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Morning all,
Quick question for buying from eBay, does a credit card or paypal offer more protection in the event of anything going wrong?


 
Posted : 06/11/2023 9:47 am
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buying on ebay with paypal literally protects the buyer 100%, even if you buy totally the wrong thing ebay will side with you. It's actually stressful as a seller that someone may dispute your sale


 
Posted : 06/11/2023 9:49 am
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Paypal is pretty good for buyers. Ebay tends to protect buyers more - my son has been fleeced by someone buying a car part, then saying a component was missing (when the advert said it didn't come with said component). Buyer then had part and refund. Never returned part.


 
Posted : 06/11/2023 9:50 am
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It has to be over £100 to get credit card protection. Paypal protection is any amount but more based on goodwill than law. By experience both ebay and paypal protection are pretty good.


 
Posted : 06/11/2023 10:18 am
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my son has been fleeced by someone buying a car part, then saying a component was missing (when the advert said it didn’t come with said component).

Have you spoken to them? Weirdly on the phone works best. I had similar once with something clearly listed in the description. The automated response is to side with the buyer but after a bit of discussion they could see it was written in the original ad and sided with me.


 
Posted : 06/11/2023 10:22 am
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Cool, thanks all. It's for a couple of hundred pounds and having not spent that much on eBay before wanted to check just in case.


 
Posted : 06/11/2023 11:10 am
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Not that this helps the OP but ive stopped selling on eBay as their buyer protection policy is massively abused


 
Posted : 06/11/2023 11:52 am
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I have Paypal credit, it works a treat. 


 
Posted : 06/11/2023 9:25 pm

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