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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BUncirculated, post: 1524926, member: 29581&quot;]Are they using eBay as an excuse?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Of course eBay has a vested interest to have as many transactions be completed through them. The listing fees, end of sale fees, percentage of selling price. But ask yourself this Book, why else would a seller, or buyer, want to complete the transaction outside of eBay but for only one reason, to avoid all those fees.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The difference is, you found a seller without the use of eBay, even though the item was listed on eBay. Neither you nor the buyer, in your hypothetical, solicited one another to end the listing and complete the sale outside of eBay. Such an offer is prohibited in eBay&#039;s policies.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Because it violates their policy, and is a clear attempt to avoid paying the end of sale fees. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If eBay didn&#039;t own PayPal, I would agree they should do what they can to protect the buyer. But eBay does own PayPal, and PayPal&#039;s policies can&#039;t conflict with eBay&#039;s. The other thing to look at too, is when exactly did the OP report this to PayPal, or eBay for that matter? If it was the same time frame after the sale was complete, that he reported a charge back with his credit card company, he&#039;s still out of luck. PayPal&#039;s Buyer Protection requires the complaint to be filed within 45 days from the date of the sale, and will cover this if the item was purchased on eBay, with a PayPal account. </p><p><br /></p><p>Middle of the page:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://pages.ebay.com/help/buy/paypal-buyer-protection.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://pages.ebay.com/help/buy/paypal-buyer-protection.html" rel="nofollow">http://pages.ebay.com/help/buy/paypal-buyer-protection.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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