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What just happened to accepting Paypal?? looks like they are trying to drive us away

i may have over reacted... for some reason PayPal wants to drive me into a business account. Looks like the fees are the same so not sure what that is all about, I'm just suspicious by nature

If you switch to a business account which is pretty easy you get a merchant ID, enter it here, and move on. If you don't want to do that then they make it very complicated to fill out forms, etc. I gave up and switched to business, made up a bogus business name and am moving on...
herman
luleanu
2 posts
 
Same issue here, this is what I’ve got from Audiogon’s customer service:
"There is no question that this is being required by PayPal but most of the time their customer support is not aware of these things. It is going to be implemented on many sites that use PayPal.
It surprises us how often they give out inaccurate information via PayPal support."
dhcod
710 posts
 
Same issue. Moving on to another site. Too much trouble (the "find your merchant ID" thing didn’t work) and they are probably just setting up an increase in fees for "businesses" in the future. Honestly Audiogon is hosting way too many dealer ads now and they repost all the time so if you are a daily viewer, you keep seeing the same equipment all the time on the newly posted sort.
willgolf
935 posts
 
I spent two hours just trying to list my components today.  I got frustrated also because they wanted me to be a business owner and then sign up with stripe>  I was nervous about stripe.  I don't get it.  I wanted to pay with a credit card my fee and they would not let me.  Really frustrated.  I am waiting to hear from Audiogon.

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uberwaltz
13,381 posts
 
I did not have too much of an issue with using the Merchant ID thing but I have just sold an item here in the last 20 minutes so NOW will be the real test.
Will I get paid via Paypal or not.
We will see...…..
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jcoehler
229 posts
 
I sold something unaware of the PayPal/Merchant ID issue and my buyer could not pay.  I followed the instructions sent by Audiogon to get the Merchant ID without upgrading to a Business account. I pasted and saved the ID in my Account Profile. The buyer still cannot complete the transaction and I've asked Audiogon for further assistance. What a pain...
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