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Originally Posted by BestBuyz Because I've already opened 4-5 accounts. Several have outstanding balances due to eBay fee's hitting the accounts after an account was closed. |
LOL! Are you serious? Let me understand. These bank accounts are in your name with your real info and you let them get over drafted to avoid paying eBay fees?
Now, I am not a stickler who will tell you its stealing or its not right because personally, I am concerned about doing whats right 'for me' to make my business grow (whatever the means). The truth is anyone looking to beat the system is in the same boat as me. We are all dishonest because the system forces us to find other means to keep our selling income.
Anyone a part of this forum with a stealth account is not fit to judge anybody, with that said let me explain why your practice is, how do I say- GOOFBALL. lol
That practice has consequences that will follow you. You will have to deal with the repercussions eventually because it is your real info in Banking Info Systems! Then you would elect to hire someone to open an account and have to pay them, work around them and rely on them instead coughing up a couple hundred dollars? That's ludicrous.
I can see if you stiffed eBay for any one or all of these reasons: it is a single account, the amount of fees is substantial $500+, u cant afford to pay because profits were horrible, the account is in poor standard or suspended, and ONLY if the paper trail doesnt lead back to you!
I'm a realist, and with the rigmarole and obstacles we have to leap over? Why should I be concerned about stiffing them? I do what I have to. Its a lose lose situation, not saying its right but its reality.
The truth is eBay is getting tougher and tougher to make a profit with. The market is so saturated with bootleggers its pathetic. And people not paying there fees effects all the sellers because eBay has to balance the equation at our expense. So, if you cant beat em, join em!
I currently have several eBay accounts and I pay the fees faithfully, as long as it is beneficial to me. That's the bottom line, looking out for yourself and staying ahead.
But your practice helps smarter sellers, like myself, win. So keep it up. You are burning your bridges while your competition is building theirs.:-)
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