Good Bye Ebay.............

[FlashDrive]

There is no way I am going to do this ....!!

You have just lost me.....I'll source somewhere else, or go with out ...!!

You may find this is necessary for a ' legit ' business ...but as a ' private ' citizen, this is just another platform for your ' sensitive ' details to be exposed to unauthorized people.

TOO INTRUSIVE for me. :mad2:

Col...

[multiweb]

Yes they seem to change their payment model and want to take everything on board without using PayPal. I think this is designed for listings that are on eBay but might have been listed and sold on other platforms like gumtree or other. I recently sold a car. I ended up having to delist it on eBay. It was very hard to do. You can't easily remove something you don't want to sell. So this is another way of locking you in. Likely slug you with a fee for "breaching listing contract" or something like that. :lol:

[Huey]

Ditched ebay a while ago, never looked back. Did the same with paypal who wanted to block my account because I had two email addresses. I still order things and pay online.

Huey

[FlashDrive]

How to close your eBay Account ( there are other videos about this also )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr2NGAWkBZM

Col....

[leon]

That is just outrages Col, not that I use these people.

Leon

[pmrid]

This has to be an elaborate phishing scam, surely.

[mura_gadi]

I got the same and left, I sell 2nd hand so its gumtree for me. if anything.

Its not like its a cheap option for buying new anymore either.

[floyd_2]

It's definitely a great opportunity for identity theft. Next they'll want colour photocopies of your credit cards. There's a LOT of trust that goes into supplying the info that they're demanding. Not for me either.

[TrevorW]

I use Ebay all the time to buy items, pay by Paypal and never have I had a request like this, I'd check the legitimacy of it :)

[SB]

I think this is a scam, especially as the letter does not address you by name or have your account number.

SB

[multiweb]

Some more info: https://community.ebay.com/t5/Payments/Is-eBay-dropping-Paypal/m-p/31527195#M103207

[LewisM]

I got this request precisely through eBay messaging, verified by eBay (I sent them an email). It is legit.

[TrevorW]

MANAGED PAYMENTS will new payment management system. If you want to continue to sell on EBAY you must switch to MANAGED PAYMENTS.

With MANAGED PAYMENTS it takes 3-5 days for money to be deposited into your CHECKING ACCOUNT.

CUSTOMERS call still use PAY PAL and many other options for purchases (but money does not go into YOUR PayPal).

[FlashDrive]

That's how I received my message also on eBay messages and to my email Account.:mad2:

Also....why do they want a Photo of the back of your head :screwy:, let alone the front...!!

[LewisM]

'cause conspiracy theorists have eyes in the back of their heads? :shrug: :P ;) :lol:

[xelasnave]

I never sell anything...if I have had a good run and I dont use something I give it to a friend who can use it...not houses but I would rather let a friend use it than rent it.
Alex

[DarkArts]

For now, you can still buy on eBay without engaging with their Managed Payments system (I use PayPal). But to sell, you have to use their system and provide all that ID.

I just don't sell on eBay anymore. Meh. :shrug:

[astroron]

I haven't used them for ages,and after this won't be using them again.
deleted my account.
Cheers:thumbsup:

[pmrid]

It may weed out some of the shonky sellers. How many times have you found an item advertised as being located in Australia only to find:

1. The item arrives weeks later from China;
2. The money is paid to someone other than the seller and usually somewhere outside China.

This might make it a bit harder to be a shonk. That has to be a plus.

[sharkbite]

Same here.

I get what they are trying to do - make it safer for buyers -
but it is just too hard to sell stuff on ebay now...

[UniPol]

The selling fees are quite horrendous on ebay i.e. recently sold a camera lens for $2500 plus $25 postage. The fees were a flat 13.4% of the selling price plus postage so 13.4% of $2525 was $338.35. Out of the $2525 I was paid $2161.65, received the money in my bank account within a couple of days. Of course there were few times when I got a lot more for an item than I was expecting, like all auctions there are good and bad days, luck of the game.

You have to wonder if I could have got $2500 for my camera lens on Gumtree, Trading Post, local paper or even IIS.

[astroron]

I find Ice Trade Classified very good.;)
Also Face Book Marketplace.
Sold and bought real quick on both.
Definitely no more Ebay for me.
Gave them my resignation today.
Gave PayPal the flick a while ago.
I was concerned with their security,
which they didn't seem to have the
same concern.
Cheers:thumbsup:

[LewisM]

If you don't sell on eBay folks, then this is nothing to worry about. Keep on buying as you did before.


If you sell, it is disheartening somewhat. And indeed, eBay's fees are crazy - after they took their fees from a CCD cam I sold, I LOST $178 compared to what I bought it for.

[FlashDrive]

That's true :) ......just don't sell anything ...you get ' stung '

[ab1963]

If you list through Gumtree Steve then list on ebay through the Gumtree app and as long as you sell no more than 2 items a month you get charged a flat 30 cent rate just sold a $800 camera and that's all it cost me.

[Tropo-Bob]

+1

[DarkArts]

It doesn't look like a scam to me. I've had eBay messages about payment admin that don't address me by name - they were legit. Plus, the screenshot is taken from within eBay's My Messages page (it's not a separate e-mail). It's addressed at the top, in blue, to "carriergroup".

[Kal]

Never sold anything on ebay so this doesn't affect me, but I did set up an account for buying crypto the other day but to complete the account setup it had similar requirements - colour scans of license etc front and back, and I was like "Naaaah, ain't gonna happen" so no crypto :)

[Nikolas]

I've sold one item on facebook market place, way too many tyrekickers on it and lots of scammers. I make it clear in my sale ads "genuine inquiries only I have no patience for tyre kickers and time wasters".

[raymo]

I think the internet has bred a whole new generation of purveyors of fake
merchandise, especially collectibles, gemstones and jewellery in general.
So many fake antique porcelain figurines are listed as genuine, that it has
drastically reduced the prices realised by genuine pieces. The same goes for gemstones, with created and/or heat treated stones listed as natural stones.
raymo

[alpal]

You're right - I can't believe the fees are so high -
I would have guessed 1% at most.



https://www.ebay.com.au/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/selling-fees-without-ebay-store?id=4822

Variable fee – most categories 13.4% of the sale amount up to $4,000
(including postage and handling), calculated per item

2.5% of the sale amount over $4,000

[raymo]

Ebay's fees are quite reasonable. Have a look at the fees of many auction houses, particularly art; often much higher than ebay's.
raymo

[xelasnave]

I am inclined to agree Raymo.
Ebay offers a window to a huge market place and a support structure and they deserve to be paid a decent return for the huge investment that is Ebay.

I really think the folk who are grizzle grizzle grizzle cause they are expected to pay fees that really are not unreasonable given the small "price" of the item are not really the thinking it thru and remembering times where you had to take out a printed add in a city newspaper that reached a very small market. and only got an add that for practical purposes lasted little past 24 hours.
They could ask 25% on small items and that not be unreasonable...AND Lewis if you lost money it is not Ebay's fault but indeed yours.
Alex