Many of you are probably aware of this, but for those that aren’t it really is something to make a note of.
I recently had a buyer purchase a card on eBay for $900. They paid through PayPal but then quickly messaged me saying they had made a mistake and would I cancel the order. As there’s no point trying to force a sale on someone, I accepted the cancellation and refund was processed.
Now here comes the scumbag bit. From the original payment PayPal took around $50 in fees as usual, but then refund was covered entirely by me. So now I’m $50 down for doing the right thing.
Unfortunately in the future I’ll be adding a note on my listings saying that any refunds will not include the fees but I expect this will likely result in negative feedback. We just can’t win!
I’m already on the cant sell anymore. Have been since Nov 1. I personally am not too thrilled with how they it was being implemented so I was not rushing to sell things. Good thing is that any listing you have up before that period is still honored and will be paid via paypal.
Gotcha, that would make sense–though I also read kpods response, which also makes sense. Either way, I sell cards on ebay, fairly regularly, so I am being forced by the corporation–another standard trend of our modern lives that is ever increasing in its normalcy. Shame. Captains of industry! Masters of the Universe!
