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November 2008: Added Photo Gallery; added to Books, Added to Paper
August 2008 - Rand McNally World Atlas - Ideal #221 Edition - for children:
Rand McNally Ideal #221
July 2008 - we have added 2 Norah Wellings Sailor Dolls - please check out
Norah Wellings
N&W 600 Card Panorama type Litho (not a postcard) promotional ad card: 9 1/2" x 4" glossy B&W picture of a
1941 Norfolk & Western 600 Class J 4-8-4 - neg#
31434 with coal tender. Back side has all the info you would ever need about
this steam locomotive built in Roanoke, VA in 1941. "Norfolk & Western
Streamlined Passenger Locomotive" (looks fast), Engine 61', Tender 47' = 109'
weighs 872,600 lbs. Estimated value $30.00 This item on "auction" on our site - make
a bid please.
EBAY NEWS 11/16/2008: BAD FOR SELLERS FROM
AUCTIONBYTES.COM
11/16/2008 From
100 Tons Of Stuff To Sell - eBay is shooting itself in the foot over & over -
since most of us wish to accept checks & money orders, this policy will also
affect you the buyer, especially if you do not choose to pay online to protect
your privacy. We understand completely but evidently eBay does not & will insist
that Sellers do not even mention that they take checks & money orders. At
100tonsofstuff.com we want you to pay with funds that are YOUR CHOICE so we will
continue to stay off of eBay. We hope you will purchase our antiques with
confidence, knowing we have been here for several years & are as honest as good
'ole Abe - we really are!
Auctionbytes-NewsFlash, Number 1863 - August 28, 2008 - ISSN 1539-5065 |
eBay to Tell Shoppers, No Checks or Money Orders
By Ina Steiner
AuctionBytes.com
August 28, 2008
Sellers are saying eBay's ban on checks and money orders is, in effect, a move
to a PayPal-only policy - at least for the many sellers who don't have their own
credit card merchant account. Buyers may be unaware of the policy that goes into
effect during the holiday shopping season - and it's unclear what those shoppers
who can't or don't wish to use PayPal and credit cards on eBay will do in
response to the policy.
eBay confirmed on Wednesday that sellers may accept checks and money orders
after the policy goes into effect - as long as the request comes from the buyer
and sellers do not solicit paper payments in listings or via email. Many sellers
remain unaware of this fact, and others may be reluctant to accept paper anyway
out of fear of eBay's Trust & Safety enforcement team.
Seller confusion could lead to buyer confusion if they receive conflicting
information from sellers about whether or not they may accept paper payments.
The ban on paper payments will take effect in late October, and eBay will
continue to ban competitive online payment services, except for a service called
ProPay. eBay had for several years cited concerns over Google's track record of
providing safe and reliable financial and/or banking related services, as well
as concerns about privacy issues, as the reason for banning its Checkout payment
service.
But eBay added messaging to its website last week saying it would ban Google
Checkout, Checkout by Amazon or Amazon Flexible Payment Services because "Google's
and Amazon's products and services compete with eBay on a number of levels, so
we are not going to allow them on eBay."
It's not clear what effect, if any, eBay's new payment policy may have on the
class-action antitrust lawsuit filed against it in 2007. In its motion to
dismiss last year, eBay wrote, "Plaintiffs acknowledge, as they must, that eBay
sellers are free to accept a wide variety of payment forms. They can accept
Visa, MasterCard, Discover or American Express. They can accept cash, checks or
money orders. They can accept online payments from at least four online payment
services other than PayPal: Bidpay, Propay.com, Checkfree.com, and
Hyperwallet.com."
eBay banned cash payments in 2006 and further limited payment methods last year.
Beginning in late October, eBay will limit acceptable payment methods to
merchant credit card accounts, ProPay, and PayPal.
Comment on the AuctionBytes Blog
Update 8/29/08: See new information in, eBay to Expand Allowed Payment Services
in 2009.
August 29, 2008
eBay to Expand Allowed Payment Services in 2009
By: Ina Steiner
Fri Aug 29 2008 19:49:04
eBay spokesperson Usher Lieberman said eBay would allow additional payment
services on its site next year. The company had announced earlier this month a
ban on all but PayPal, credit card merchant accounts, ProPay and payment upon
pickup in most categories beginning in late October 2008.
But in January 2009, eBay will integrate all of the approved electronic payment
methods into eBay checkout. According to eBay's current Accepted Payments
policy, here's a list of approved methods:
Payment Services permitted on eBay: Allpay.net, cash2india, CertaPay,
Checkfree.com, hyperwallet.com, Moneybookers.com, Nochex.com, Ozpay.biz,
Paymate.com.au, Propay.com, XOOM
Here's what Usher wrote: "eBay is working closely with the other payment vendors
currently included in our Accepted Payments Policy to include them in the
permitted electronic payment methods on eBay.com in early 2009. To be included,
they must meet fraud, information security and uptime standards, and complete
the needed product development work to integrate into eBay Checkout. Only ProPay
was able to meet these requirements in time for the October payment changes. We
hope several others will meet the requirements by early 2009."
eBay is banning paper payments. However, provided the seller has not solicited
paper payments, they could - upon buyer request - accept them.
With regard to seller concerns over how eBay will enforce its ban on paper
payments, Usher supplied the following information from John McDonald, Senior
Director of eBay Trust & Safety:
When the payment changes go into effect in late October, a seller cannot in any
way solicit check or money order payment from a buyer. This is considered "abuse
of the payments policy". eBay will take action against such abuse. One way we
will detect abuse is from reports from buyers. We will also monitor checkout
completion rates for sellers, and this has generated a lot of questions from
sellers. Here are some clarifications:
* eBay will not automatically take action against a seller with a low completion
rate. We realize that there are many valid reasons for low completion rates.
* We will investigate sellers with low checkout completion rates on a case by
case basis. Specifically, we will check to see if the seller is soliciting check
or money order payment from their buyers. If we don't find any evidence of this
occurring, we won't take action against the seller.
Survey Shows eBay Sellers Believe Payment Ban Lowers Profits
eBay is moving to an electronic Checkout system, banning checks,
money orders and postal orders, and more than half of sellers
believe it would negatively impact their profitability, according
to an AuctionBytes.com survey.
http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y08/m08/i28/s02
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Web Changes 2008
Have you missed us? We hope so! We have changed our website structure AND
changed our hosting company. This has been a very big step for a site that has
as much content as ours. After we get this site up again (mostly), we will start
adding more items so please bear with us! Many Thanks, Dianne - owner -
webmaster
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