I have just received an email from ebay that as of 8/19/05 they have a new policy regarding Paypal members that do not accept credit cards. In the description of the item you cannot say that you will not take paypal through a credit card. If you do take Paypal it must be with all forms of payment. Has anyone else received this letter. I have shown the letter below if anyone is interested.

I have always said that I will not take Paypal with a credit card due to their fees. I only thought that was fair to the potential buyers. Now ebay has threatened to cancel my listings if I continue to use such language.

Anyone have any idea how this can be avoided other than not using ebay or Paypal?

Here is the letter:
Thank you for writing to eBay Customer Support. My name is Phyllis. I
appreciate the opportunity to assist you with your questions.

Beginning August 19, 2005, all sellers who offer PayPal as a payment
option for their eBay listings must accept all forms of PayPal payment.
This includes payments made via PayPal account balances, bank accounts,
or credit cards, regardless of whether sellers display the PayPal logo
with credit card icons.

We've had a lot of buyers and sellers tell us that the current policy is
confusing, or felt it was unclear how PayPal's and eBay's respective
policies applied to the situation where a seller displayed the PayPal
logo but stated in their item description that they only accept payment
via a balance or bank transfer. Our goal in updating this policy is to
not only provide a consistent user experience for buyers, but also to
create clearer policy and to better provide a level playing field for
all sellers on eBay.

When the new policy takes effect, sellers who list with a PayPal
Personal account may still receive payments funded via account balance
or bank account transfers but must also be willing to upgrade to a
PayPal Premier or Business Account if they receive a credit card payment
via PayPal from their buyer.

Additionally, sellers may not communicate to eBay buyers (for example,
in their item description) that they only accept, or will not accept,
specific forms of PayPal payment. Doing so in a listing can lead to it
being cancelled, and refusal to accept a payment after the auction has
ended will constitute Seller Non-Performance.

The details of this policy update can be found both in PayPal's Policy
section and on eBay on our PayPal Payments Policy page. Both of the
pages are found below:

PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_update-policy

eBay: http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/paypal-payments.html?ssPageName=CMDV:AB

It was my pleasure to assist you today Michael, nd I wish you the best
of luck in all your future eBay transactions.

Best Regards,

Phyllis S.
eBay Customer Support