oops, didn't know that.
Brad
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On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 20:20:17 -0500 Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>
writes:
> You talking about the latest, billpoint? You've got no credit card
> protection whatsoever using that. The credit card charge is to
> billpoint,
> not the seller. The web page describing their user agreement is
> here.
> http://www.billpoint.com/policies/user-agreement.html
>
> The most significant paragraph from that web page is this though:
> We have no control over the quantity,
> quality,
> genuineness, safety or legality of the
> items listed;
> the
> completeness, truth or accuracy of the
> item
> listings;
> the ability of sellers to sell items; or
> the ability
> of
> buyers to buy items. We cannot ensure that
> a seller
> or
> buyer will actually complete a transaction.
> We are
> not
> a guarantor of any transaction nor are we
> an escrow
> company. Please note that there are also
> risks of
> dealing with underage persons or people
> acting
> under false pretense.
>
> E-bay has no escrow account or service. There is one through
> Tradenable that
> e-bay advertises. Costs a minimum of $2.50 per transaction.
> Payment of
> this, and all other fees, are acceptable from either the seller or
> buyer, but
> the buyer is the one ultimately responsible for the fees. The
> seller is
> under no obligation to participate in an escrow sale.
>
> Paypal is also a third party. You sign up with them, and they take
> say $100
> from your credit card and put it into essentially an escrow account.
> Your
> credit card statement simply shows the $100 charge to Paypal. Then,
> when you
> make purchases, if the seller is willing, you can do it through the
> money of
> yours that Paypal has already pulled from your credit card. It could
> have
> been months ago that they pulled the money. If the product doesn't
> arrive,
> or arrives broken or such, you get to argue through Paypal, not your
> credit
> card. So you the buyer are again left flapping in the breeze. I
> haven't
> seem them advertised on e-bay for a little while though.
>
> Bradley D Richardson wrote:
>
> > Hey, simply use e-bay's ability (or who ever it is) to pay for
> any
> > purchases with your credit card. Then if you don't get the
> product,
> > simply dispute the line item on your statement. Also, doesn't
> e-bay have
> > something where you send them the money directly, they hold it,
> notify
> > the seller, and when you tell e-bay you've got the product, they
> send the
> > money to the seller?
>
>
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