Bidpay.com - Any thoughts or reviews?

[Bidhere23]

Has anyone used Bidpay.com for receiving auction payments? Is it good? I have only used PayPal and PayDirect and a buyer refuses to use anything but Bidpay. Any thoughts?

[welfareloser]

tehy do that because the fees are much lower (tho occasionally because paypal screwed em.) if you want to use paypal, you could offer to add another 1-2% to your payment to cover the fees, and see if they'll go for it... i haven't used bidpay and won't until its been around a while.

[IrishSS]

Bidpay has been around as long as I can remember... at least 6-8 years. I've used them/had them used for my auctions many times. Actually a pretty handy little service.

[ray]

Bidpay has been around as long as Paypal has. I have used them in the past, but Paypal has become more mainstream.

[DarkFury]

Has anyone used Bidpay.com for receiving auction payments? Is it good? I have only used PayPal and PayDirect and a buyer refuses to use anything but Bidpay. Any thoughts?
Umm.. a question here.


Did you pre-specify acceptable Auction payment forms? Was BidPay an option? If not... then the buyer should be flexible in paying you under a form that was stated in the contract of winning the auction...

Now if you didn't specify... now you should see why you should. :D

[djradam]

yeah, always make sure you specify what forms of payment you will accept. and make sure when you bid they'll accept your payment (check their feedback too!)

i use paypal. lots easier to use i think. i think bidpay turned me off a few years ago, maybe they were charging fees? i think paypal rips you off too though. luckily i have 2 accounts :)

as far as adding it in the auction, that 3% paypal charges you, i've had auctions cancled for doing that. ebay says you can't have those additional charges. thus my shipping and HANDLING goes up. i make sure S/H will cover shipping to california (across country), the ebay listing fees, and now some paypal fees.