECTRIFY your profits on eBay. Sign up for the world’s most useful e-zine for eBay sellers at http://www.online-auction-expert.com/newsletter.html. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – When I put an item up for auction, should the minimum bid be a very low amount, to catch the eye of potential bidders, or the actual minimum I’d want it to go for? Mostly I sell used records (my collection from back when my record player worked). I do a little research for each one to get a rough idea of what they’re going for, but I still am frequently surprised. Sometimes they go for far more than I’d expected; sometimes, as happened today, I’m disappointed by how little I get.

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declared: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – declared: When I put an item up for auction, should the minimum bid be a very low amount, to catch the eye of potential bidders, or the actual minimum I’d want it to go for? Mostly I sell used records (my collection from back when my record player worked). I do a little research for each one to get a rough idea of what they’re going for, but I still am frequently surprised. Sometimes they go for far more than I’d expected; sometimes, as happened today, I’m disappointed by how little I get. That’s a call you have to decide for yourself. I have started DVD’s at the price I wanted and sold a few. I have started them at 99 cents just because I wanted them to go and some went ballistic. I personally think that it all evens out at the end … some will go for a lot more, some will go for a little more, some will go for a little less and some will go for a lot less. it may even out, but *if* it does, you will have done more work to get there. I disagree. Here’s why: It takes the same amount of time to start an auction at 99 cents as it does to start at $4.99.

true The auction is still going to run the same 7 days and it takes the same amount of time to pack it and ship it.

wrong, it takes significantly less time to package 1 book at $10, than 10 books at 99 cents. It’s fun (to me) to log in a few times a day to see if someone has bid on my stuff, but like you or someone said, sometimes you can get more just by asking for more.

that was me Robert — The sound of gunfire, off in the distance, I’m getting used to it now Lived in a brownstone, lived in the ghetto, I’ve lived all over this town This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco, this ain’t no fooling around

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – declared: declared: When I put an item up for auction, should the minimum bid be a very low amount, to catch the eye of potential bidders, or the actual minimum I’d want it to go for? Mostly I sell used records (my collection from back when my record player worked). I do a little research for each one to get a rough idea of what they’re going for, but I still am frequently surprised. Sometimes they go for far more than I’d expected; sometimes, as happened today, I’m disappointed by how little I get. That’s a call you have to decide for yourself. I have started DVD’s at the price I wanted and sold a few. I have started them at 99 cents just because I wanted them to go and some went ballistic. I personally think that it all evens out at the end … some will go for a lot more, some will go for a little more, some will go for a little less and some will go for a lot less. it may even out, but *if* it does, you will have done more work to get there. I disagree. Here’s why: It takes the same amount of time to start an auction at 99 cents as it does to start at $4.99. true The auction is still going to run the same 7 days and it takes the same amount of time to pack it and ship it. wrong, it takes significantly less time to package 1 book at $10, than 10 books at 99 cents.

I was talking about 1 book … it doesn’t matter if the book costs $100 or 10 cents, it’s going to take the same amount of time to pack and ship. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -It’s fun (to me) to log in a few times a day to see if someone has bid on my stuff, but like you or someone said, sometimes you can get more just by asking for more. that was me Robert

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When I put an item up for auction, should the minimum bid be a very low amount, to catch the eye of potential bidders, or the actual minimum I’d want it to go for? Mostly I sell used records (my collection from back when my record player worked). I do a little research for each one to get a rough idea of what they’re going for, but I still am frequently surprised. Sometimes they go for far more than I’d expected; sometimes, as happened today, I’m disappointed by how little I get.

auction, after 3 days not one bid, started getting nervious, dropped it to $1.00, within 3 hrs it was up to $20.50, sold for $90.50 + $10.00 S/H, not a great price but fair enough. At the start of an auction, the 1st day or so, a very low starting bid attracts the bottom feeders, they will usually bid the item up to about 10 to 20 % of the win price(depending on the item ofcourse). Then it will go slack for the middle 2 thirds of the auction, your auction is sitting in the middle of the great bulk with the rest of the auctions, lost in the crowd, so to speak. Then towards the last 2 or 3 hours, it starts creeping up to the top of the going, going, gone page. Heres where your serious bidders are, they are not just trying to pick up a $50.00 item for $2, but the funny thing about people is that they are social creations, where one gathers others will follow. The bids put in at the start of the auction by the bottom feeders attracts the interest of the serious bidders. An auction with a starting bid of a $100 with no bids will draw less attention than one starting at a $1 with 15 bids and a current high bid of $102. Start your auctions as low as you can live with, remember its an auction.

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declared: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – When I put an item up for auction, should the minimum bid be a very low amount, to catch the eye of potential bidders, or the actual minimum I’d want it to go for? Mostly I sell used records (my collection from back when my record player worked). I do a little research for each one to get a rough idea of what they’re going for, but I still am frequently surprised. Sometimes they go for far more than I’d expected; sometimes, as happened today, I’m disappointed by how little I get. That’s a call you have to decide for yourself. I have started DVD’s at the price I wanted and sold a few. I have started them at 99 cents just because I wanted them to go and some went ballistic. I personally think that it all evens out at the end … some will go for a lot more, some will go for a little more, some will go for a little less and some will go for a lot less.

it may even out, but *if* it does, you will have done more work to get there. The idea is to always make at least $1 on the shipping and everything will be okay.

LOL Robert — The sound of gunfire, off in the distance, I’m getting used to it now Lived in a brownstone, lived in the ghetto, I’ve lived all over this town This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco, this ain’t no fooling around

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When I put an item up for auction, should the minimum bid be a very low amount, to catch the eye of potential bidders, or the actual minimum I’d want it to go for?

there are varying opinons on that. personally i price at the minimum i’m willing to accept. Mostly I sell used records (my collection from back when my record player worked). I do a little research for each one to get a rough idea of what they’re going for, but I still am frequently surprised. Sometimes they go for far more than I’d expected; sometimes, as happened today, I’m disappointed by how little I get.

pricing at the minimum you’ll accept saves a lot of disappointment. Robert — The sound of gunfire, off in the distance, I’m getting used to it now Lived in a brownstone, lived in the ghetto, I’ve lived all over this town This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco, this ain’t no fooling around

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – When I put an item up for auction, should the minimum bid be a very low amount, to catch the eye of potential bidders, or the actual minimum I’d want it to go for? there are varying opinions on that. personally i price at the minimum i’m willing to accept. Mostly I sell used records (my collection from back when my record player worked). I do a little research for each one to get a rough idea of what they’re going for, but I still am frequently surprised. Sometimes they go for far more than I’d expected; sometimes, as happened today, I’m disappointed by how little I get. pricing at the minimum you’ll accept saves a lot of disappointment. Robert

Fully agree. There’s some argument that starting at 1 cent, 99 cents, etc gets more bids, but final selling – not number of bids, is what’s important. Bottom feeders tend to drop out quickly and most often have little-to-no effect on the final price. If it doesn’t sell, it’s usually better to relist at a later date or even eat a listing cost than give it away below the minimum you’d like to have. On the other hand, do the research to understand what’s a realistic market price. We typically start about 10-20% below market price, but there are always exceptions.

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That’s a call you have to decide for yourself. I have started DVD’s at the price I wanted and sold a few. I have started them at 99 cents just because I wanted them to go and some went ballistic. I personally think that it all evens out at the end … some will go for a lot more, some will go for a little more, some will go for a little less and some will go for a lot less. The idea is to always make at least $1 on the shipping and everything will be okay.

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – declared: When I put an item up for auction, should the minimum bid be a very low amount, to catch the eye of potential bidders, or the actual minimum I’d want it to go for? Mostly I sell used records (my collection from back when my record player worked). I do a little research for each one to get a rough idea of what they’re going for, but I still am frequently surprised. Sometimes they go for far more than I’d expected; sometimes, as happened today, I’m disappointed by how little I get. That’s a call you have to decide for yourself. I have started DVD’s at the price I wanted and sold a few. I have started them at 99 cents just because I wanted them to go and some went ballistic. I personally think that it all evens out at the end … some will go for a lot more, some will go for a little more, some will go for a little less and some will go for a lot less. it may even out, but *if* it does, you will have done more work to get there.

I disagree. Here’s why: It takes the same amount of time to start an auction at 99 cents as it does to start at $4.99. The auction is still going to run the same 7 days and it takes the same amount of time to pack it and ship it. It’s fun (to me) to log in a few times a day to see if someone has bid on my stuff, but like you or someone said, sometimes you can get more just by asking for more. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -The idea is to always make at least $1 on the shipping and everything will be okay. LOL Robert

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Mostly I sell used records (my collection from back when my record player worked). I do a little research for each one to get a rough idea of what they’re going for, but I still am frequently surprised. Sometimes they go for far more than I’d expected; sometimes, as happened today, I’m disappointed by how little I get.

Shipping is the main problem with low-priced records. If it’s a common item, a buyer can go to a record show and pick it out of a $1 bin. No matter how low it goes for on eBay, there’s always at least $3-4 shipping. I never sell records for less than $9.99, and usually I’m hoping to get at least $20-25. At that price, shipping isn’t really a problem, and you’ll get top dollar from the worldwide collector community. If your items are worth little, you’d be better off taking a table at a show.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – When I put an item up for auction, should the minimum bid be a very low amount, to catch the eye of potential bidders, or the actual minimum I’d want it to go for? there are varying opinions on that. personally i price at the minimum i’m willing to accept. Mostly I sell used records (my collection from back when my record player worked). I do a little research for each one to get a rough idea of what they’re going for, but I still am frequently surprised. Sometimes they go for far more than I’d expected; sometimes, as happened today, I’m disappointed by how little I get. pricing at the minimum you’ll accept saves a lot of disappointment. Robert Fully agree. There’s some argument that starting at 1 cent, 99 cents, etc gets more bids, but final selling – not number of bids, is what’s important.

biggest improvement i did to my bottom line was to raise opening bids to closer to the items value. Bottom feeders tend to drop out quickly and most often have little-to-no effect on the final price. If it doesn’t sell, it’s usually better to relist at a later date or even eat a listing cost than give it away below the minimum you’d like to have.

or to junk it as unsellable On the other hand, do the research to understand what’s a realistic market price. We typically start about 10-20% below market price, but there are always exceptions.

definitely! i’ve gotten more for certain books simply because i asked for more ;-) Robert — The sound of gunfire, off in the distance, I’m getting used to it now Lived in a brownstone, lived in the ghetto, I’ve lived all over this town This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco, this ain’t no fooling around

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Greedy e-bay

admin — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 00:00:00 +0000

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Words of wisdom, indeed.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Learn to start a sentence with a capital letter. Learn that the English language, as well as virtually every other language in the world, reads from top to bottom. Lumpy — In Your Ears for 40 Years www.lumpymusic.com

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SG* See 2. Learn to start a sentence with a capital letter. Is this what i wrote? No. You should learn what top and bottom mean.

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Sorry Bob, I did in fact use the spell checker but obviously it has the incorrect spellings in it most likely my fault. I apologise for not having the fortune of a good education you probably did have and again say sorry but it doesn’t alter my thoughts on the matter being discussed. Tom

You are also top posting. And attacking others here is not wise.

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I have been using E-bay for some years now both to sell and to buy . Over the last year or so their charges are getting so high on goods in the

looking for good dropshipper

admin — Thu, 08 May 2003 00:00:00 +0000

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The key secret to long term eBay success is that you simply cannot afford to pay for merchandise. The value of the items MUST have taken a STAGGERING drop in value BEFORE they reach the eBay seller.

I’ve found that items that have taken a staggering drop into a dumpster also do well. With a substantially better than 30:1 profit ratio, even factoring in gas. Sometimes selling for more than $19.63. Chris

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Hi Is there anybody who can give us a good address of a good and reliable dropshipper who is trustworth I see guys offering electonic products last week many times lower than the regular prices. Hope someone can help us thx in advance JV

Sure John. Send me half of what’s in your bank account. I’ll start a drop shipping business for you. When you get your first order ssend me the rest of what’s in your bank account. we’ll make millions and I’ll marry your sister. k?

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I can’t believe that you guys are still using the Norfolk and Waay posting. It is getting reeaal old. Do you guys actually still laugh after the millionth posting? And then you even started up a web site ? Maybe you should try putting as much effort into helping people in this newsgroup as you do mocking them at their expense. After all, that is what this newsgroup is about, isn’t it? Helping other people ….. OK, off my soapbox…. John, Translating what people are trying to say to you, is that nobody wants to give you their suppliers that they spent allot of time researching and developing. Finding wholesalers/suppliers/dropshippers takes time and effort. Start using the search engines and putting in the time. This isn’t a get rich quick business. Possibly some people could chime in with some search techniques. In regards to dropshippers, I believe that the general consensus of this newsgroup is that the only people who make money from drop shipping are the drop shippers themselves. There are several people in this newsgroup who offer very convincing arguments against using them. Hopefully they will step forward and provide some advice. I am sure that they could be much more informative than I could. Finally, many people have many different business approaches in this newsgroup. Find the one that fits you. Just because one person does it one way does not mean that it will work for you. Find a market area that you think you can sell and stick with it. Research it, find suppliers. Start small and expand as you become more profitable. That’s my 2 cents. Hopefully other users will chime in.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – How can I find Norfolk & Way. I did a search and can’t find any info. the key to finding them is to repeat their name out loud five times. robert "razor sharp memories, slash the soul to the bone. I would give everything that I am, for the simple blessing of amnesia."

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Seriously, John asked a question and nobody appears to have left him any serious options. Ice

Correct. John does not have any serious options. — Many thanks, Don Lancaster Synergetics 3860 West First Street Box 809 Thatcher, AZ 85552 Please visit my GURU’s LAIR web site at http://www.tinaja.com

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Can you spell that reason out for John so he doesn’t raise his expectations too much concerning what info will and won’t be shared by other ebayers? Ice Certainly. We will not share information with other eBayers on the Loch Ness Monster, Big Foot, Yeti, Leprechauns, or dropshippers that will let you make money on eBay just by listing auctions and collecting the money. The reason for the exclusion of all of these topics is the same, we try to stay away from mythological beings here, preferring to stay at least somewhat tethered to reality. This doesn’t mean that no one makes money in dropshipping, the dropshipping companies make quite a bit. Their clueless customers are a different story entirely. If you hang around this group for a while, you’ll find this question gets asked at least twice a week, sometimes twice a day. People buy into the "eBay is a way to get rich quick without work" idea, and nothing could be further from the truth. You can make money by selling items on eBay, but unless your great aunt dies and leaves you a pile of merchandise in her will, you have to work for it. The hardest part is finding the merchandise at a price that you can make a profit. Dropshipping companies try to deny that basic reality by claiming much higher values for their merchandise than can ever be reached in an eBay sale, and by ignoring the fact that if an inexpensive item has to be listed a dozen times to sell, the seller will generally lose money overall, even if he makes a profit on the one sale standing alone. eBay as a business just like any other, and in business the path of least resistance is generally the quickest route to failure. Richard Ward

The key secret to long term eBay success is that you simply cannot afford to pay for merchandise. The value of the items MUST have taken a STAGGERING drop in value BEFORE they reach the eBay seller. There is NO WAY that a viable supplier can make a profit on goods face value, the eBay seller make a decent true-costs profit, and the eBay buyer still make a real buy. The numbers simply will not add up. ESPECIALLY if the viable supplier is foisting their wares off on more than one eBay seller. Suitable dropped-value source examples include privitized mil surplus, community college auctions, dot-bomb failures, attic/yardsale/auntabigail/thrift, huge distress situations, certain other auctions, and business bankruptcies. Needed resources and tools all appear at http://www.tinaja.com/auct01.asp — Many thanks, Don Lancaster Synergetics 3860 West First Street Box 809 Thatcher, AZ 85552 Please visit my GURU’s LAIR web site at http://www.tinaja.com

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OK Now that I have done that, what do I do, nothing showed up on my screen. Seriously, John asked a question and nobody appears to have left him any serious options.

Might be a reason for that. Deborah Stevenson

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Can you spell that reason out for John so he doesn’t raise his expectations too much concerning what info will and won’t be shared by other ebayers? Ice – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – OK Now that I have done that, what do I do, nothing showed up on my screen. Seriously, John asked a question and nobody appears to have left him any serious options. Might be a reason for that. Deborah Stevenson

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Can you spell that reason out for John so he doesn’t raise his expectations too much concerning what info will and won’t be shared by other ebayers? Ice

Certainly. We will not share information with other eBayers on the Loch Ness Monster, Big Foot, Yeti, Leprechauns, or dropshippers that will let you make money on eBay just by listing auctions and collecting the money. The reason for the exclusion of all of these topics is the same, we try to stay away from mythological beings here, preferring to stay at least somewhat tethered to reality. This doesn’t mean that no one makes money in dropshipping, the dropshipping companies make quite a bit. Their clueless customers are a different story entirely. If you hang around this group for a while, you’ll find this question gets asked at least twice a week, sometimes twice a day. People buy into the "eBay is a way to get rich quick without work" idea, and nothing could be further from the truth. You can make money by selling items on eBay, but unless your great aunt dies and leaves you a pile of merchandise in her will, you have to work for it. The hardest part is finding the merchandise at a price that you can make a profit. Dropshipping companies try to deny that basic reality by claiming much higher values for their merchandise than can ever be reached in an eBay sale, and by ignoring the fact that if an inexpensive item has to be listed a dozen times to sell, the seller will generally lose money overall, even if he makes a profit on the one sale standing alone. eBay as a business just like any other, and in business the path of least resistance is generally the quickest route to failure. Richard Ward

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How can I find Norfolk & Way. I did a search and can’t find any info. the key to finding them is to repeat their name out loud five times.

Fast…

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Check out http://www.mydssd.com Kevin www.netauctionhelp.com www.thatsmynet.com www.ingeniusinc.com www.goinridin.com

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Hi Is there anybody who can give us a good address of a good and reliable dropshipper who is trustworth I see guys offering electonic products last week many times lower than the regular prices. Hope someone can help us thx in advance JV

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OK Now that I have done that, what do I do, nothing showed up on my screen. Seriously, John asked a question and nobody appears to have left him any serious options. Ice – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – How can I find Norfolk & Way. I did a search and can’t find any info. the key to finding them is to repeat their name out loud five times. robert "razor sharp memories, slash the soul to the bone. I would give everything that I am, for the simple blessing of amnesia."

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that you can’t be too ambiguous We are looking for a good and trustworth dropship company Does anyone has good tips for us ? We also see electronics last wek offered for real low prices Hope someone is able to help us Thx in advance John

I’ll be glad to serve as a dropshipper for you. I can send you a list or products at prices only a few cents over wholesale. You can then list them on eBay, absorbing all eBay fee, and collect the money. I promise to ship your items out within 10-14 days of receiving the funds from you, unless I run out of the item. If that happens, I’ll notify you within the same 10-14 day period. In exchange for this service, you must promise to handle any customer complaints, insurance claims (if you purchased optional insurance), or other problems as they arise. As a bonus, all the seller feedbacks that derive from these sales go directly to you (there is no middleman!) Is that a good deal, or what? This arrangement is a guaranteed money maker, for me.

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<< We are looking for a good and trustworth dropship company Does anyone has good tips for us ? Interested in dealing digital scales? I have many customers who I dropship for. Give me an email if you’re interested. "Efficiency is intelligent laziness." - David Dunham

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We are looking for a good and trustworth dropship company Does anyone has good tips for us ? We also see electronics last wek offered for real low prices Hope someone is able to help us Thx in advance John

The secret insider source most professional eBayers use is Norfolk & Waay. This week they have free sample pallets and free shipping from their choice of Sears, Neiman Marcus, Macys, Sharper Image, Land’s End, and Bruno’s Trucking. Also see http://www.tinaja.com/glib/moreebay.pdf — Many thanks, Don Lancaster Synergetics 3860 West First Street Box 809 Thatcher, AZ 85552 Please visit my GURU’s LAIR web site at http://www.tinaja.com

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How can I find Norfolk & Way. I did a search and can’t find any info. Ice – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – We are looking for a good and trustworth dropship company Does anyone has good tips for us ? We also see electronics last wek offered for real low prices Hope someone is able to help us Thx in advance John The secret insider source most professional eBayers use is Norfolk & Waay. This week they have free sample pallets and free shipping from their choice of Sears, Neiman Marcus, Macys, Sharper Image, Land’s End, and Bruno’s Trucking. Also see http://www.tinaja.com/glib/moreebay.pdf — Many thanks, Don Lancaster Synergetics 3860 West First Street Box 809 Thatcher, AZ 85552 Please visit my GURU’s LAIR web site at http://www.tinaja.com

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How can I find Norfolk & Way. I did a search and can’t find any info.

They take some tracking down – took me a couple of months but it was definitely worth it in the end! DDay

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – We are looking for a good and trustworth dropship company Does anyone has good tips for us ? We also see electronics last wek offered for real low prices Hope someone is able to help us Thx in advance John The secret insider source most professional eBayers use is Norfolk & Waay. How can I find Norfolk & Way. I did a search and can’t find any info. Ice

Note the spelling above Kris

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How can I find Norfolk & Way. I did a search and can’t find any info.

http://www.norfolkandwaay.com

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How can I find Norfolk & Way. I did a search and can’t find any info.

the key to finding them is to repeat their name out loud five times. robert "razor sharp memories, slash the soul to the bone. I would give everything that I am, for the simple blessing of amnesia."

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – How can I find Norfolk & Way. I did a search and can’t find any info. Ice We are looking for a good and trustworth dropship company Does anyone has good tips for us ? We also see electronics last wek offered for real low prices Hope someone is able to help us Thx in advance John The secret insider source most professional eBayers use is Norfolk & Waay. This week they have free sample pallets and free shipping from their choice of Sears, Neiman Marcus, Macys, Sharper Image, Land’s End, and Bruno’s Trucking. Also see http://www.tinaja.com/glib/moreebay.pdf — Many thanks, Don Lancaster Synergetics 3860 West First Street Box 809 Thatcher, AZ 85552 Please visit my GURU’s LAIR web site at http://www.tinaja.com

Their url is the same as their mission statement. — Many thanks, Don Lancaster Synergetics 3860 West First Street Box 809 Thatcher, AZ 85552 Please visit my GURU’s LAIR web site at http://www.tinaja.com

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location is UPPA US area — In the words of the IMMORTAL USED CAR DEALER: THERE IS AN ASS FOR EVERY SEAT!

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What products are you looking for? Neil Bartlett —— The eBay Online Auction Hot List Newsletter http://www.ebsdiscounts.com/the-online-auction-hot-list.htm —— The eBay Power Seller Product Research Tool http://www.ebsdiscounts.com/ebay-power-seller-product-research.htm ——

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admin — Mon, 17 Feb 2003 00:00:00 +0000

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"Bob Henning" wrote I took your advice from our NG members and have been getting some fraudulent auctions shut down. I told the eBay rep that our newsgroup was going pro-active and assisting eBay in shutting down some of the crap. All we do is report it Online. He passed along a ‘Thanks’ from the Account Theft department. Now if anyone wants to report this type of activity, go to: Help – Safe Trading – If Something Goes Wrong – Account Theft Then scroll down to a LIVE HELP button. They come on right away, take the information and act on it immediately.

Better tell them about ‘negromanslave’: active and winning and leaving horror-show feedbacks: http://cgi2.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedbackMemberLeft&memb… link

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I took your advice from our NG members and have been getting some fraudulent auctions shut down. I told the eBay rep that our newsgroup was going pro-active and assisting eBay in shutting down some of the crap. All we do is report it Online. He passed along a ‘Thanks’ from the Account Theft department. Now if anyone wants to report this type of activity, go to: Help – Safe Trading – If Something Goes Wrong – Account Theft Then scroll down to a LIVE HELP button. They come on right away, take the information and act on it immediately.

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Thanks, Bob. Hopefully they’ll remain this responsive, as this is bad stuff to let go for long. Deborah Stevenson

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Ebay chech out. WHY?

admin — Mon, 29 Jul 2002 00:00:00 +0000

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Thank you soo Much MIKE! I love being able to get and give quick help here. You all ROCK!

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Thank you soo Much MIKE! I love being able to get and give quick help here. You all ROCK!

One other point that wasn’t mentioned, when checkout says the bidder is using other forms of credit card transactions to pay, that means something other than eBay Online Payments/Billpoint. In other words, PayPal. Richard Ward

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You’ll never get a bid from me if you only accept Paypal. I was rorally screwed by Paypal, and will never use them again. If you cant accept at least a common money order, then I will not bid on your stuff.

Umm who the hell asked you to bid on anything of mine? hehe

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i think his point was that you are cutting off potential bidders by only taking paypal. robert

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – okay guys and gals here’s the question. I do not accept ebay bill pay system nor do I accept checks money orders or anything else. ALL I ACCEPT IS PAYPAL. Why do I then get spammed with all kinds of EBAY CHECKOUT emails that say this or that about a user beginning checkout but choosing other forms of credit card transactions to pay? What the heck is ebay check out and why is it needed? My pay pal account automatically sends invoices to them. Is there anyway I can stop ebay checkout? Thanx all You’ll never get a bid from me if you only accept Paypal. I was rorally screwed by Paypal, and will never use them again. If you cant accept at least a common money order, then I will not bid on your stuff.

OK, keep your money … — Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – You’ll never get a bid from me if you only accept Paypal. I was rorally screwed by Paypal, and will never use them again. If you cant accept at least a common money order, then I will not bid on your stuff. Umm who the hell asked you to bid on anything of mine? hehe i think his point was that you are cutting off potential bidders by only taking paypal. robert

I thought the idea of Paypal was real scary at first (UK buyer buying from UK sellers with Paypal) but it makes good sense now. No piddling about waiting for cheQUEs to clear, no postal orders with the associated overcharge …. just gotta trust a bit. And … here’s the REALLY spooky bit … I’ve ever paid US sellers! Whooooooooo! Hands across the sea and all that. Gran — Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).

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I take paypal and am perfectly happy with it, but I also take billpoint, and checks, and money orders. The more forms of payment you’re willing to take, the more you restrict your bidder pool. I sell old glass and pottery, and lots of my customers aren’t incredibly comfortable using a credit card online. I don’t happen to agree with them, but I don’t have to agree with them to take their money, as long as I accept an alternate form of payment. When I’m selling, what I prefer isn’t really an issue, it’s what I’m willing to accept that governs who is willing to bid on my auctions. Richard Ward

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – You’ll never get a bid from me if you only accept Paypal. I was rorally screwed by Paypal, and will never use them again. If you cant accept at least a common money order, then I will not bid on your stuff. Umm who the hell asked you to bid on anything of mine? hehe i think his point was that you are cutting off potential bidders by only taking paypal. robert I thought the idea of Paypal was real scary at first (UK buyer buying from UK sellers with Paypal) but it makes good sense now. No piddling about waiting for cheQUEs to clear, no postal orders with the associated overcharge …. just gotta trust a bit. And … here’s the REALLY spooky bit … I’ve ever paid US sellers! Whooooooooo! Hands across the sea and all that. Gran — Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). I take paypal and am perfectly happy with it, but I also take billpoint, and checks, and money orders. The more forms of payment you’re willing to take, the more you restrict your bidder pool. I sell old glass and pottery, and lots of my customers aren’t incredibly comfortable using a credit card online. I don’t happen to agree with them, but I don’t have to agree with them to take their money, as long as I accept an alternate form of payment. When I’m selling, what I prefer isn’t really an issue, it’s what I’m willing to accept that governs who is willing to bid on my auctions. Richard Ward

Make that "The more forms of payment you’re willing to take, the less you restrict your bidder pool." Richard Ward (trying to figure a way to blame that one on spellcheck)

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I get at least half my sales from checks in the mail. I’d lose a lot of business accepting only Paypal. — RARE COIN AUCTIONS NO MINIMUMS http://frankcoins.com Ebay Powerseller FRANKCOINS Texas Auction License 11259 Board member of Texas Coin Dealers Association, Fort Worth Coin Club. Member: Texas Numismatic Assoc, American Numismatic Assoc.

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okay guys and gals here’s the question. I do not accept ebay bill pay system nor do I accept checks money orders or anything else. ALL I ACCEPT IS PAYPAL. Why do I then get spammed with all kinds of EBAY CHECKOUT emails that say this or that about a user beginning checkout but choosing other forms of credit card transactions to pay? What the heck is ebay check out and why is it needed? My pay pal account automatically sends invoices to them. Is there anyway I can stop ebay checkout? Thanx all

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You DON’T need it. Just go to your "my ebay" page, click on the preferences tab up top, then click on "update seller checkout preferences." click on "No, do not display eBay’s Checkout button.". Finally, click "Submit" at the bottom. You will never get another one of those annoying emails. Mike http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/justapenny_gems/

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PayPal – UK seller to US buyer

admin — Tue, 25 Jun 2002 00:00:00 +0000

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I’ve received both PayPal and Billpoint payments from buyers in the US, and continue to accept both forms of payment. But Billpoint is guaranteed to give me exactly the right amount of pounds in the end. PayPal doesn’t guarantee that, and its payments take far longer to reach me. US buyers may prefer PayPal, but as a UK seller I prefer Billpoint.

Point taken; I certainly didn’t mean to suggest PayPal was superior to Billpoint. Since Chris apparently didn’t have any method of electronic payment in place until this buyer wanted to pay by PayPal, I was thinking specifically about this situation, but I would have been more accurate if I’d stuck to saying something like "a method of taking credit cards." I’m also slightly biased by primacy–I remember my gratitude when PayPal finally let me pay people in the UK without having to do a major song and dance, and by the time Billpoint joined the game, the novelty had worn off . Deborah Stevenson

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Thanks to everyone that replied, especially Deborah and Vivienne. I thought I saw that $20 thing somewhere, but couldn’t understand it. Thanks for the explanation. Chris

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi, I have just signed up for PayPal. I am a UK seller and have started selling worldwide after a couple of years of just selling to UK. I have just made my 1st sale to a US bidder for

eBay Online chat help

admin — Fri, 21 Jun 2002 00:00:00 +0000

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Maybe this will help. http://pages.ebay.com/community/chat/index.html

Thank you but that is not exactly what I am looking for. I previously had chance to chat with eBay’s live customer service rep using Java Appalets, and got the copy of conversation content. I do plan on using this very often, but sometime when something goes wrong. It is very helpful. Again, thank you. PT

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Anyone could point me to the eBay Online Chat/Help’s link? Thank you, PT

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says… Anyone could point me to the eBay Online Chat/Help’s link? Thank you, PT

Maybe this will help. http://pages.ebay.com/community/chat/index.html — Mike

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"I just paid using ebay payments…" huh?

admin — Tue, 28 May 2002 00:00:00 +0000

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Does a person have to be a member of Billpoint to accept ebay online payments? I had a buyer use BIN to purchase some items and then send me an e-mail saying they just bought such and such and sent payment using ebay payments. They want me to confirm receipt of their payment. I’ve never used Billpoint and as far as I can find, you have to "apply" to accept Billpoint. I checked PayPal just in case but the payment wasn’t there so I don’t know what this buyer did. Anyone have the low down on this? My ad said PayPal and money orders but I guess they didn’t read that part. TIA.

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You can send payments without an account, but to accept payments you have to have an account. (Which is one big advantage billpoint has over paypal.) Check his recent auction purchases, and see if he bought more than one item. He might have you mixed up with another seller. I’ve had people do this before, I had one person apologize for not having paid yet, I responded that not only had they paid, I’d shipped the merchandise, left positive feedback, and they’d left positive feedback for me. They had their records messed up, knew they’d missed paying someone, but were confused about who it was. Richard Ward

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Does a person have to be a member of Billpoint to accept ebay online payments? I had a buyer use BIN to purchase some items and then send me an e-mail saying they just bought such and such and sent payment using ebay payments. They want me to confirm receipt of their payment. I’ve never used Billpoint and as far as I can find, you have to "apply" to accept Billpoint. I checked PayPal just in case but the payment wasn’t there so I don’t know what this buyer did. Anyone have the low down on this? My ad said PayPal and money orders but I guess they didn’t read that part.

i bid (and won) on an auction once that said paypal and money orders in the description, but nothing about billpoint. however, they did have billpoint icons on the auction page, so i paid with billpoint. no word from the seller except for the positive feedback saying something like, "paid quickly, thanks, etc." is it possible that when you were creating the auction, you accidentally checked the billpoint box? can you post the auction URL? david

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If you ever get it sorted out, let us know what happens. It’s terrible hearing just enough of a story to get really interested, and then never hearing the ending, especially when there’s an element of mystery involved. Richard Ward

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Not to mention bragging rights. A

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says… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – says…

If you don’t want checkout as option AT ALL, you need to disable it in your preferences, period. — Mac McDougald Doogle Digital – www.doogle.com

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I think we’ve got a semantic difference here. You can complete checkout without paying through checkout, you just indicate that you’ll pay by check or some other method. I have people do it all the time, and I get an email from eBay indicating that the buyer has completed checkout, but the auction hasn’t been paid for yet. Richard Ward

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Ah. Yes, I remember now. The one round of auctions I ran with Checkout enabled got NO payments, but it generated alot more email than necessary. — Mac

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I did not check off anything to do with Billpoint and entered: Please do not use checkout. I sent the buyer e-mail asking for him to clarify and haven’t heard back yet. Thanks for the replies.

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No, mine said that eBay would bill her at the end of the month and send the money to me. The OP’s buyer is confused, mine was just a very bad liar. It is an interesting suggestion though, I wonder if that could be it? I hope the OP lets us know the end result, I’d be curious what really did happen. Richard Ward

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Does a person have to be a member of Billpoint to accept ebay online payments? I had a buyer use BIN to purchase some items and then send me an e-mail saying they just bought such and such and sent payment using ebay payments. Tell them you did not get the payment and have them go to their ‘my ebay’ page and check their account balance. they probably paid eBay instead of you. They will have to apply for a refund. Oooohhhh….good idea. I’m surprised Richard didn’t guess that, because he DID have someone once pay eBay – and eBay was supposed to give the money to Richard at the end of the month or something like that. Kris No, mine said that eBay would bill her at the end of the month and send the money to me. The OP’s buyer is confused, mine was just a very bad liar. It is an interesting suggestion though, I wonder if that could be it?

Sorry! I always screw it up. Makes me laugh everytime it’s repeated, though. I hope the OP lets us know the end result, I’d be curious what really did happen. Richard Ward

I second that! Kris

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I had a buyer use BIN to purchase some items and then send me an e-mail saying they just bought such and such and sent payment using ebay payments. They want me to confirm receipt of their payment. I’ve never used Billpoint is it possible that when you were creating the auction, you accidentally checked the billpoint box?

Maybe they completed check-out and are confusing that process with Billpoint payments? A

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I had a buyer use BIN to purchase some items and then send me an e-mail saying they just bought such and such and sent payment using ebay payments. They want me to confirm receipt of their payment. I’ve never used Billpoint is it possible that when you were creating the auction, you accidentally checked the billpoint box? Maybe they completed check-out and are confusing that process with Billpoint payments? A

Well, if they actually completed checkout, meaning PAID for the auction through checkout, then that IS "BillPoint" payments. So it is rather easily confused, eh? — Mac (doogle)

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Does a person have to be a member of Billpoint to accept ebay online payments? I had a buyer use BIN to purchase some items and then send me an e-mail saying they just bought such and such and sent payment using ebay payments. Tell them you did not get the payment and have them go to their ‘my ebay’ page and check their account balance. they probably paid eBay instead of you. They will have to apply for a refund.

Oooohhhh….good idea. I’m surprised Richard didn’t guess that, because he DID have someone once pay eBay – and eBay was supposed to give the money to Richard at the end of the month or something like that. Kris

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payments. Tell them you did not get the payment and have them go to their ‘my ebay’ page and check their account balance. they probably paid eBay instead of you. They will have to apply for a refund.

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Does a person have to be a member of Billpoint to accept ebay online payments? I had a buyer use BIN to purchase some items and then send me an e-mail saying they just bought such and such and sent payment using ebay payments. They want me to confirm receipt of their payment. I’ve never used Billpoint and as far as I can find, you have to "apply" to accept Billpoint. I checked PayPal just in case but the payment wasn’t there so I don’t know what this buyer did. Anyone have the low down on this? My ad said PayPal and money orders but I guess they didn’t read that part. i bid (and won) on an auction once that said paypal and money orders in the description, but nothing about billpoint. however, they did have billpoint icons on the auction page, so i paid with billpoint. no word from the seller except for the positive feedback saying something like, "paid quickly, thanks, etc." is it possible that when you were creating the auction, you accidentally checked the billpoint box? can you post the auction URL? david

I could be wrong, but I don’t think you can check the billpoint box and have eBay accept it unless you have a billpoint account.

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Opinions on Payingfast.com?

admin — Wed, 17 Apr 2002 00:00:00 +0000

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Hi all…long time eBayer, first time poster. This is probably the most informative newsgroup I’ve been on…lots of good content, not a lot of flaming like I’ve gotten used to seeing on Usenet. Looking forward in participating in some good discussions here. Anyway, I’m wondering if anyone has ever tried Payingfast.com. My first instinct is Paypal and eBay Payments are so commonplace now that it’s not necessary to sign up for Payingfast.com. You want to provide your buyer with as many options as you want, but is 3 similar services excessive? I did a search on eBay (title & description) for the most common online payment services to see how big their markets are. The searches returned too many items the first time so I included an arbitrary term to narrow it: 262844 items found for paypal CD 105750 items found total for eBay payments: 96515 items found for Billpoint CD 7678 items found for "ebay payments" CD 1557 items found for "ebay online payments" CD 52989 items found for bidpay CD (although Bidpay is an online money order service, and is not for credit cards, I thought I’d see how popular it was) 1470 items found for payingfast CD (I was also able to do a search JUST for "payingfast" and it returned 27842 results). Obviously the market for payingfast.com is small compared to Paypal and Billpoint. How long has it been around and does it have potential? If you’ve tried it out (as a buyer or seller), did you like the service? Thanks for any input! Happy eBaying. – Tim

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Free for the seller which is always good. Why not offer it. Some folks may like it. Used to get $2 per transaction as a seller… that was kinda nice once a month. It’s free… offer it. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Obviously the market for payingfast.com is small compared to Paypal and Billpoint. How long has it been around and does it have potential? If you’ve tried it out (as a buyer or seller), did you like the service? Thanks for any input! Happy eBaying. – Tim I’m registered with them (as well as Billpoint, PayPal and BidPay). I’ve only had 2 people use Payingfast, but I couldn’t tell any real difference between them and BidPay except their site is uglier and they use a different brand on money orders. ;-) Bill