Re: Worst times ever for eBay microscopes


<Gregor.Overney@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello, Edward:

Hello Gregor:

I did want to and have wanted to direct your attention to a very
catchy old
song based on the initials you use, see "Little GTO". "Little" is
not used there or meant here as a diminutive but as an
affectionate charaterization. If you haven't heard this "muscle
car" tune you would like it.


Good points. - Let me elaborate on Paypal for a few moments.
Using
Paypal protects the credit card information from sellers. So
far so
good. Paypal is also quick in pulling cash back out of the
seller's
bank account and Paypal offers some sort of free "damage"
insurance.

Paypal insurance terms only extend to direct electronic
withdrawals from your
financial institution, something one would never wisely assent
to.
Even then, there are significant flyspeck-print restrictions on
the number of
transactions, positive feedback percentage, seller's country and
more which really weaken the promised protection. There is
another element possibly deserving address here I may be able to
make further comment on after checking.

Almost great. - But why should the seller not transfer the
funds via
cash withdrawal from the account before Paypal was able to try
to get
the money back?

They do that extremely rarely, especially if one has been wise in
selecting a seller with excellent feedback tied to substantial
sales numbers acquired over a duration. Be careful, some scammers
get fine feedback and high transaction numbers by buying it in a
very short time via cronies on 10 cent sales. Checking past
seller transactions is imperative.


Why should a seller even accept Paypal?

The sellers known to me all came to realize this was a pragmatic
necessity if you want
to get a bigger selection of buyers and bigger prices. Also, it
can be real quick, allowing business to be move more rapidly.

- Nevertheless,
using Paypal is most certainly better than giving the credit
card
information to the seller.

Agreed and agreed.

I thought that's what you recommended in
your last post.

No, whether that was either inferred or allowed by any haziness
in my formulation. A credit card through Paypal is best.


But again, neither Paypal, eBay nor any credit card company is
legally
obligated to do anything. It's a legal contract between buyer
and
seller and a legal contract between the shipper and who ever
authorized
him to ship the package.

Nonetheless, they do as a regular business practice to protect
their reputations and business. And Ebay dictates the liability
of the parties conducting transactions on their site.

Everything else is just services that are
neither legally binding nor in any way useable as credible
evidence in
court.

I think what the services find based on the evidence assembled by
you and subpoenable exhibits available from them would be
availing in litigation.

Only because Paypal refunded money does not mean that the seller
broke the contract.

It means you got your money back. Beyond that lies fiscal
meaninglessness.

Again, I think the chances of a buyer being sued after a credit
transaction revocation by the card company and associated
affirmative interventions by Paypal or Ebay once the item in
contention has been restored to the seller approaches
infinitesimal degrees of probability.

I neglected to also make prior mention of the fact that a seller
of an unsatisfactory item attempting to engage a collection
agency after a chargeback reimbursement and finding against him
by the entities previously mentioned better really enjoy
experiencing self-abuse.


Again, which action is recommended depends on the
seller in question.

Sure.

eBay is just the gate. The buyer has to walk
through it at his very own risk. There are no general
recommendations
such as suggesting Paypal for all eBay purchases. There are
some very
trustworthy sellers, who sell great microscope parts, that, for
obvious
reasons, do not accept Paypal.

Life is alternatives and choices. If you've known a trusty soul
for years, worry about him suddenly departing in the middle of an
arrangement leaving you to deal with Uncle Lefty.

Thanks again and regards,

Edward Hennessey


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