Question:
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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- 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. TIA.
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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<snip 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.
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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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – <snip 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. 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.
Not to mention bragging rights. A
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says… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – says… <snip 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) 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 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 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.
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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<snip 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)
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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says… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – <snip 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) 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
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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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – says… <snip 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) 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 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
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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- 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? 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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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.
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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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