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| vtwin@cox.net:
Again, you and I will simply have to agree to disagree. When listing an item, eBay gives 5 choices: New, Open Box, Manufacturer Refurbished, Seller Refurbished, Used, or "For Parts/Not Working" Of the 5 choices, "New" seemed the best selection, since the item itself was new. Used, not working, and refurbished certainly were not applicable. I suppose "open box" may have been an option, except, as I indicated, I was selling the item itself and nothing else that normally comes in the box, because it had all been discarded. If you want to get "technical" by the description eBay provides when listing an item, none of their "Condition" selections are applicable to my listing. Undoubtedly had I selected "Open Box" the buyer would have likewise complained because the definition of "open box" says "the item includes original accessories". Had the buyer read the item description, he wouldn't have purchased the item in the first place, if he was indeed looking for an item in a retail box. Instead, it was clear he didn't read the description of the item, instead, relied on the eBay list and pre-filled-in-data and thought he was getting a $100-retail item for $24.95 brand new a the box. However, this is getting off topic, which is, Paypal's policy, not eBay's. |
| NorthGuy:
--- Quote from: vtwin@cox.net on August 11, 2019, 03:20:36 pm ---I was selling the item itself and nothing else that normally comes in the box --- End quote --- If someone bought a TV, then took an HDMI cable from the box and sold it, it would be "used", without any doubts. |
| james_s:
--- Quote from: NorthGuy on August 11, 2019, 03:54:43 pm ---If someone bought a TV, then took an HDMI cable from the box and sold it, it would be "used", without any doubts. --- End quote --- That doesn't make any sense at all, the TV hasn't been used, it's just missing an accessory you can get anywhere for almost nothing. "New - other" would be appropriate for this case, or "open box". I don't think it's unreasonable either to list it as "New" and then clearly list the circumstances in the description. That's what the description is for, they can't possibly account for every possible situation in the status. If the TV has never been handled and hooked up then it isn't used. |
| MT:
--- Quote from: Nominal Animal on April 06, 2019, 08:15:21 am ---I so wish a billionaire would set up a nonprofit to handle online transactions without political bias or excess tariffs. --- End quote --- Thats a fantastic idea, minus the billionaire. |
| sleemanj:
If I remember correctly PayPal backed off this change last year, but just got this announcement for my NZ account... https://www.paypal.com/nz/webapps/mpp/ua/upcoming-policies-full > If you refund (partially or fully) a transaction to a buyer or a donation to a donor, there are no fees to make the refund, but the fees you originally paid will not be returned to you. (This will not apply to residents of Mainland China who open a PayPal account and use the PayPal services.) Edit: Googling tells me that PayPal re-rolled this change out in October last year I guess for US, and Asia Pacific is catching up (unless you live in China it seems). |
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