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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 1224459, member: 27832"]Wow. I just went through <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&campid=5335874456&toolid=10001&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fpages.ebay.com%2Fhelp%2Fpolicies%2Fbuyer-protection.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&campid=5335874456&toolid=10001&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fpages.ebay.com%2Fhelp%2Fpolicies%2Fbuyer-protection.html" rel="nofollow">the Buyer Protection rules</a> again, and I sure don't see anything there about coverage limits.</p><p><br /></p><p>I might've been willing to take the gamble. I wonder what led the market to a ~40% discount? Not enough trust in Buyer Protection? Not enough people with access to the funds via PayPal? Some key knowledge that I lack?</p><p><br /></p><p>It <i>is</i> weird that they specifically <i>required</i> PayPal, which would take a ~$500 chunk out of even this discount closing price, and rejected wire transfers (which would presumably be cheaper, and more common for transactions of this magnitude). I always thought of wire transfer as imposing more risk on the buyer -- does it also carry risks for the seller?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 1224459, member: 27832"]Wow. I just went through [URL="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&campid=5335874456&toolid=10001&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fpages.ebay.com%2Fhelp%2Fpolicies%2Fbuyer-protection.html"]the Buyer Protection rules[/URL] again, and I sure don't see anything there about coverage limits. I might've been willing to take the gamble. I wonder what led the market to a ~40% discount? Not enough trust in Buyer Protection? Not enough people with access to the funds via PayPal? Some key knowledge that I lack? It [I]is[/I] weird that they specifically [I]required[/I] PayPal, which would take a ~$500 chunk out of even this discount closing price, and rejected wire transfers (which would presumably be cheaper, and more common for transactions of this magnitude). I always thought of wire transfer as imposing more risk on the buyer -- does it also carry risks for the seller?[/QUOTE]
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