Anyone here use e-bay?

I feel really silly because one of my friends told me that e-bay is soooo easy to use and I'm having the hardest time.

Getting signed up was really easy. Listing items was really easy. But two of my items sold and I can't figure out how to get my money. I know I'm smarter than this but I must have some sort of mental block. I didn't have a pay pal account. I specified in my listing that I would accept money orders. And after they sold I even sent an e-mail to the first buyer asking for a money order.

They both paid with pay pal.

Ok then. I sign up with pay pal and go back to my info and it says that one payment has cleared and one hasn't. So I click on the one that has cleared "accept payment" and it shows the money is in my pay pal account.

So far it all seems so simple. But how do I get that money? Am I missing something? I have no idea how to get that money from Pay Pal to my pocket.

(Mods--I hope this is ok. I'm not knocking e-bay or pay pal. The problem clearly resides in my own limited brain power)

your money's there. You need to transfer it to your bank account. LOL it's not going to print out :p :rolleyes:

Dont feel bad, im equally as baffled by the whole process as you are...:o I cant figure out how to get the money out of my bank account into paypal!!!! Prolly better that way.. wont spend too much:D

you have to sign up in paypal with your bank account #...your debit card. ANd THEN you transfer the money. It really is easy

LOL, okay I figured that much out--after my distress call ! :o I have to just go back to pay pal and move it to my checking account right? One more question. It's okay to leave it there until have more? I have something like 50 dollars total and only 35 after I pay shipping. I'd like to wait until I have a bigger amount before I take it. Otherwise I'll just piddle it here and there, but if I have, say a hundred or two Ill actually pay a bill instead of spending it on lattes.

Thanks for the help.:D

I always leave it in the paypal to pay for items I have brought (you will pay a fee to transfer to your bank account) and a lot of companys are now accepting paypal for payments, Petsmart definatly does and even a few utilities now accept it as payment. You can leave it in there indefinatly and also use it to pay for listing items on e-bay. I have to leave it in there as I would do exactly the same, when I was looking for a new snowboard I sold everything on ebay or made sure I got paid by paypal so I wouldn't be tempted to touch it.

paypal takes lots of taxes. If you transfer below $150, they take off 0.50 i think. Might be more. In any case, they shouldn't take YOUR money. So i usually transfer when it's over 150, mainly because when i transfer thousands :rolleyes: it looks like a nice monthly cheque deposit :D. Anything below $150 looks like crappy gov't money :yuck:

yeah thanks for that $50 from taxes mr. Harper. I'll be sure to buy something "nice" with it. :rolleyes:

I used to work for PayPal. IMO I like to leave the money in my account, until there is a large amount of $$ and then transfer to my bank account. As said earlier, you will get pinged if you withdraw less than $150.00 Unless you are an american, then in that case withdrawing is free. If you have any issues with PayPal I can help you out. :thumbs up