EBay doesn't demand you get a Paypal account.  If the seller accepts other 
methods of payment, you can pay directly with a check or money order.

The advantage with Paypal is the sale is finalized without waiting for the 
check to clear; and you have various forms of buyer protection either 
through paypal itself or through your credit card provider.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frederick" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: off topic Paypal question


> Question, why does EBay demand you get a pay pal account? Its the only
> reason I am considering an account with pay pal.
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ham Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 1:11 PM
> Subject: Re: off topic Paypal question
>
>
>> John,
>>
>> I've been with Paypal since before EBay purchased them.  You do need a
>> bank
>> account with them, but you can select more funding and pay with a credit
>> card as long as the merchant you are doing business with accepts credit
>> cards.  Otherwise, you will need to have the funds automatically deducted
>> through Electronic Fund Transfer from your bank account.
>>
>> There are no fees as a buyer.  Merchants pay a fee, and an additional fee
>> if
>> they accept credit cards.
>>
>> Again, if you are smart, there should be no problems with PayPal and they
>> guarantee that in their agreement.
>> You don't need to set up a Paypal money account, although they do pay
>> interest on their accounts.
>>
>> Steve, K8SP
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 12:21 PM
>> Subject: Re: off topic Paypal question
>>
>>
>>> no minimum account balance that I know of, I guess they're safe. The 
>>> only
>>> thing I don't like about them is they require a bank account in order to
>>> use
>>> them after you spend so much with them through a credit card, it's
>>> different
>>> every time some one I know signs up, but for me it was after I spend a
>>> total
>>> of $2000 with them I'll have to register a bank account, my mother it 
>>> was
>>> like $500. I only have 1 bank account and there's no way in you know
>>> where,
>>> they're getting that info. They used to have a lot of problems in the
>>> past
>>> with closing out accounts and withholding the money in that account with
>>> them, and a few other things you can read about if you search the net,
>>> but
>>> since Ebay bought them out 2 or 3 years ago, I don't know of anyone 
>>> who's
>>> had any issues but I will never trust them or any other web site with
>>> bank
>>> account info.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Frederick" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 11:31 AM
>>> Subject: Re: off topic Paypal question
>>>
>>>
>>>> Three questions I have always had about pay pal is do you need a 
>>>> minimum
>>>> account balance with them? Also, what kind of fees do they charge? How
>>>> safe
>>>> are they to use?
>>>>
>>>>                    God bless,
>>>>                    Mark WZ0K
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>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 5:45 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: off topic Paypal question
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> sorry, I didn't see paypal mentioned in the subject line. they have an
>>>>> audio
>>>>> link you can listen to the audio to get those characters. I didn't see
>>>>> the
>>>>> subject line, I seldom watch those in the morning when I'm going
>>>>> through
>>>>> all
>>>>> my morning email.
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 8:01 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: off topic Paypal question
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> unfortunately, you don't. the only way that some times works, is if
>>>>>> you
>>>>>> print out the page and then scan it in to an OCR program and even 
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> isn't
>>>>>> 100% useful.
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>>> From: "Harvey" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 2:21 AM
>>>>>> Subject: off topic Paypal question
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I know this has been discussed before, but how does a blind person
>>>>>>>type
>>>>>>>in
>>>>>>> the characters in the security box when it says to do so?  I have
>>>>>>> looked
>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>> them, but JFW apparently can't find them.  73.
>>>>>>> Harvey
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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