I am learning the many ways that the unnamed one screws over a "noob"
seller. First, when you start a new account there, you are allowed only
10 auctions a month.
Poo-pal does the requisite holding of
the funds. This is usually until 3 days after the item has shown up as
delivered, but it can be up to 21 days. You just TRY calling your
mortgage company and telling them "Sorry. I've got the money, but it's
on hold. Thanks for your patience" - lol.
Recently,
I've also found that if you sell internationally, be prepared to have
enough in your bank account to cover costly foreign shipments, because
you WILL be footing the entire bill until poo-pal decides to release the
funds, if it doesn't get delivered, or your buyer pulls a fast one...Oh
well. Too bad for you.
Yes. They now are not
releasing shipping funds. They will allow you to fund up to $15 or 30%
of the item cost if it exceeds $15, on "credit" that's it, the rest is
on you. By credit, I mean they allow you to be "billed later" which
causes more unforseen problems when the transaction was a month ago, and
they suddenly decide it's time to be paid, you've forgotten because
it's been so long, but Bank of America is ever-so-happy that you
did...lol
So, in short, the poor guy who bought my
mother-in-laws dishes had to wait around for two days while I went back
and forth with idiots who cannot seem to grasp the fact that because of
Virgin Mobile, right now new seller Amy is phoneless and unable to
contact them via phone...since they conveniently don't have an e-mail
address. The guy paid me nearly $70 for shipping, but since they won't
release it, and I don't happen to have that amount lying around to blow
on shipping, I had to refund him and cancel the transaction.
How
that company has continued to prosper with business practices like
this, I'll never know. Not only are they missing out on a shitload of
fees that they used to get from "smalltime" sellers when they get banned
for stupid reasons, but they are probably costing themselves countless
fees from newer sellers that are forced to cancel transactions when they
can't foot a huge shipping bill.
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