Author:  bb414973  Posted:  Aug 21, 2017 01:26  Subject:  Re: Offsite payment no longer possible??  Viewed:  70 times  Topic:  Suggestions Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card bb414973 (189) Location:  Belgium, Flemish Brabant Member Since Contact Type Status Aug 3, 2013 Buyer No Longer Registered

In Suggestions, nectara writes:    In Suggestions, Teup writes:    In Suggestions, nectara writes:    In Suggestions, Teup writes: and basically, PayPal is something for internet nerds. That is simply a reality. Limiting Bricklink to PayPal is limiting it to internet nerds and lose a massive market.. Your huge market is almost NON in other country's From 1300 orders in my store only 3 where payed by IBAN Saying that PayPal is for nerds... ,,This payment volume was generated through the 1.73 billion transactions which PayPal processed during that quarter. In 2016, the payment provider's annual payment volume amounted to 354 billion U.S. dollars.,, mean the nerds one pay half of the volume of your country in one year ,,The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Netherlands was worth 770.85 billion US dollars in 2016.,, Calm down dear, they weren't insulting you or anyone, rather explaining how PayPal is seen within the Netherlands. IBAN is a very common method of payment across the Euro zone, particularly in the Benelux states. There are various other online payment methods here too but they're not widely supported by non-Benelux retailers. In a way I support the move to restrict IBAN as it offers zero protection for consumers and loads the entirety of the risk onto their shoulders. In the case of many Benelux retailers, this is fine as they comply with consumer legislation, they publish their business address and there will be a complaints/redress procedure. In the case of BL sellers, this is far from the norm and paying by IBAN represents a serious risk. However, as has been said, restricting this payment method will inconvenience many people who are happy to use IBAN regardless of its lack of protection. BL will simply lose some of these customers but only time will tell how many. I suspect this is only the first salvo in BL's decision to push sellers towards accepting PayPal exclusively, perhaps as an attempt to standardise fees and possibly as a first step in making auto-checkout mandatory.

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Re: Offsite payment no longer possible?? - nectara (6580)

[...] Your huge market is almost NON in other country's From 1300 orders in my store only 3 where payed by IBAN Saying that PayPal is for nerds... ,,This payment volume [...] (83 months ago, Aug 21, 2017, to Suggestions)

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 Msg 1 - Teup (6615) 83 months ago Aug 19, 2017 to Suggestions
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