I was just replying to your post when I got taken back to the thread itself -- not sure what happened there.
@i.am.vivian wrote:
@rose-dee wrote:
For the past few years, I simply carried on with the understanding that a merchant account was still necessary for taking credit card payments on eBay, so I've never really paid attention to the way the eBay/Paypal payment flow had changed
@rose-dee wrote:
The fact that I found so many old threads on the subject of how a seller could get a merchant account in order to be able to offer credit card payments on eBay tells me there has indeed been a change -- when that happened, I really don't know.
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Goodness, I don't understand this. I thought we were having a good discussion on a very interesting topic. You have truly taken me all wrong and misinterpreted my meaning and motives, believe me.
By the by, it really only took about 5 minutes to do a quick search and find those old threads. I wasn't trying to prove anything to anyone except myself, mostly to be sure I wasn't dreaming. I was actually amused to find out I'd been behind the times without realizing it, and grateful to you for having mentioned it.
I don't think it's fair to say I was being a fool, just not up to date. A fool finds out about something beneficial and does nothing about it. As a result of this thread, I'm definitely going to remove my "no-Paypal/no-purchase" block.
Honestly, so many things are quietly and constantly changed in the background on eBay, without any notice, aren't they? How can any one person keep up with every alteration that occurs? We tend to focus on what we think is most important for our businesses, or what is most obviously a problem. This particular thing had just never attracted my attention, but it has now.
It makes me think of the time our grocery store re-arranged some items without changing the signs in the aisles to let people know. I spent months thinking one of my favourite products had been discontinued until I saw someone with it in their cart one day! This is why these discussion boards are so useful.
I was actually having some fun seeing just how out of touch I was with current checkout realities, and how far back it went. I suppose I've been so focused on the "cart disconnect" problem for the past couple of years -- which seemed such a huge issue for us Canadian sellers -- that I hadn't bothered to look at other things that appeared to be still working. That's the thing on eBay. Unless an issue is brought to your attention as a seller because something has gone wrong, you'd probably never know.
So really, I sincerely mean it, thank you so much for bringing this point up!
And, yes, you're right, I've been spending far too much of my time on the boards lately. I used to try to limit it to an hour a day most mornings, but because I'm a fairly fast typist I can chat away at speed and tend to forget how much time has passed.
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