"Discreet" PayPal

[IRON LEG]

I beleive P Pal, and E bay are one. Anybody know for sure? I refuse to use them. And I shy away from Craigslist, libel to wind up on some Escort list by mistake!

 

[bk43]

Originally posted by IRON LEG:
I beleive P Pal, and E bay are one. Anybody know for sure? I refuse to use them.

They are. I would not use them but I collect knives and other than a couple big shows eBay is where all the action is. Darn near impossible to avoid them for the higher end knives.

Bob

 

[m1gunner]

I have uses paypal oftn. Everytime someone wants "discreet paypal" I list "ar15 gun" in the title section. Works every time

 

[ThirtyAcres]

Ebay owns 25 per cent of Craigs List.

 

[shovelwrench]

Originally posted by ThirtyAcres:
Ebay owns 25 per cent of Craigs List.

I find that hard to beleive......


Any way, I've bought handguns, and mags through Paypal through their "discreet" program.

I'm glad they were smart enough to put this in place for us

 

[ThirtyAcres]

Originally posted by shovelwrench:

Originally posted by ThirtyAcres:
Ebay owns 25 per cent of Craigs List.

I find that hard to beleive......

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Read the last question at the bottom of the page......................................

http://www.craigslist.org/about/factsheet

 

[lcdrdanr]

I have had an E-Bay listing terminated by E-Bay because I stated in the ad that I would accept cash. It was actually in a little bit of tongue in cheek about "I don't accept trades, swaps, indian blankets, Rolex watches, jams, jellies or knot headed kids, only negotiable funds, cash, personal checks or money orders in addition to the required PayPal."
They didn't comment on the checks or money orders statement, just that accepting cash for a sale was against E-Bay policies and the auction was terminated.
I also once had an auction terminated because I indicated that I would accept PayPal only if the buyer paid the fees, i.e. 30 cents per transaction plus 3% of the total. (I once sold some brass (years ago) and wound up paying 30 or 40 cents out of my own pocket for the privilege of selling the stuff. E-Bay said I couldn't charge customers for using PayPal since it "made it too difficult for the winner to figure out the actual cost ??!!" Like their bidders are too stupid to calculate a 3% charge ??!!!
Their rules, their ball game and like others, I have an account set aside with virtually no money in it specifically to transfer to and from with PayPal.

Dan R

 

[ElToro]

ebay does in fact own a percentage of Craigslist, it was a big deal a fe wyears ago up here in nor cal when that went down.

ebay also owns paypal. i refuse to open a paypal account due to their anti gun stance. i have bluntly ( but nicely) told every seller who requests it that i will not do pay pal and will gladly wait 10+ days for my personal check to clear before they ship. never lost a purchase yet. in fact most people in the gun community ship upon receipt of getting a check and i have had small dollar items receievd from cross country before my check even clears.

to save costs, i try to sell on a specific forum ( S&W, ruger, Calguns etc.) get a better garget audience that way.

 

[m657]

Personally I refuse to use Paypal and I fired ebay years ago.