mbarret Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 I won't sell anything on Ebay, it's a complete minefield and a flippin' pain. All the rules and regulations they have you need to be a solicitor to get your head around it all. Then there's the pain of packing it up and carting it down the post office and making sure it's a signed for delivery. Not to mention all the fees you get charged, by both Ebay and Paypal. What a liberty, being charged to have money go into your account, and should you want it back in your own account, having to wait ten days!!! I never used to extract the money from paypal because it was such a pain. I always ended up using it to buy something else off ebay. So effectively I never actually saw any gains from it, apart from other goods that I'd bought. I only ever buy off there now, and that's only occasionally. Things have change regarding paypal, i recieved a random payment of £40 into my bank account just before christmas, on looking into this, paypal refunded me £5 * 8 , which was the total amount of fees i had paid over a period of time, maybe since i opened my account, for the rapid bank transfer. I never asked for my money back, it just happened and since then the rapid transfer option with £5 fee has disapeared and i no longer get charged and money is usually transfered within a couple or so hours. This is certainly the case on my account, not mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Things have change regarding paypal, i recieved a random payment of £40 into my bank account just before christmas, on looking into this, paypal refunded me £5 * 8 , which was the total amount of fees i had paid over a period of time, maybe since i opened my account, for the rapid bank transfer. I never asked for my money back, it just happened and since then the rapid transfer option with £5 fee has disapeared and i no longer get charged and money is usually transfered within a couple or so hours. This is certainly the case on my account, not mistaken. I didn't know a rapid transfer option existed, and I certainly wouldn't now or in the past pay a fiver for it. I presume they still charge you a percentage of any money being paid into your account? I expect someone will say otherwise, but I would have thought, it's the only bank on the planet to charge you for having money paid into your account! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbarret Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 I didn't know a rapid transfer option existed, and I certainly wouldn't now or in the past pay a fiver for it. I presume they still charge you a percentage of any money being paid into your account? I expect someone will say otherwise, but I would have thought, it's the only bank on the planet to charge you for having money paid into your account! Sorry Pete, i must have misunderstood your origional post, yes paypal still charge a percentage of money paid into your paypal account, there used to be, in my case and i assume all cases, two options to withdraw money into your personal bank. 1. standard transfer which took 3 working days and was free, or , 2. Rapid transfer which took up to 24 hours, they used to charge a £5 fee for this option. I must have used the pricey option 8 times, and of course it was always because i was skint and needed the cash asap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Sorry Pete, i must have misunderstood your origional post, yes paypal still charge a percentage of money paid into your paypal account, there used to be, in my case and i assume all cases, two options to withdraw money into your personal bank. 1. standard transfer which took 3 working days and was free, or , 2. Rapid transfer which took up to 24 hours, they used to charge a £5 fee for this option. I must have used the pricey option 8 times, and of course it was always because i was skint and needed the cash asap I wonder why they refunded it? Against the law perhaps?...it seems really odd that they should refund it for no apparent reason! Must have been something dodgy about the practise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbarret Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 I wonder why they refunded it? Against the law perhaps?...it seems really odd that they should refund it for no apparent reason! Must have been something dodgy about the practise. I have honestly no idea, i did not ask them directly for fear of it being a mistake, and could find no news or info on google at the time. I just enjoyed my bonus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lois88 Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Amazon every time easy to use and safe just enter your card details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Amazon every time easy to use and safe just enter your card details Yes; I find Amazon to be far more user-friendly than E-Bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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