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I have been a seller on ebay for 10 years, but a growing seller on Delcampe for the last two. Would like to shift all my selling to delcampe but as yet havent the confidence to be selling most of my ephemera/military paperwork and books on there.
Whereas most of my ebay sales are auctions I tend to stick to fixed price on delcampe with just the odd auction if I am really struggling with an items value.
Very few buyer problems as it seems to be populated by honest collectors. I mainly stick to selling the core products of stamps and postcards on delcampe and sell to Europe and the World with suprisingly as much overseas as UK sales!
It might not be as pretty and slick as ebay but I highly recommend it, and much less of a rip off on fees, but like ebay your item can get swamped by somebody mass listing items.

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Mike Fox
Reynard Collectables (or ..ibles if you are American!)

Mike, why not transfer them en bloc to Delcampe (there is a programme for that), and still leave them on Ebay as well. As Delcampe don't charge a listing fee then no added expenses.
Ralph

Have you given wensy.com a try. They are also free. I found that it takes some leg work to get noticed there (contact groups, friends that collect stamps, etc.), but I have made some sales there. It takes a while to into the who's who. I find that it is also the same for eBid and Delcampe. Delcampe does get more international coverage. Hope this helps.

Larry L.

Thank you for the information. Is your username the same at Delcampe as it is here? I will look for listings under Memphre.

I have sold 135 items on eBid in the past two years, probably more to international buyers than to Canadians. Things on eBid seem to be picking up a bit. The number of sales is OK with me, given my circumstances and what I have been offering for sale.

As I am still researching family history, I look for postcards to add to the story, but have many other postcards that I've been trying to sell as well. My personal experience is that my postcards have not sold very well on eBid, even though they are listed at low prices.

So, I have been looking at Delcampe as an alternative to sell some of the postcards and coins. As I look through the stamps we've recently acquired, they may be some that I want to list as well, I'm not certain yet.

I'm used to eBid and have my templates set up etc., so I find it good to use. I suspect I'll like Delcampe as well, once I get on to it.

I am a member of eBay for almost 9 years. I also had an eBay shop where I sold my mint multiple sets and sheets. I quit with selling 3 years ago after the fees went up skyhigh (again).
Back then I couldn't find a better site to sell my stuff.
Heard some people talk about Delcampe. I never took a look at Delcampe because I thought it was just a small site.
Yesterday I found this thread and after reading it I took a look at eBid and Delcampe.
eBid is just too small. I searched for Thailand in stamps and there were only 150 items total. Most of them from the same seller who sells them for ridiculously high prices.
I also took a look for the first time on Delcampe and I saw that for some countries the number of stamp items offered is larger then on eBay! Also no fee for placing an item on Delcampe. That's a big plus. On Ebay I loosed money with their fees.
I signed in with Delcampe last night. This week I will take a look arround the site and how everything works.

The only small problem I'm having so far, is that the Dutch version is in Flamish (Belgian Dutch).
Example:
English: List of items
Flamish: Lijst van loten
Dutch: Lijst met items
Only after clicking 'Lijst van Loten' I knew what it meant!

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Hello Stewie,

Thank you for reporting these language mistakes. We are indeed Belgian, but I will report your message to our Dutch language translator. If you see other mistakes, please inform us.

Thank you, Seb

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Hello Stewie1980,


Thank you for drawing our attention to this. I have corrected the translation you speak of. It was a an old translation dating back to the time when there was no dedicated person for the Dutch community. We're constantly updating the translations on the website, but some old translations still remain on the website. If you notice any incorrect translations you can always signal them to us at info@delcampe.com and we'll correct them asap


Kind regards,

Dimitri from the Delcampe Team

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Kind regards,

Dimitri from the Delcampe Team
www.delcampe.net

You're welcome Seb and Dimitri!

The rest of the translations on the most used pages look fine to me. No problems understanding them.

I think the major difference between Dutch and Flamish is that the Dutch use many English words and that the Flamish translate most of them into a Dutch word.

Like 'account' and 'rekening'. A correct translation, but an average Dutchman will use the word 'account' for their account on a website and use the word 'rekening' for bankaccount and for bill.

But it's understandable, you don't have to change it. I think to many translation changes will be confusing for some members.

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I don't speak a word of either "Dutch Dutch" or "Flemish Dutch", but those words are both similar in English - "accounting" and "reckoning" mean the same thing

Similarly with the other example:

English: List of items
Flamish: Lijst van loten
Dutch: Lijst met items

In English we could say "List of lots" and it would mean just the same as "List of items".

So maybe I speak more Dutch / Flemish than I thought

Indeed more then you think!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_En ... tch_origin

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Don't under-estimate your abilities

Do you understand absolutnie, administrator, adopcja, or debata, degenerat, or even kontroler, kontrast, mustarda, policja, rafia, rasizm?

Polish is a phonetic language so what you say is what you get. These words all mean the same in Polish as in English so my Stampboard colleague you are multi-lingual

Throw in a finger or 6 and you can make yourself understood anywhere

Very interesting about the languages.

I have a question. A lot of sellers on Delcampe offer Moneybookers / Skrill. I've been trying to sort out the fees on Skrill and I am still unclear.

In a nutshell, what percentage do buyers / sellers pay when Skrill is used to pay for stamps?

I also would like to know what people think of Skrill. Bidstart offers it and I would like use PayPal as little as possible but don't know whether Skrill is worth the effort ?

I gave serious thought of adding Skrill as a method of payment along with PayPal. Once I got started making out the online application, I began to notice that they were asking for way too much information. When an organization (online, over the phone, or through the mail) asks for my passport number, driver license number or other information that can be used to steal my identity, I do not go any further and close all my browsers, do multiple scans, and ignore any further attempts to contact me.

I understand that Skrill is an overseas (I live in the USA) online pay service, but to ask for that kind of information is not called for. Hence, I offer PayPal to those that feel the need for online payment security, but I also offer to accept checks (drawn on US banks), e-checks (a service of PayPal), US and Canadian money orders, and of course cash providing the payer picks up the item in person.

Larry L.

The minute someone asks me for any details not directly connected to any possible connection with them, I break off that connection immediately. so if Skrill wants my Passport details, then they'd better get into the airport security, because those are the only people who get my passport details.
(Depending where I am, depends on the passport I use).
Skrill are not willing to accept the POBox number I have been using for nearly 30 years, but want a street address.
So guess what, I won't be using Skrill.
Ralph
(Member389845)

At what point do they ask this stuff. I am in Canada and I see a one-page application without any ID required ? Does this come after you have completed registration ?

All seemed to go very well with the application until I noticed an error with my address. I tried to change the address and the system would not let me, so I contacted them via e-mail. They said that because I was an unverified customer, they needed proof as who I am and stated that the only proof they would accept was the driver's license (they wanted a copy) or a copy of my passport. In my book that is not a good way of doing business. I was going to use an auction site in South Africa to sell on, but they also asked for the same information in the same manner. I guess you know that I didn't sell or set up an account with them either. Am I being too careful? I think not! Identity theft is probably the number one cyber crime in the USA. I don't have much and I am sure not going to give what I do have away.

PayPal is fine if my customers want to use it. I use it as well, but I am sure to deduct the fees from the taxes at the end of the year. Since I am from the USA, I don't know how that works for others living elsewhere. When setting up an online account with PayPal, they do ask for some banking information, but that is expected. If on the other hand they ask for copies of my driver's license, passport, or other sensitive information, I would close the account and only accept checks and money orders from the USA and Canada. As for the rest of the world, I guess keep trading or work out an agreement with the customer as to how the payments would be received.

Larry L.

I stuffed up my password when I tried to log into my Skrill account and so the account was locked. As explained to me, Skrill cannot ( or will not) open the account until I can prove that I am the person who initially opened the account. They have stated that this is a requirement put upon them by the Financial Services Authority (UK) and list a photocopy of the personal details page of my passport as a form of identity proof.

Paypal on the other hand want me to provide photocopies of recent bank statements which provides them with my account number, branch and location and also other financial details which are personal and private.

I stock up my Skrill account with cash deposits. Skrill do not have, have never asked for, and appear to have no interest in my financial affairs, bank accounts etc- which is the way I want it.

It seems to me that is perfectly reasonable for PayPal to want to know your bank account since that is how you will access your funds. They also ask for a credit card. If all that stuff matches they seem pretty happy.

They have never asked me for any kind of proof like a DL or Passport. It's tricky, you want to keep your data private but there are a lot of con artists out there.

Do a search for "paypal" and "stealth account", there are apparently still many ways to fool them (and those of us use them toi buy and sell) so I understand their paranoia

i have requested a sale / item cancellation on Oct 8. Today is Oct 15 and there is still no answer. i have contacted english customer service, no reaction, no solution
hello?????

delcampe: Vermont

thanks

Mod Note: Since this thread has shifted away from comparisons of eBid and Delcampe to one of Paypal and Moneybookers, I have amended the title to be inclusive of such. (Plus its easier than trying to split the latter off as a separate thread. )

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I've bought a few things on feeBay (20+) - returned a few but I go back every now & then.
I bought a couple of things on eBid (5) - returned a few and haven't been back.
Paying by PayPal offers at least some sort of protection and you can see the money back in your account.

I still prefer the little auctions at my local stamp clubs (100+) when I have the opportunity to go out.

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Karel

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