Hi Nivard There's nothing barring subscribers who buy or sell on the Gen-Materials lists from using PayPal. Using PayPal would be something I would encourage. As far as knowing if lists exist, it's a pity that the NEW-GENLIST seems to have fallen by the wayside. That was a wonderful way of keeping informed about lists. * * * * * * David, you noted in a private message to me that the messages on the Gen-Materials lists all seem to be from sellers. Since others may be interested, I'll answer here: That's because on all of the lists subscribers are asked to make arrangements for purchases off list. Lynne Nivard Ovington wrote: > >Hi Lynne > >I didn't check all the lists, just those I mentioned, I lost interest at >that point > >I see there is trickle on your list but it is a trickle and no more > >The problem is that the would be seller has an extremely limited >audience, thats not to say that I don't think it worthwhile to advertise >on there but who is going to see the posts, very few I would wager > >The better avenues by far would be the specific County list or the likes >of Ebay > >It is far safer for the buyer to use the likes of Paypal which is >totally for the buyer and against the seller rather than configure their >own transaction with someone they don't know > >Posts are so few as it is I can see no reason to have lists that no one >uses as they do not know they exist > >Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)

Hi again Yes I know people can use Paypal without going through Ebay, I do myself, but what I was saying is that the person has to arrange this themselves and may have no easy way of getting the money back if there was a problem, going through Ebay you have better protection that was my point And if as you suggested, someone is averse to buying and selling online they are unlikely to have a paypal account Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 16/02/2013 17:56, Lynne wrote: > > Hi Nivard > There's nothing barring subscribers who buy or sell on the Gen-Materials > lists from using PayPal. Using PayPal would be something I would encourage. > As far as knowing if lists exist, it's a pity that the NEW-GENLIST seems to > have fallen by the wayside. That was a wonderful way of keeping informed > about lists.

Nivard Ovington wrote: > Hi again > > Yes I know people can use Paypal without going through Ebay, I do > myself, but what I was saying is that the person has to arrange this > themselves and may have no easy way of getting the money back if there > was a problem, going through Ebay you have better protection that was my > point > > And if as you suggested, someone is averse to buying and selling online > they are unlikely to have a paypal account You don't actually need a PayPal account in order to pay that way. I won't have one but I do occasionally use PayPal, mainly where there's no alternative. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Ashcott, Shapwick, Greinton and Clutton, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk