eBay database hacked and 148 million accounts affected

[88m3]

PayPal also fukks you on sales tax, which to me, is criminal. If I have an in-state purchase, eBay only charges me a final value fee based on the pre-tax revenue. PayPal takes their 2.9% plus 30 cents on the after-tax gross revenue.

A $100 California sale for me gets $100.
eBay takes $7.20. (7.2%)
PayPal takes $3.20 (2.9% + $0.30)

I get $89.60.

A $100 Ohio sale grosses me $107.50.
State of Ohio takes $7.50.
eBay takes $7.20.
PayPal takes 2.9% + $0.30 of $107.50 ($3.42)

I get $89.38.

it's more fun when it's 10k and they pocket around 500.

 

[无名的]

it's more fun when it's 10k and they pocket around 500.

If only Bitcoin was for real



On a lighter note, I thought my eBay fees were 7.2% with the Top Rated Seller discount, but turns out it's only 6%.



Anybody fukk with eBay Wholesale?

Only 2.5% fee.

 

[88m3]

If only Bitcoin was for real



On a lighter note, I thought my eBay fees were 7.2% with the Top Rated Seller discount, but turns out it's only 6%.



Anybody fukk with eBay Wholesale?

Only 2.5% fee.

I honestly use square a lot. The only hang up for me is I usually run peoples info remotely, thankfully what I provide is pretty transparent so people don't have an issue doing that. It's 3.5%+15c but I just work it into the price.
https://squareup.com/pricing

I haven't really used paypal for at least 3 years maybe longer so I believe it was before all the state sales tax stuff came into play.


Chase also has a card reader they're trying to push right now but I haven't looked into the cost yet.

It's a bit old fashioned I guess but I take wire transfers and checks as well.

 

[无名的]

I honestly use square a lot. The only hang up for me is I usually run peoples info remotely, thankfully what I provide is pretty transparent so people don't have an issue doing that. It's 3.5%+15c but I just work it into the price.
https://squareup.com/pricing

I haven't really used paypal for at least 3 years maybe longer so I believe it was before all the state sales tax stuff came into play.


Chase also has a card reader they're trying to push right now but I haven't looked into the cost yet.

It's a bit old fashioned I guess but I take wire transfers and checks as well.

What are you selling?

I process a lot of credit cards for my auction company and we add a 3% premium, but it only costs us something like 1.9%.



I sporadically process credit cards off-site when we do the occasional estate sale and I've been using Intuit's card reader. Probably same fees. Sometimes cards won't swipe, so the key rate is 3.4% + $0.25 per transaction.

I wonder why it costs more for that.

 

[88m3]

What are you selling?

I process a lot of credit cards for my auction company and we add a 3% premium, but it only costs us something like 1.9%.



I sporadically process credit cards off-site when we do the occasional estate sale and I've been using Intuit's card reader. Probably same fees. Sometimes cards won't swipe, so the key rate is 3.4% + $0.25 per transaction.

I wonder why it costs more for that.

I do vacation rentals for some of the properties I have. People can either book through different websites or through me directly and cut out some of the costs of booking through the sites.


Haha, nice.


Gotcha, yeah about the same. All of the fees drive me a bit crazy when I think about it. Especially when they try to hit me with a currency exchange fee or "foreign bank/credit card fee". Leeches.


The first thing that comes to mind to me is the risk of fraud. I wonder what they would tell me though if I were to ask.

 

[Kritic]

Put us onto this con, so we can be on the lookout for it.



Good luck talking to anybody at eBay that 1) sides with the seller, 2) gives a shyt and/or 3) isn't in India and can understand your problem.

I just was on the phone with them, explaining some story about FedEx overcharging and I knew it was going to happen again, so I was calling prematurely before I was billed something outrageous and after I told my story, five minutes later the Indian rep starts talking about some shyt I didn't even mention.



eBay and FedEx got a real con going on. FedEx quotes are only "calculated", even when you put in the exact dimensions and weight. The fukk is calculated about that?



I've never been adjusted after the fact on Amazon with FedEx.

The worst... and I mean the fukking worst... I handed off a package to FedEx the other day. It was something like 40 or 50 pounds, going from Ohio to Kentucky. For some ridiculous, bugged out reason, it showed my package was picked up in San Jose, so FedEx billed me thinking the package went from CA to KY, rather than OH to KY.

Went from $18 to $41. Many people aren't meticulous like me and wouldn't even notice that, especially if you're doing heavy volume.

@Kritic

How can eBay help you when you've been conned when they're conning people every day

i don't think there's anything you can do about the con. i suspect it's sellers who've been scammed doing it. or sellers who don't want new kids on the block. it's like the drug game. they old heads who sell certain items want to run that market and hating on the new comers.


with fedex they pull that shyt cause of dimensions more than weight. fedex is hard to cheat. when shyt weighs beyond a certain weight they check dimensions and switch on you.
there's nothing you can do about it cause fedex is cheaper than ups and usps.

the only thing you can do is maybe search fedex centers around you and pick a small franchise to drop your packages at. staples used to do $12 on heavy packages on me but caught up with me and switched billing to $38.
i used to cheat usps shipping everything media mail but they caught up with me and watching me now. but i'll be back... you can't hold a good man back.

 

[Kritic]

If only Bitcoin was for real

i don't know why anyone hasn't done it. that would really change everything. but ebay will send goons on anyone that thinks about it like they did yahoo auctions. them jews at ebay don't play... and have made an agreement with the other ones at google (google checkout) and amazon not to compete against each other.
ebay punked yahoo auctions out the market and google keeps craigslist in check.
and of course they have an agreement with banks not to fucc with bitcoin.

turning as all to their slaves.




it's so many sellers on standby waiting to jump ship if another site starts selliing with bitcoin at lower rates than ebay/paypal it would be a wrap for the zionist...

 

[Kritic]

we back. just got my moneys back.



served another seller nicca with the refund notice L last night after almost 2 months of our transaction going by and they didn't put up a fight (which they'd still lose). they know the deal...

 

[pike]

I am so surprised they have been able to get away with that shyt personally

those bytches make everyone use paypal so they can get fees from them. I tried to sent a buyer my email address so he could pay by money order and ebay blocked it. I was like WTF?

 

[pike]

even worse is there "free shipping promo" encouraging sellers to give free shipping. to make even more money of their final value fee.

$400+$10 shipping= their approx. 10% final value fee off $400 is $40

$410 free shipping. 10% off $410 is $41 to ebay. and if shipping is $10 seller ends up with (410-41-10=359 before paypal fees.

vs earlier $410-40-10=$360 before other ebay (insertion) fees and paypal fees.

and should the buyer want his money back if you offered free shipping they get all their money back you lose out $410 vs $400.

and probably lose out on your product cause they'll always side with the buyer.



how much does ebay make a day?over 10 million dollars...


that free shipping bullshyt probably makes THEM a few million off sucker sellers.



















the jews at ebay and paypal have us enslaved

maybe there is a final solution someone can come up with

 

[Kritic]

those bytches make everyone use paypal so they can get fees from them. I tried to sent a buyer my email address so he could pay by money order and ebay blocked it. I was like WTF?

my email is moneyorder@hotmail.com

my email is m0ney0rder h0tmail

 

[FaTaL]

ok eBay owns PayPal.
if you sell something eBay gets a cut of what the item sold for known as "Final Value Fee" and then when the buyer pays thru PayPal (99.999% of the time) they (eBay) get another cut off the top again known as a "transaction fee".

Basically a shytload of the same fees paid on both sides.

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk