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#7,096
ThisVNchick said:
Thanks for confirming my thoughts :smile:

I did entertain her questions and wrote back to her. I politely answered all of her relevant questions and ended (verbatim) "I, unfortunately, do not condone the practice of cheating the system and going the pp only route." She responded, "Hello, it s not unfortunate I just was wondering if you had any flexibility as I do not have quite that much to spend." Yea...I'm always wary when people throw out that excuse and say they don't have enough funds for a big purchase via eBay.
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I always recommend using PP Credit so they can pay interest free over time. Don't think anyone has taken the advice though. They just want it on the cheap apparently. Oh well..........next!
 
#7,097
poopsie said:
I always recommend using PP Credit so they can pay interest free over time. Don't think anyone has taken the advice though. They just want it on the cheap apparently. Oh well..........next!
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I thought that was a promotional offer that PP occasionally runs? Is it always interest free over a certain amount?

I've always had bad luck when buyers say they don't have funds and you try to accommodate by lowering the price a tad while keeping the transaction still on eBay (or even Tradesy). When they get it and have held onto to it for a week or so, they realize they still don't have the funds to pay and open some bogus return. Especially now when sellers have to provide a return label, I rather not waste time, energy and money.
 
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ThisVNchick said:
I thought that was a promotional offer that PP occasionally runs? Is it always interest free over a certain amount?

I've always had bad luck when buyers say they don't have funds and you try to accommodate by lowering the price a tad while keeping the transaction still on eBay (or even Tradesy). When they get it and have held onto to it for a week or so, they realize they still don't have the funds to pay and open some bogus return. Especially now when sellers have to provide a return label, I rather not waste time, energy and money.
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I thought it was all the time. I see offers of 6,12 or 24 months depending on the amount of the item. Of course I have used PP Credit before so maybe they just automatically show it to me.
They might have to click on something to see the offer, but I think it is available to all. I use it for non Ebay purchases as well
 
#7,099
ThisVNchick said:
I thought that was a promotional offer that PP occasionally runs? Is it always interest free over a certain amount?

I've always had bad luck when buyers say they don't have funds and you try to accommodate by lowering the price a tad while keeping the transaction still on eBay (or even Tradesy). When they get it and have held onto to it for a week or so, they realize they still don't have the funds to pay and open some bogus return. Especially now when sellers have to provide a return label, I rather not waste time, energy and money.
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poopsie said:
I thought it was all the time. I see offers of 6,12 or 24 months depending on the amount of the item. Of course I have used PP Credit before so maybe they just automatically show it to me.
They might have to click on something to see the offer, but I think it is available to all. I use it for non Ebay purchases as well
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I'm pretty sure it is interest free all the time as long as purchase is over $99. Sometimes I'll combine several small purchases to take advantage of it. I wait until it is due to pay. As long as you pay it on time, there is no interest. My only worry is that I don't have the option of opening a credit card dispute if something goes wrong.
 
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poopsie said:
I thought it was all the time. I see offers of 6,12 or 24 months depending on the amount of the item. Of course I have used PP Credit before so maybe they just automatically show it to me.
They might have to click on something to see the offer, but I think it is available to all. I use it for non Ebay purchases as well
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whateve said:
I'm pretty sure it is interest free all the time as long as purchase is over $99. Sometimes I'll combine several small purchases to take advantage of it. I wait until it is due to pay. As long as you pay it on time, there is no interest. My only worry is that I don't have the option of opening a credit card dispute if something goes wrong.
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I wonder if it varies by account? I just did a quick search for a Chanel bag and the only offer I was given was 12 months with a promotional APR of 12.99%. The terms say that if I don't pay the balance within 12 months, the APR jumps to 19.99%, which is their normal rate. I haven't bought anything on eBay as of late and when I do it's just small things $20 and under. I wonder if that affects my eligibility.
 
#7,101
ThisVNchick said:
I wonder if it varies by account? I just did a quick search for a Chanel bag and the only offer I was given was 12 months with a promotional APR of 12.99%. The terms say that if I don't pay the balance within 12 months, the APR jumps to 19.99%, which is their normal rate. I haven't bought anything on eBay as of late and when I do it's just small things $20 and under. I wonder if that affects my eligibility.
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I signed up to Paypal Credit way back when it was called Bill Me Later. Maybe once you do it, you continue to get offers. I mostly buy small things. I suspected I got the offers to encourage me to buy more. I can put a bunch of things in my shopping cart and if the total is over $99, I am able to take advantage of the 6 months no interest, no payments.
 
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#7,102
whateve said:
I signed up to Paypal Credit way back when it was called Bill Me Later. Maybe once you do it, you continue to get offers. I mostly buy small things. I suspected I got the offers to encourage me to buy more. I can put a bunch of things in my shopping cart and if the total is over $99, I am able to take advantage of the 6 months no interest, no payments.
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Same here
I only use it for large purchases. Then I list like a bastard to pay it off :biggrin:
 
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#7,103
Does a sellers handling time listed anywhere? All I see is estimated deliver times. I could have sworn that it used to show if a seller had 1 day, 5 day whatever handling time.
 
#7,104
poopsie said:
Does a sellers handling time listed anywhere? All I see is estimated deliver times. I could have sworn that it used to show if a seller had 1 day, 5 day whatever handling time.
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Not all sellers state a handling time but for those that do, you need to click "see details" at the top of the listing (next to shipping). It'll bring you to the bottom of the page with the more detailed shipping info.

This is an example from a listing:
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#7,105
Help! I visited my Bonanza booth and it plays music when I view an item. Very annoying! How do I turn that off for my customers? On one of my items, it plays a Christmas song! I see how I can click off the music icon on each page but when I visit the page again, the music plays again. It isn't doing it on Chrome, just Firefox - not sure if it is because it is Chrome or because I'm not logged in.
 
#7,106
whateve said:
Help! I visited my Bonanza booth and it plays music when I view an item. Very annoying! How do I turn that off for my customers? On one of my items, it plays a Christmas song! I see how I can click off the music icon on each page but when I visit the page again, the music plays again. It isn't doing it on Chrome, just Firefox - not sure if it is because it is Chrome or because I'm not logged in.
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LOL! I got that too but I was looking at another seller's items so I thought it was THAT seller who'd set it up.

I was viewing on FF too.

ETA: I just checked on Safari and I get "Deck the Halls" and a Christmas scene on the home page:
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