New Seller stumbed

[alexxw89]

Okay. I am trying to sell my first ever item on eBay. And I figured since everything goes through PayPal it would be simple and secure. But then I read this

PayPal charges Premier and Business accounts fees to receive payments. Personal accounts are free, but cannot receive credit card payments from other PayPal accounts.

Note: To sell on eBay, you are required to accept all forms of payment, including credit cards. If you have a Personal account you ...

The fees are charged to your PayPal account and not your eBay account.

To learn more about these fees, visit PayPal's fees page.

I don't really understand. Wouldn't this allow me to possibly be ripped off?

[Anonymous]

I don't get your concerns?  We do get upgrade when we become sellers.  In fact, it has more protection for sellers especially when your buyers filed for a chargeback with credit card compnaies against you. 

It happened to me a few months ago but it has protected me because I upgraded it to higher level at PayPal, otherwise I would lose $150.00 plus the items that I sold to the buyer when he claimed that his purchases was not authorized which was absurd and the credit card company later rejected his claim as it was suspicous as he filed for chargeback too often to suit his credit card company.

However, PayPal informed me that I am protected should it is a fact and wouldn't deduct $$ from me.  You can call PayPal and ask them questions to make sure.  It would hurt to call them.

[inuk_the_polar_bear]

There is a huge difference between possible and probable. It is "possible" I will win the lottery against odds of 14 million to 1. It is probable I will not.

A Premier acoount is an upgrade, for you, so you can attract more customes because you have increased payment options. It is a good thing. Paypal has yer back on this.