Insane ebay auctions - VINYL, tapes & merch

Stormspell · Post by **Stormspell** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 3:23 am

Wow, Atomic Records do not accept Paypal on ebay. I didnt know this is possible!

Khnud · Post by **Khnud** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:20 am

stormspell wrote:Wow, Atomic Records do not accept Paypal on ebay. I didnt know this is possible!

Yeah, to think he's been able to sell 15+ copies of the Salem's Wych LP (most with incorrect record title in the auction text) for at least $250 on ebay without accepting Paypal, is quite remarkable.

Avenger · Post by **Avenger** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:46 am

Khnud wrote:
stormspell wrote:Wow, Atomic Records do not accept Paypal on ebay. I didnt know this is possible!
Yeah, to think he's been able to sell 15+ copies of the Salem's Wych LP (most with incorrect record title in the auction text) for at least $250 on ebay without accepting Paypal, is quite remarkable.

Paypal isn't as necessary as people think. Ebay just pushes it because it's thier own company.

sovdat · Post by **sovdat** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:04 am

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IRON-MAIDEN-CLA ... 4cfa7a1451

http://www.ebay.com/itm/METALLICA-DEATH ... 56461751e8

humus · Post by **humus** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:35 am

Avenger wrote:Paypal isn't as necessary as people think. Ebay just pushes it because it's thier own company.

I haven't sold anything in a year or so, but doesn't it say "do you really want to offer buyers unreliable ways of payment?" or some other bullshit like that, when you dare click any payment option besides paypal.

nightsblood · Post by **nightsblood** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:16 pm

More sellers are turning away from Paypal given changes in taxes- my understanding is that you'll now start getting tax forms if you sell a certain amount each year- and also paypal's continual lack of support for sellers. Buyers pay no fees to Paypal, but Paypal supports them in most disputes, so sellers- who pay all the Paypal fees- lose the payment and the item to dishonest bidders.

Glockose · Post by **Glockose** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:41 pm

chatzial wrote:I don't think that there are that many Salem's Wych left now. 7 or 8 years ago (or mayge a bit more, i don't remember) Mark Gast had around 30 copies left, so most of them must have sold by now. I also remember that J.P. got many copies from him before that. Anyway it's price should be around $100 max.

He was not the only person with copies
I was offered the copies from the Studio owner.
I think those are the same copies that ended up at Atomic.

A- Yes you are correct. In the USA if you do 200 Transactions AND $20K you will be receiving a 1099 Tax form and the IRS will be notified

perishinflames · Post by **perishinflames** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 2:23 pm

glockose wrote:AND what is this????

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Salems-Wych-Bet ... 3f0e7ada0c

Is he trying to sell a CDR of the LP?

Well, I won it for $34. If it is a CD-R or something I'll just claim with paypal and return it, if it ends up being the LP I guess I got a hell of a deal

Glockose · Post by **Glockose** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 3:01 pm

perishinflames wrote:
glockose wrote:AND what is this????

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Salems-Wych-Bet ... 3f0e7ada0c

Is he trying to sell a CDR of the LP?
Well, I won it for $34. If it is a CD-R or something I'll just claim with paypal and return it, if it ends up being the LP I guess I got a hell of a deal

Good Luck
I hope it works out for you..(Nice price for Vinyl)

perishinflames · Post by **perishinflames** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 4:53 pm

Heh, I'm pretty sure it won't be the LP. But I figured it was worth rolling the dice. Oh well.

Stormspell · Post by **Stormspell** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:24 am

Avenger wrote:Paypal isn't as necessary as people think. Ebay just pushes it because it's thier own company.

Well, that's the idea. I'm pretty sure eBay enforced PayPal as mandatory form of payment. I know they were going as far as to remove auctions which stated "no paypal" few years ago. Unless something happened and this rule was changed.

P.S. same goes for "Western Union" - I know from first hand experience they automatically used to filter auctions which had WU listed as payment option.

Stormspell · Post by **Stormspell** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:35 am

perishinflames wrote:Well, I won it for $34. If it is a CD-R or something I'll just claim with paypal and return it, if it ends up being the LP I guess I got a hell of a deal

Hah, keep me posted, my $25.77 bid didnt last long

Avenger · Post by **Avenger** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:57 pm

stormspell wrote:
Avenger wrote:Paypal isn't as necessary as people think. Ebay just pushes it because it's thier own company.
Well, that's the idea. I'm pretty sure eBay enforced PayPal as mandatory form of payment. I know they were going as far as to remove auctions which stated "no paypal" few years ago. Unless something happened and this rule was changed.

This could very well be true. I don't know as I haven't sold on ebay in over a year and never tried to list without the paypal option. If this is the case I'm surprised that it's allowed to be mandatory since you would figure it to be a conflict of interest.

The Knell · Post by **The Knell** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 6:52 pm

perishinflames wrote:Heh, I'm pretty sure it won't be the LP. But I figured it was worth rolling the dice. Oh well.

it looks good enough to be the LP. id have done that too.

slayerhatesusall · Post by **slayerhatesusall** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:49 pm

perishinflames wrote:Heh, I'm pretty sure it won't be the LP. But I figured it was worth rolling the dice. Oh well.

The fact that he said
"THIS CD IS HARD TO FIND SO BID ON IT TO WIN"
in the auction I doubt its the lp, but hopefully for you it is.