Payment Restrictions

Up until now, eBay has allowed a number of payment options such as cheque, money orders, credit card and direct bank deposits. But this is going to change here in Australia. From June 17th, eBay Australia will require all payments to be made using PayPal or directly in person. If the personal payment option doesn’t suit (long distance purchasing), then this change will mean buyers must have a PayPal account and use their credit card. There are to be some exceptions to these new requirements and that will be for large items such as cars, motorcycles, aircraft, boats, caravans, trailers, trucks services, real estate and businesses for sale.

The reasons for this change, according to eBay, is to increase protection for sellers but it could also have an alternative motive. You may have read an article in the papers recently involving Stolen Military Gear Hawked on Ebay.
Are these changes also designed to reduce the animosity of purchasers?

Leaving that theory aside, there is another disadvantages to this change, and this is the fact that there will be an additional PayPal fee added to the purchase. This averages around 2%.

Even so, eBay claim this to be a good change that will benefit all users. mainly because most of their members already do use PayPal.

Auction Sniper

If you are a regular eBay user, you will know how annoying and disappointing it can be when someone else outbids you in the auction. There is a handy tool available that can be used to bid for you - right up until the last few seconds. You set up your bid limits for the auction and leave it to do all the work. Then come back after the auction has closed and see if it’s yours. Easy as that!
Check out the following link to see how it works and give it a try for free. After a few free sessions the prices are still pretty small. Happy Sniping!

Turbo Lister

If you use eBay to sell items and find it tedious when selling a number of items, then Turbo Lister might be the tool for you. Turbo Lister is a free tool created by eBay for those wishing to post a number of items on eBay in one go. You can add each item by just using the one screen rather than slowly adding each item and repeating all of your personal information etc. It’s quick and easy to use. Click here to give it a try.