Did eBay mean to put PayPal in charge?
5/05/2008 at 22:57
Browsing the new help pages for transaction problems, (which are actually quite good for both novice buyers and sellers) I couldn’t help but chuckle at the final step for “My buyer didn’t pay”
There appears to be a mistake with the final step being “PayPal’s final decision” which I’m sure should actually read “You may be eligible for a final value fee credit”. (That’s unless PayPal can now adjudicate on cases where a buyer never actually paid? 
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Dee says
3:30 am on 06/05/2008
This move was an inadvertant presage of things to come.
Soon the only allowed payment method on eBay “venues” will be PayPal – to improve security and the user experience (plus eBay’s profits). Therefore PayPal will the final arbiter of whether buyers have paid or not, and thus if a FVF is allowed.
Store Your Stuff aka Jade says
7:17 am on 06/05/2008
Good news then.
Blighty says
7:21 am on 06/05/2008
Good news for ebays bottom line I think you mean.
Sue Bailey says
8:08 am on 06/05/2008
I’m with Dee on this one (and seeing as I have a buyer right now claiming a bounced echeque should let them off a UI strike, it’ll be interesting to see how this pans out…).