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Ok guys so I sold a few things at the end of last week, was able to take payments fine. Yesterday I tried to transfer the cash to my checking account and it went fine. So I wake up this morning and am on my way to get to the post office to ship everything off and I decide just to check paypal for some reason. Amazingly I see that paypal has reversed my withdraw and permanently suspended my acount. So after 3 calls I was able to get everyone's money back to them.
What I want to know is what is the best way to accept payment NOT paypal? Both Amazon payments and google checkout say that the first payment can take between 2 weeks and 60 days. And I don't want to wait that long obviously so what are the other options?
That really sucks. Did they give you a reason for locking the account?
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Bank Transfer?
bsbokc said:
Ok guys so I sold a few things at the end of last week, was able to take payments fine. Yesterday I tried to transfer the cash to my checking account and it went fine. So I wake up this morning and am on my way to get to the post office to ship everything off and I decide just to check paypal for some reason. Amazingly I see that paypal has reversed my withdraw and permanently suspended my acount. So after 3 calls I was able to get everyone's money back to them.
What I want to know is what is the best way to accept payment NOT paypal? Both Amazon payments and google checkout say that the first payment can take between 2 weeks and 60 days. And I don't want to wait that long obviously so what are the other options?
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It may be from a lot of activity on your account. They locked my account once and I called and they said in the last 3 days I had did over $1,000 transfers and that was fishy/questionable....so they just lifted the hold and I have been good ever since than.
Do you have a personal account on paypal or a business account. I think that makes somewhat of a difference.
Also I think a lot of people have been successful with bank transfers.
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This happened to me that's why I don't use them
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just get started on your first amazon payments transaction. after that it'll be quicker.
Even if you find a better way, in a month or 2 you'll at least have a backup option.
Paypal and ebay are starting to piss me off too. Thinking about quitting ebay altogether.
I have a pp business acct (not sure how, but i do) and haven't had an issue like this.
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It may be from a lot of activity on your account. They locked my account once and I called and they said in the last 3 days I had did over $1,000 transfers and that was fishy/questionable....so they just lifted the hold and I have been good ever since than.
Do you have a personal account on paypal or a business account. I think that makes somewhat of a difference.
Also I think a lot of people have been successful with bank transfers.
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It was definitely over $1000 but they gave me no option to explain anything they said my account activity was suspicious and therefor closed my account.
And about bank transfers, might as well be Western Union. Who on here is really going to do that?
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just get started on your first amazon payments transaction. after that it'll be quicker.
Even if you find a better way, in a month or 2 you'll at least have a backup option.
Paypal and ebay are starting to piss me off too. Thinking about quitting ebay altogether.
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Ebay is basically legal rape.
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knux11 said:
just get started on your first amazon payments transaction. after that it'll be quicker.
Even if you find a better way, in a month or 2 you'll at least have a backup option.
Paypal and ebay are starting to piss me off too. Thinking about quitting ebay altogether.
I have a pp business acct (not sure how, but i do) and haven't had an issue like this.
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Ya I quit PayPal so that means I automatically quit eBay since they only allow PayPal.
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It was definitely over $1000 but they gave me no option to explain anything they said my account activity was suspicious and therefor closed my account.
And about bank transfers, might as well be Western Union. Who on here is really going to do that?
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I figured it was.... that happened to me about 2 months ago but I just logged in and they had a hold on my funds so I called and spoke to a supervisor and he said it was suspicious activity and I said I had money coming from reimbursements blah blah blah and they lifted it and said make sure u have a note when u do such transactions.
Bank transactions are sorta like Western union. I only seen one transaction done with that. The closest Western union to me is a hr away.
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Ya I quit PayPal so that means I automatically quit eBay since they only allow PayPal.
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I'm surprised they didn't give you a call. I too had done over $1000 in transactions in a matter of days. A representative called me to see what was up and I explained to them what was going on. Didn't suspend my account.
Other then awful customer service payoal is ok
Always speak to. A supervisor
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You can use Square to take payments but then the buyer has to give you his credit card number
I would call and get the account back. That will pretty much cut you short here as well. Unless they do COD
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I only do western union and Usps money orders now.
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Check our Serve, Its by American Express. It can do all the good things PayPal can, but the best part about it, NO FEES! And they have android, ISO, and blackberry apps.
Just go to serve.com and check it out.
Ha. I agree with the title of this thread so much.
After 2 deals on here with only $200 dollars involved, they randomly canceled me. Forever. Permanently. For no reason.
They're a joke, but I'm glad to see a few alternatives in this thread.
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Bank Transfer?
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I myself always made my payments trough bank transfer. But never outside the country.
Anyone with thoughts on this method? About security and what not.. ?
i wonder how long before they lock me up again lol. the reason they hold our money is because they make money off of the interest the longer its held. a legal scam. im surprised the feds havent looked into paypal yet.
PayPal is holding $800 of my money right now.. told me it will be 180 days till they send me a check.. NEVER AGAIN WILL I USE PAYPAL..
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This thread is to help fellow Australians get their paws on the Zero Lemon battery without going through the expensive forwarding services.
Needed: One trustworthy American XDA member
Zero Lemon orders.
financialWar
ppau0822
mangojack
kiwisportster
allegrosurf
How much would it be to ship out there? I'd be fine doing that for you, $40 usd +15% for ebay fees + shipping.
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How much would it be to ship out there? I'd be fine doing that for you, $40 usd +15% for ebay fees + shipping.
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I am not sure about the shipping cost because I don't know how big/heavy the Zero Lemon will be. But I am willing to pay the shipping. We can do it without going through eBay, just paypal. I'll pay you paypal fee too plus time and effort.
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Are there any other Australians here? Maybe we can bulk buy and divide the shipping cost.
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Are there any other Australians here? Maybe we can bulk buy and divide the shipping cost.
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yeah i want one zero lemon battery as well mate! i live in sydney too! so thats 3 so far....
Another Aussie here that will come on board.
Samsung Galaxy Note II, Android 4.1.2.
Plus one more
FinancialWar said:
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Are there any other Australians here? Maybe we can bulk buy and divide the shipping cost.
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Yup, another aussie here (Perth) who would like a zero lemon 9300 for Samsung Galaxy Note II.
Can bank transfer to you perhaps??
Tim
Other one from melbourne
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OK, we have 5 orders now. That is enough for the now, don't want to put too many as it would be too risky.
I want to make this as easy as possible for the American XDA member who will be kind enough to help us by sorting out as much as possible the financial and shipping business within Australia.
So here is what I think we should do.
at the moment $1AUD = 1.03 USD, so lets assume it is equal to make it everything easy.
Step 1. Have all the Australians buyers deposit money (bank transfer) payment which include Zero Lemon plus the shipping cost from the States and monetary incentive for the American XDA member to me. Those who live outside Sydney should pay additional $8AUD so that I can post the battery to you after it arrives from the States, otherwise you can pick it up from my Parramatta residence if you live close by.
Step 2. I will then transfer the total amount to the American XDA member.
Step 3. the American XDA member will order the batteries off Amazon and ship the batteries to my address in Sydney.
Step 4. I will then post out the batteries for the rest of the Aussies that live in other Australian citise or a organise local pick after I receive them.
So this way, the American XDA only have to deal with one person and one payment, which is me and I will deal with the fellow Aussies.
So all we need now is that American XDA member volunteer, I personally prefer a MOD or a Dev member or established XDA member, because the amount of money that will be involved, Thanks.
Im in canada and use comgateway.com its pricey for one person but if theres a few being ordered should be ok. Plus theyll give you a quote up front now
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One thing y'all should be aware of is that UPS, Fedex and such have regulations against shipping batteries. You need a bunch of paperwork including MSDS from the manufacturer. I couldn't ship a HD2 battery to my dad in another country because of all the paperwork I would have had to go through. It's much easier for the manufacturer to do it because they already have the paperwork on file.
Now, I'm sure you'd be fine just mailing it and not telling them it's a cell phone battery since people get on planes with cell phones everyday. But they could easily seize it and penalize you if they wanted if they found out.
FinancialWar said:
OK, we have 5 orders now. That is enough for the now, don't want to put too many as it would be too risky.
I want to make this as easy as possible for the American XDA member who will be kind enough to help us by sorting out as much as possible the financial and shipping business within Australia.
So here is what I think we should do.
at the moment $1AUD = 1.03 USD, so lets assume it is equal to make it everything easy.
Step 1. Have all the Australians buyers deposit money (bank transfer) payment which include Zero Lemon plus the shipping cost from the States and monetary incentive for the American XDA member to me. Those who live outside Sydney should pay additional $8AUD so that I can post the battery to you after it arrives from the States, otherwise you can pick it up from my Parramatta residence if you live close by.
Step 2. I will then transfer the total amount to the American XDA member.
Step 3. the American XDA member will order the batteries off Amazon and ship the batteries to my address in Sydney.
Step 4. I will then post out the batteries for the rest of the Aussies that live in other Australian citise or a organise local pick after I receive them.
So this way, the American XDA only have to deal with one person and one payment, which is me and I will deal with the fellow Aussies.
So all we need now is that American XDA member volunteer, I personally prefer a MOD or a Dev member or established XDA member, because the amount of money that will be involved, Thanks.
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Sounds like a plan.
Just let me know when to do a bank deposit and for how much. Perhaps you could email me your bank details later.
Thanks, hopefully we can pull this off.
Can I use paypal instead?
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There is currently no American willing to bulk buy for us, can't go ahead at the moment.
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There is currently no American willing to bulk buy for us, can't go ahead at the moment.
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I think if shipping it wasnt a big deal alot of us wouldnt mind helping out a fellow xda member.
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on Amazon, why don't zero lemon just use Amazon shipping if they don't want to ship it to Australia. I bought few things off Amazon, they ship to Australia with no issue.
How about shipito.com? I have an account and willing to order.
Do we get a colour choice if we can pull this off? I'm a old Henry Ford man, "u can have any colour, as long as it's black"
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Is this order going to happen? I am keen as well, living in Sydney. Ridiculous they won't ship from Amazon to Oz......
What is the cost of using one of those mail forwarding services, anyone know?
So, I was doing some shopping at my local Costco yesterday and noticed an HTC One demo at the Wireless kiosk, they were listed as $159.99 on contract, came with a HUGE accessory pack, had a 90 DAY return policy, and after some prying I was told that they have 7 white and 6 black :victory: IN STOCK, so I am thinking of getting mine there.
What I am asking for are your experiences with the Costco Wireless kiosk's (activation, purchase, returns, etc.), because it just seems to good to be true.:fingers-crossed: Thanks in advance.
Kwongger said:
So, I was doing some shopping at my local Costco yesterday and noticed an HTC One demo at the Wireless kiosk, they were listed as $159.99 on contract, came with a HUGE accessory pack, had a 90 DAY return policy, and after some prying I was told that they have 7 white and 6 black :victory: IN STOCK, so I am thinking of getting mine there.
What I am asking for are your experiences with the Costco Wireless kiosk's (activation, purchase, returns, etc.), because it just seems to good to be true.:fingers-crossed: Thanks in advance.
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Return period as far as upgrade reversal like it never happened is determined by Sprint at 14days purchase date is day one. Costco may allow exchange within 90 days but not full return and reversal.
When I ran a Sams club mobile we had pretty much same policies. Also it's been my experience in the most places like that the associates aren't as knowledgeable as they should be. So just be careful and ask lots n lots of questions.
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At most you will end up paying 36$ upgrade fee on ur next months sprint bill. And yea ask questions. When I got my phone at sams wireless the rep told me the phone was a 16gb.... I was like huh??:what: but later while she looked at the back of the box she realized it was a 32gb. Anyway good luck with ur purchase.
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ns4g4me said:
At most you will end up paying 36$ upgrade fee on ur next months sprint bill. And yea ask questions. When I got my phone at sams wireless the rep told me the phone was a 16gb.... I was like huh??:what: but later while she looked at the back of the box she realized it was a 32gb. Anyway good luck with ur purchase.
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yeah not much diff than walmart mobile lol. thats what i hate about the cellular people getting hourly instead of commission. on hourly they have no incentive to learn anything. just stand there and take an order. "would you like fries with that?" i feel like commission makes the rep want to know more than the "other guy." also commission makes it more likely to get better service from the rep bc if they treat u badly u return it and they lose their commission. however quite a few commission paid sales people ruin it for everyone else by f'in people. all in all ASK QUESTIONS & DO RESEARCH its a 2 yr commitment and a fairly large purchase.
As the new Nexus 5 is only available in some country`s through the Playstore it would be nice if users we`re willing to order a Nexus 5 for those that have no access to the Playstore and are forced to pay a lot more in local stores. All personal conversations are off course private and are to be dealt with through PM or Email.
Please sign up here if you want to particpate and post your location (Country and City) so users can contact you. It would realy only be fair that the participants deserve a (small) compensation for their efforts..
It would be even better if XDA started a thread/service like this
Post your country/city in this thread or PM me so i can post it in the OP which would be better and easier
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Sounds great.
But for those who are uncomfortable with all this stuff, comgateway can help you buy the devices or you could ship the device there and they will reship it to your location using DHL.
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Mach3.2 said:
Sounds great.
But for those who are uncomfortable with all this stuff, comgateway can help you buy the devices or you could ship the device there and they will reship it to your location using DHL.
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I allready found this one http://www.weship-it.com/Home/Dutch, but i prefer a European device to be honest.
Would love it if someone could get one for me. Will of course compensate you.
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Interesting, I might be able to buy two to save on shipping, wondering if anyone is in the Brampton / Mississauga area (Ontario)
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It's a really good idea, but i don't think any italian user can help for this service due to the price...usually in italy we have the highest price in europe. but, we will see
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It's a really good idea, but i don't think any italian user can help for this service due to the price...usually in italy we have the highest price in europe. but, we will see
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True, but many European, Asian and African users that can`t buy from Google Play would be greatly helped
Lamerlengo said:
It's a really good idea, but i don't think any italian user can help for this service due to the price...usually in italy we have the highest price in europe. but, we will see
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Italian price will be the same of others Europena countries (Spain, France, Germany, despite of the iDevices prices)
What type of compensation are people willing to provide outside of the shipping costs?
This sounds like a terrible idea to be honest.
Not to bring my cloud of negativity but you know somebody is going to do the wrong thing and ruin this for everybody else.
Charge back scams, people pocketing the money and not sending the devices. etc etc.
the1onewolf said:
This sounds like a terrible idea to be honest.
Not to bring my cloud of negativity but you know somebody is going to do the wrong thing and ruin this for everybody else.
Charge back scams, people pocketing the money and not sending the devices. etc etc.
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What a party pooper! Geez!!!!
Now, everyone send me your cash, Paypal login, or credit card information and I'd be very happy to buy you several Nexus 5's. Just out of the goodness of my heart.I will not even expect any small compensation for my efforts. It's the least I can do for my XDA friends.
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What a party pooper! Geez!!!!
Now, everyone send me your cash, Paypal login, or credit card information and I'd be very happy to buy you several Nexus 5's. Just out of the goodness of my heart.I will not even expect any small compensation for my efforts. It's the least I can do for my XDA friends.
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I'm to lazy to stay and wait for the release and keep pressing F5 on my computer, I just want to sleep in. Please get me 5 (1 for me and 4 to resell)
If there is a person works in a good faith could do me a favor to send one to Hong Kong.....
If the device is compatible (4G LTG banding) to HK...
Noted the price you might pay to have it imported might be not much more then what it would cost locally. If you get the 32gig version at $400 the final checkout price will probably be about $460 after tax and shipping. Then add the cost of shipping overseas and you're nearing $500 if the person who does this doesn't charge you a fee. If your local retailer sells the 32gig version for 500 euros then is the extra savings really worth the potential of being scammed?
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psychoace said:
Noted the price you might pay to have it imported might be not much more then what it would cost locally. If you get the 32gig version at $400 the final checkout price will probably be about $460 after tax and shipping. Then add the cost of shipping overseas and you're nearing $500 if the person who does this doesn't charge you a fee. If your local retailer sells the 32gig version for 500 euros then is the extra savings really worth the potential of being scammed?
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500 USD is 363 euro`s, i for one find the difference quite big. But the problem for some users is that they don`t trust each other as shown in the nagative comments on this thread
Request this thread beeing closed/deleted, my intentions we`re good but don`t like where its going
Thread closed as per OPs request..
This story is about a "PureVPN Lifetime Subscription" that was sold at XDA Depot - that ceased to function.
TL;DR
Pay close attention to how products or services are marketed at XDA Depot. Wording such as "lifetime" can be too good to be true - i.e. deceptive marketing by dishonest sellers.
The story (so far)
When XDA Depot support was contacted about the issue, they concluded that the PureVPN Lifetime Subscription had expired and offered the option to purchase an alternative "Lifetime VPN subscription" - why would anyone buy a similar deal that has proven to be a scam?
After some e-mails going back and forth, they offered the option to re-enable the PureVPN subscription for two years - and if the deal was accepted, the claim for the initial "PureVPN Lifetime Subscription" would be terminated. This offer was refused as well.
XDA Depot support slowly lost interest in the case, hence I reached out to general XDA developers because this is a scam that is not good for the reputation of XDA - that very reputation being the single reason the deal was even considered in the first place. Even though the XDA site claimed legal issues were very important, perhaps this issue wasn't big enough to spend time on. So, no reply from that channel.
Next steps?
So, the XDA Depot support nor the XDA general contact, has proved successful, what would then be the best way to process this issue?
I had this problem also but had a good experience solving the problem.
When it was time for me to renew the lifetime subscription at PureVPN I emailed them and the replied that they simply stopped offering the lifetime subscription and that I should contact XDA depot and that they would help me.
Wish I did right away! They answered within 48h offering me a new lifetime subscription at keepSolid VPN unlimited + $20 gift. Until this day(2 month passed) it works great!
I'm don't know if I was just lucky or whatever but I had a good experience
I too have run into the exact same issue. I purchased a lifetime subscription that also came with other offers as well. The subscription worked for about a week and has not worked since. I have reached out to both XDA Depot as well as real VPN still with no reply. I have been a member of XDA Developers Depot for several years and I've also been a member here for several years. I've never not one time had an issue quite like this through these two websites. In fact everything I've ever gotten through XDA and XDA developers Depot has always proven to be exactly what was promoted until now. I would really like to figure out an alternative to the situation because I am someone who uses a VPN quite a bit daily and have pretty much lost faith at this point hoping somebody from XDA will read this and actually help. Thanks again I look forward to someone's reply
I have a very similar story about "PureVPN Lifetime Subscription" and XDA. Please keep away from any "Lifetime" subscriptions here as it looks to be a common issue. "Let's give customers 5 years subscription, they will forget to extend". When you will remember to open a ticket to support before your subscription expires to extend it for another period, you will not get an extension as agreed before in the "deal".
I warn you...