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Posted By: Joann

I think Steve and Steve are on to something here. What if I took the PayPal logo off an auction so that it was not an official payment method, but then in the text said to inquire about PayPal availability? That way I could see who the buyer is, if it's someone I know, or has good feedback or whatever. Then I could take PayPal via the generic Send Funds option in PayPal.

I wonder if that's against the rules or whatever. I can see that if you have the logo you can't restrict it (and as a practical matter, even if you tried there wouldn't be anything preventing someone from just clicking through the process). But if you don't have the logo, what is to stop you from saying that PayPal may be available by request? Or just say that other payment arrangements may be made by request without mentioning PP specifically. I'd think this would work.

I don't plan to auction anything significant anytime soon, but next time I do I might try that. As for lesser items, I'll def keep PP on there as an option. I think that for cheaper items PP is by far a preferred payment method for the reasons Dan stated - the hassle of paper payments just isn't worth it for low end items.

J