Author:  Jan_K  Posted:  Aug 6, 2014 04:04  Subject:  Re: Enable/disable PayPal for countries with Euro  Viewed:  39 times  Topic:  Suggestions Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card Jan_K (1651) Location:  Germany, Nordrhein-Westfalen Member Since Contact Type Status Collage Mar 7, 2001 Seller  Store: ABS store

In Suggestions, mabccc writes:       *AFAIK, even eBay.co.uk strongly advised not to use a bank transfer as payment type - at least a few years ago. Right now, I do not find this strong statement anymore. http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/pay/methods.html    Of course they are biased in that they own PayPal, so prefer that transactions take place via PayPal. Integration of PayPal into ebay does make it an extremely easy way to pay for ebay items. Sure, but the way eBay.co.uk did it back then was warning about severe risks of bank transfers; I guess some UK members mentioned back then that disclosing UK bank information to a person you don't know may indeed create a risk of fraudulent use. Nevertheless, the main point was that for UK buyers, is was (and still is) very uncomfortable to pay by bank transfer, not only due to the cost involved. So if you don't want to turn away 95%+ of UK buyers, you better let them pay by PayPal even though they are EU members and are technically able to send a SEPA bank transfer to you. Jan

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Re: Enable/disable PayPal for countries with Euro - yorbrick (1185)

[...] Of course they are biased in that they own PayPal, so prefer that transactions take place via PayPal. Integration of PayPal into ebay does make it an extremely easy [...] (120 months ago, Aug 4, 2014, to Suggestions)

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