# I can't believe what a ripoff ebay/paypal is...
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-cant-believe-what-a-ripoff-ebay-paypal-is/54700
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [September 10, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-cant-believe-what-a-ripoff-ebay-paypal-is/54700 "2008-09-10T16:20:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 18
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### Author:  [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-cant-believe-what-a-ripoff-ebay-paypal-is/54700/1 "2008-09-10T16:20:21Z")
seriously.
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### Author:  [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-cant-believe-what-a-ripoff-ebay-paypal-is/54700/2 "2008-09-10T16:25:57Z")
Elaborate? Do you mean the ~7% or so it takes when selling something?
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### Author:  [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-cant-believe-what-a-ripoff-ebay-paypal-is/54700/3 "2008-09-10T16:31:47Z")
the rediculous fees, the way they force you into using paypal, how they hold your money for 21 days…
how the seller has almost no protection
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### Author:  [@lsvtechatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/lsvtechatch)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2008, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-cant-believe-what-a-ripoff-ebay-paypal-is/54700/4 "2008-09-10T16:38:32Z")
+1
EDIT : good for buyers, shitty for sellers.
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### Author:  [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-cant-believe-what-a-ripoff-ebay-paypal-is/54700/5 "2008-09-10T16:47:29Z")
I dislike the platform but since i have made thousands off of it as a programmer I can’t knock it. The only way that it killed me was being paid via paypal from england, Poland, and Germany… 2.5% transaction fee + 6% currency conversion fee!!!
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### Author:  [@9c1ny](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9c1ny)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-cant-believe-what-a-ripoff-ebay-paypal-is/54700/6 "2008-09-10T17:26:16Z")
read this shit-
[http://www.paypalsucks.com/](http://www.paypalsucks.com/)
I fucking hate accepting paypal , I sold a guy $1000 bucks worth of cds and sent him a list of the titles, when he got them he claimed he was 17 cds short (I had counted double cds as 2 cds) but again he had a list and everything on the list was on there
I told him to get fucked and he put in a dispute with paypal claiming the cd booklets had “indent marks” from the cases
Paypal INSTANTLY froze my acct and put me in the red for $1000
Basically this dude had me over a barrel
I emailed the dispute people and called over the phone (try finding their phone #) and they just didnt give a fuck
It drug on for a few weeks and I had to cave in and give him 17 more cds he was not entitled to in order to have my bank acct restored
from now on for items over $50 I dont take paypal, money order only
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### Author:  [@BrockwayMT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BrockwayMT)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-cant-believe-what-a-ripoff-ebay-paypal-is/54700/7 "2008-09-10T17:26:27Z")
welcome to 2005
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### Author:  [@A.J](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/A.J)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-cant-believe-what-a-ripoff-ebay-paypal-is/54700/8 "2008-09-10T17:40:53Z")
so don’t use it?
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### Author:  [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-cant-believe-what-a-ripoff-ebay-paypal-is/54700/9 "2008-09-10T17:47:54Z")
its now great to buy on, terrible to sell.
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### Author:  [@DrDoS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DrDoS)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-cant-believe-what-a-ripoff-ebay-paypal-is/54700/10 "2008-09-10T17:52:03Z")
I refuse to use Paypal
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### Author:  [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-cant-believe-what-a-ripoff-ebay-paypal-is/54700/11 "2008-09-10T18:26:59Z")
ebay has slowly been screwing sellers over more and more over the years.
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### Author:  [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-cant-believe-what-a-ripoff-ebay-paypal-is/54700/12 "2008-09-10T18:29:55Z")
Paypal is basically a monopoly…
Hate something change something! Some developer needs to make a new heavily funded competition to paypal.
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### Author:  [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-cant-believe-what-a-ripoff-ebay-paypal-is/54700/13 "2008-09-10T18:40:14Z")
> [@MOBOOST4U](#):
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> Paypal is basically a monopoly…
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> Hate something change something! Some developer needs to make a new heavily funded competition to paypal.
There already is!!!
Google Checkout.
[http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784\_3-6091240-7.html](http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-6091240-7.html)
:lol:
Someone needs to make a heavily funded competition to eBay…like Google.
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### Author:  [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-cant-believe-what-a-ripoff-ebay-paypal-is/54700/14 "2008-09-10T18:41:45Z")
> [@Jon](#):
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> Someone needs to make a heavily funded competition to eBay…like Google.
Well I guess thats the other option, if you already have the worlds greatest word of mouth!
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### Author:  [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-cant-believe-what-a-ripoff-ebay-paypal-is/54700/15 "2008-09-10T19:15:06Z")
No need to sell on ebay, craigslist FTW.
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### Author:  [@9c1ny](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9c1ny)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-cant-believe-what-a-ripoff-ebay-paypal-is/54700/16 "2008-09-10T19:21:07Z")
> [@Just Karter](#):
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> No need to sell on ebay, craigslist FTW.
lol craigslist sucks balls
at least ebay has some serious buyers
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### Author:  [@Mankthetank19](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mankthetank19)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-cant-believe-what-a-ripoff-ebay-paypal-is/54700/17 "2008-09-10T19:40:48Z")
Ebay owns Paypal = monopoly and has the balls of the sellers
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### Author:  [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-cant-believe-what-a-ripoff-ebay-paypal-is/54700/18 "2008-09-10T19:48:36Z")
Craigslist =ftmfw. I have made thousands of free dollars on there, no seller fees at all.