Author:  DadsAFOL  Posted:  Aug 19, 2014 19:07  Subject:  Re: Please split PayPal by seller/buyer country  Viewed:  66 times  Topic:  Suggestions Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card DadsAFOL (53289) Location:  USA, California Member Since Contact Type Status Jan 31, 2009 Seller  Store: Brickfans.com

In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:    Please make PayPal acceptance into two types (either of which the seller can specify). One would be 'seller accepts PayPal from buyer's country' The other would be 'seller accepts PayPal from seller's country' The first indicates that you accept cross-border PayPal, the second says you do not. This suggestion is a result of a growing number of orders that I have received, where the buyer is physically in another country, has a US based re-shipper specified as the buyer's address, but wants to pay with cross-border PayPal. Buyers are using the address field to try to circumvent the country list that the seller will ship to, when in reality the situation is more than where the seller ships to, it is also a cross-border payment issue. Thank you. I've never had any issues with cross border payments. Is there a specific scenario or risk you are trying to protect against? I've found that customers that use freight-forwarders are very good customers. -Jason

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Please split PayPal by seller/buyer country - cosmicray (3498)

Please make PayPal acceptance into two types (either of which the seller can specify). One would be 'seller accepts PayPal from buyer's country' The other [...] (119 months ago, Aug 19, 2014, to Suggestions)

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Re: Please split PayPal by seller/buyer country - bb138026 (2363)

[...] I'm assuming it's the extra 1% in Paypal fees, although that seems a poor reason to refuse international customers.. (119 months ago, Aug 19, 2014, to Suggestions)

Re: Please split PayPal by seller/buyer country - chetzler (2352)

[...] Same experience here. Additionally, I find these buyers tend to make larger orders, so I don't get too worried about the extra 1% in PayPal fees: it's just a [...] (119 months ago, Aug 19, 2014, to Suggestions)

11 Messages in this Thread:

 Msg 1 - cosmicray (3498) 119 months ago Aug 19, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 2 - connie (21083) 119 months ago Aug 19, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 3 - cosmicray (3498) 119 months ago Aug 19, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 4 - connie (21083) 119 months ago Aug 19, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 5 - Proprietor (1699) 119 months ago Aug 20, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 6 « - DadsAFOL (53289) 119 months ago Aug 19, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 7 - bb138026 (2363) 119 months ago Aug 19, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 8 - chetzler (2352) 119 months ago Aug 19, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 9 - cosmicray (3498) 119 months ago Sep 10, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 10 - cosmicray (3498) 118 months ago Sep 23, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 11 - cosmicray (3498) 117 months ago Oct 28, 2014 to Suggestions