they dont force you to, its just strongly encouraged . since they are the same company they do rip ya, and as a seller there is hardly any protection for you.
Unless you have local pickup option, you have to use PayPal now (no checks, MO s, etc.). They were supposed to have other competing payment processors available, but don t know if that has happened yet.eBay and PayPal do not rip you off with fees; they charge for the services they provide as any business would. Since you were last there, they have instituted many new protections for both buyers and sellers. A lot has changed.If you don t make insured and confirmed/tracked shipments an option but rather require them on all transactions, you have the protection you need to prevent bogus did t get it claims. You don t get bad checks or forged money orders.Specify complete terms in the auction clearly, including any return policy so they know up front (if you allow returns) that they will be responsible for the return shipping costs, you must receive the item back in good condition and won t refund until it arrives, and you will only refund the purchase price and not the initial shipping costs.You re still going to have the hopefully rare misunderstanding but these things will happen.Or, just stay with Craigslist and put up with the bargain shoppers. I ve found after years on both eBay and Craigslist that people tend to reflect the attitude I approach them with. There will always be the unrepentent jerk out there, but I don t let that keep me from moving on.
I ve used eBay for buying and selling and so far have not had a bad experience. All buyers and sellers seem really friendly and the benefit of Paypal is that you don t have to give out your bank details to any of the people you trade with. I would highly recommend eBay.
