Comments on: eBay ‘Guest Buying’ so like? No one has to sign up anymore?

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By: Kidson Talks | The E-commerce Chemist

Kidson Talks | The E-commerce Chemist — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:22:24 +0000

eBay Guest Buying – First Casualty…but Go Paypal Go!…

Not really knowing if the feature was out yet a friend of mine had a purchase Saturday (he sells designer bags, high ticket items) thought eBay but Paypal held the funds for investigation. He found it weird that there was not a username associated with…

By: Liz

Liz — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:01:23 +0000

I think it is because the fabric of the online world is thin enough around Christmas time and with ever more organised internet crime sellers and buyers need to be protected. eBay seems to forget the sellers far too often in the mix. It is sensible that that have in theory limited the damage to £1000, all covered by the protection policy. I hope it works, eBay sales have been waning for too long and eBay express was a flop. (out of about £600K of sales I think I counted 5 express sales. FIVE!) It was a great idea though.

By: Sue Bailey

Sue Bailey — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:44:54 +0000

I don’t get why sellers would be against this. If you have PayPal seller protection, that’s as much as you’re ever going to have. If you operate a website and take credit cards directly, you probably don’t have any more protection there either. Selling on the net puts you at risk of fraudsters, just like having a real life shop puts you at risk of shoplifters.

Seriously, has anyone who’s just lost money to a scam buyer EVER thought “oh well, I can neg them so who cares about the money?” I doubt it very much somehow :^O