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Originally Posted by Mike
The big disadvantage to paying direct with a card is that as a buyer you lose the 'paypal' second line of defence if something goes wrong. I had an issue once with a purchase* which ebay with its 'money back guarantee' rejected. Went to paypal and got my money back.
*Bought £400 worth of medals from a French seller and received the shipping box lid only!
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The 2 disputes I’ve ever raised on eBay it was apparent that PayPal and eBay were very much at odds with each other as each claimed it was the others responsibility so I’m not too surprised with this more tangible split.
Re this point I wonder if the next step will be where sellers en masse turn off the PayPal payment option to escape their fees and thereby force the use of card.
You could still get another second line of protection using a credit card but again those often come cost implications and not all buyers are eligible or even have one.