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Originally Posted by HellaGood
You would save on eBay fees by using these outlets, but the customer can still fuck you over if you accept payments via Paypal.
I sold a lot of ebay stuff during the happier days of 1998, until things started going to pot a couple of years later. There was the constant nickel placement fee rises, final value fee rises, scammers taking over and when eBay bought Paypal that was the final nail in the coffin. The seller can't sell a thing without being fleeced every step of the way, and now the seller can't collect payments without Paypal taking their cut. Maybe Google checkout competition will improve things by tossing a bit of competition into the mix, but I don't see things going back to the way things were in the 1990s.
Every dog has its day, and so did eBay.
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I was selling in 1998, and I agree...those were the days. Now you have to sell a million items to make a dollar. Ebay has their fingers all over every cent, and they cater to places like refurb centers of major retailers.