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ForgerelliI've been lurking for a while but I decided to add something here. Ebay's new paypal only policy will be challenged in court at some point (and they'll most likely lose) but that could take years.
I don't like the policy at all. I'd estimate that about 10-20% of my customers still use money orders and I don't like ebay trying to force them to use paypal. I seriously doubt their new policy will get all those people to open paypal accounts. Some people just don't feel comfortable using online payments, and to be honest I don't really blame them.
Something I've noticed is that in the last week or so I've had several bidders email me asking for my mailing address. The reason this is so strange is that I ALWAYS include my mailing address with my invoices. Like this "If you'd like to pay with a check or money order please send to ...". I don't know if it's just a rash of bidders that don't read their invoices (there have been 6 bidders who asked for my address) or if ebay is intercepting the invoices because I mention the words "money order". I fear it's the latter.
Scott F