eBay, etc. General Question/Answer Thread
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What does that mean? Buyers don't pay or save fees when they use paypal anyway so I'm not sure how "using paypal to avoid fees" will help her.
Is this for an item listed somewhere? If so and if she wants to pay by PP, as long as you ship to the address in the transaction, you'll be protected when tracking shows delivery. If it's an item with total price of $750 or more, there needs to be online signature confirmation.
Bottom line is that any shipment would be to the "okay to ship" address in PP.
seller no fees will be more flexible to lower price and buyer benefits from it.
so as long as PayPal saids "ok to ship" and obtained signature confirmations it will be OK?
So are you trying to save fees by going outside poshmark to sell? If so, you've come to the wrong place for support for that!
As for PP, it's not Paypal she wants to use but you're looking for a Friends and family payment, right?
That's unethical for you as a seller and unsafe for her as a buyer.
And by doing F&F, you will NOT get the "okay to ship" statement so you'll lose seller protection too.
Seriously, is saving 3% fee worth it? Not only do you both lose protection but you both don't make yourselves appear to be moral and ethical poshmark users.
Here's a novel idea: Why not have both you and your buyer be honest, pay for the transaction through Paypal either through Poshmark or for good and services, you pay the fees and both you and the buyer will be protected as long as you both follow protocol.
JMHO.
I'm sorry it's sounds like unprofessional, I am new to poshmark and had no idea they charged 20%!! so the buyer suggested just to go thru PayPal as invoice transaction. personally I had sold many PayPal invoices transaction for my own collection of bags, but all are domestic sales as buyers trusted me with my almost 1000 positive feedbacks and over 10 years in eBay.
ok back to topic, I wasn't comfortable to send to Mexico so I told buyer NO, I prefer domestic, then she suggested to send to her friend in CA, and her friend will send to her, but it's still PayPal invoice transaction. I just wanted to know if I follow all PayPal protocol is it ok to proceed? the item I am selling is very rare and she had been looking for it for a while.
Thank you so much for the reply!! i also just got off the phone with a paypal customer service agent and she mentioned that I could do it as long as i have the conversation with the seller documented in my ebay messages. In case something happens, *knock on wood* Ebay and Paypal can always refer to the messages and see the agreement we made. Thanks again
So, basically, she wants to go off whatever site it was listed on? I see no way a buyer saves fees on Paypal. Is she asking you to sell directly thru PP?
My thought is that if she is willing to cheat the site you listed on. she won't have a problem cheating you. Not that she will but.....
You should be protected by PP if you ship to a confirmed address, but it is an ethics issue to me.
Don't believe everything a CSR tells you. They are known for saying whatever will get you off of the phone. If it all goes south and you say you were told it was OK, they will refer you to the rules that you are supposed to follow.Thank you so much for the reply!! i also just got off the phone with a paypal customer service agent and she mentioned that I could do it as long as i have the conversation with the seller documented in my ebay messages. In case something happens, *knock on wood* Ebay and Paypal can always refer to the messages and see the agreement we made. Thanks again
They gave you bad information. (There are many posts here where it's discussed that ebay and PP will tell you what you want to hear but it's often inaccurate.)Thank you so much for the reply!! i also just got off the phone with a paypal customer service agent and she mentioned that I could do it as long as i have the conversation with the seller documented in my ebay messages. In case something happens, *knock on wood* Ebay and Paypal can always refer to the messages and see the agreement we made. Thanks again
If payment is split, you WILL lose protection. DON'T do it!
ETA:
https://www.paypal.com/ie/webapps/mpp/paypal-safety-and-security
General Guidelines.
- Disputes can be opened for certain, tangible and intangible goods
- Full item cost has to be covered in one payment
- The buyer can open a dispute within 180 days of the date the payment was made
- If the buyer and the seller cannot reach a mutual agreement, the dispute can be escalated to a claim within 20 days after opening the dispute
- Buyers cannot open several disputes for the same payment