Re: Don't buy into pre-orders for Apple II products

[BLuRry <brendan.robert@gmail.com>]

On Thursday, May 30, 2013 10:14:58 PM UTC-5, D Finnigan wrote:
> Conrad wrote:
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> > Since I have never sold an item on eBay
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> > before, they will hold the funds for some period of time after the sale,
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> > which is their anti-fraud policy apparently. Seeing as this would just
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> > create another huge delay, I think we can all agree that selling on a
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> > forum
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> > is probably the way to go. 
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> How does this prevent you from sending the item to the winning bidder?
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> The whole design is to encourage new sellers like yourself to ship the item,
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> then you get paid when the recipient acknowledges having received it.
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> ]DF$
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Correct -- It really is designed to protect the buyer and the seller.  Just make sure that you use PayPal for the transaction.  When the buyer pays for the item, PayPal will let you know that they've received the funds and are holding them until the item is shipped and received.  It's a little strange the first time you sell an item, but I sold a laptop recently and had no issue getting paid for it, just took a few days longer to officially get the payment in hand.

-B