eBay Sellers - not via Paypal?

[Buythatcard]

From my experience, eBay removed my listings where I stated that I accept checks or money orders.

I changed all my listings to state that I only accept the forms of payment that eBay allows.

Of course, if a buyer asks whether they can pay by check or money order, I will not refuse. If I say no, they will go to another seller who will gladly accept it.

Money is money to me. As long as they pay me by Paypal, money order, check, cash, trinkets or the island of Manhattan, I am fine.

[dani0100]

This thread reminds me of something I've been wanting to ask for a long time.

For those not in the business/startup/technology world, there is a company in the midwest that is making huge waves in the online payment world. They're called Dwolla and they're really getting popular. The basics are that they work through connecting your account to your checking account, and then you can pay and receive payments all day long. The payer pays a flat fee of 25 cents and NO other fees beyond that. Transactions under $10 are completely free.

Downsides:
1. No credit card protection.
2. There is no real buy/sell protection policy, if you believe in that sort of things.
3. Not everyone is using this right now, so there's a process for people to sign up, link up your account, etc.

Upsides:
1. The fees are obviously ridiculously low.

I think that this payment system is perfect for private party transactions where you have some degree of trust between the parties (e.g., on the b/s/t board amongst known sellers).

I would love to see something like this adopted by collectors. Dwolla's website is here, if you're interest in learning more:

https://www.dwolla.com/

Miguel