I'm starting to list stuff on ebay again and they will allow "cash on
pickup" as long as you list an alternate electronic payment as well. You
have to put "contact me" in the shipping instructions when you want a local
pickup. Don't mention cash in that box though. Most of what I'll be selling
is too heavy to ship and maneuver (at least for me).
I'm trying to sell 2 heavy Karastan rugs (ger55), and if this listing goes
well, I'll start putting Edison records, vintage machines and horns on. They
have a new listing policy: it's called FREE for the first 100 items, with an
after-sale fee of 9% with the max of $100 (certain categories are excluded
and priced higher, like homes, cars, etc.). The listing is more of a
form-type, like check-the-boxes...very different for someone who has not
sold there in years (me)!!
As far as cash: My brother told me to go to your bank (obviously during
banking hours) and accept the cash there, so that it can be checked for
authenticity. The pen-checker is good, but the bank is safer, because you
can deposit at the same time. Naturally this is after the person sees and
commits to take your item. I think you'd have to let ebay pull their $100
out of your CC (or paypal?) after the sale, since it's a cash
transaction...you might want to check how they handle that. If they found
out you sold and did not fork over their fee, you'd get banned or sued!? LOL
Ger
PS: Ebay had to help me set up this first ad...their whole system has
changed soooo much. But the helper was very good. You can't put "cash" in
the shipping instructions or the system will not accept the listing,
although you could put it in the text description.
Also, I just got the above info a few days ago. One can double check for
accuracy. Lately bureaucratic monster companies seem to be "confused," or
just too big, with different customer service people saying different, often
contradictory things!
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Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 18:09:58 -0500
From: gregory caringi <drgr...@msn.com>
To: phono-l <phono-l@oldcrank.org>
Subject: [Phono-L] eBay payment options
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I recently sold an item on eBay for over $2000. The item will be picked-up
at my home rather than shipped. The buyer has offered to pay cash at the
time of pick-up. I searched eBay and I am not sure of what their current
policy is concerning cash transactions. Any advice in this matter is
appreciated. Thanks.
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Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 20:24:39 -0500
From: <chris...@cox.net>
To: Antique Phonograph List <phono-l@oldcrank.org>
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] eBay payment options
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eBay would rather you used PayPal, so they get a cut of the payment, but
they can't forbid local pickup for cash and there would be a huge outcry if
they tried. If you are concerned about a stranger coming to your house, set
the exchange up in a public place such as a restaurant or your place of
work. I can't imagine any other problem (and in fact I just met a buyer
today, who came to my office building, and paid me $1,600 in cash for the
two items he won).
Happy selling!
Chris
---- gregory caringi <drgr...@msn.com> wrote:
I recently sold an item on eBay for over $2000. The item will be
picked-up at my home rather than shipped. The buyer has offered to pay
cash at the time of pick-up. I searched eBay and I am not sure of what
their current policy is concerning cash transactions. Any advice in this
matter is appreciated. Thanks.
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