Fairly self-explanatory...Google Checkout is offering 0% fees for sellers until December 31st...which is great if you're an online merchant/eBay seller.
See here: https://checkout.google.com/seller/freetransactions.html

It also brings up the possibility that you could "buy" lots of stuff from yourself on your CC and just rack up points/CashBack/whatever.

HOWEVER, Google Checkout does require a Social Security #, so they might report to the IRS. So if you go insane and rack up 500,000 points, the IRS might very well think you're conning them out of hundreds of thousands and come after you. So...it might be risky.

Also, it's blatantly against the terms of service, although technically they can't stop your wife/husband/mother/father/aunt/uncle/nephew/niece from buying stuff from you, lol.

BTW, this marks my first deal post in a looooonnnnngggg time, lol
Edit by Moderator: Thank you for participating in the forums. However, this topic has been covered in a recent post Here.

Wait until the state comes after you for not paying sales tax on it. I my state that's over 8%!

cirrus said:Snyder81 said:Wait until the state comes after you for not paying sales tax on it. I my state that's over 8%!
Yeah, although I do remember that time when paypal was letting people charge stuff up for free, I charged like an extra 2K or something (but maybe I sent it quasi cash).

And who can forget C2it...

Mostly the problem is the fact that they'll probably report to the IRS, although even then I think they may only report above a certain amount.

Regardless, still a great deal for online merchants at least, only thing is that it's not very easy to use for eBay.

This is definitely a topic that needs more discussion, as a huge potential deal. Green for OP.

cirrus said:Snyder81 said:
Regardless, still a great deal for online merchants at least, only thing is that it's not very easy to use for eBay.

Any ideas on how to circumvent Fleabay?</blockquote>

From one of Google's help pages

Your Social Security number and Federal Tax ID/EIN are strictly for Google's use in helping you sign up for Google Checkout. Under normal business circumstances, this information won't be used for governmental tax purposes or other activities outside the scope of the Google Checkout program.

https://checkout.google.com/support/sell/bin/answer.py?answer=25402
DO NOT LINK

LOOPHOLE said:Snyder81 said:
Regardless, still a great deal for online merchants at least, only thing is that it's not very easy to use for eBay.

Any ideas on how to circumvent Fleabay?Do you mean how to use Google Checkout with eBay? To my knowledge it's perfectly within eBay policy to use a non-paypal arrangement for payment. Think of it as sending a check or money order behind eBay's back, so to speak. I think the problem that snyder alluded to was that it's not well integrated with eBay (checkout links, email invoices, etc.). Yet.

sinik said:LOOPHOLE said:Snyder81 said:
Regardless, still a great deal for online merchants at least, only thing is that it's not very easy to use for eBay.

Any ideas on how to circumvent Fleabay?Do you mean how to use Google Checkout with eBay? To my knowledge it's perfectly within eBay policy to use a non-paypal arrangement for payment. Think of it as sending a check or money order behind eBay's back, so to speak. I think the problem that snyder alluded to was that it's not well integrated with eBay (checkout links, email invoices, etc.). Yet.

I don't really care about integration, I'm concerned that because it's not
Feebay approved, if they find out via customer or whatever, they'll shut me down.
There's alot of idiot customers that might get feebay involved, even accidently.

Why bother with eBay? Set up a store online with any Web host. No need to pay fees per purchase to anyone. You're just buying from yourself, remember. The store doesn't have to be slick or integrate with any merchant transaction service other than Google. Just make sure your merchant name is different from the name on your credit card.

Your bank may not know why you're suddenly buying lots of stuff from the MegaGalaxy Electronics Company. But that's nothing they'd be concerned about as long as your monthly bill is paid, right?

steveme said:Google Auctions

This can't happen soon enough.

CreditGuy said:Why bother with eBay? Set up a store online with any Web host. No need to pay fees per purchase to anyone. You're just buying from yourself, remember. The store doesn't have to be slick or integrate with any merchant transaction service other than Google. Just make sure your merchant name is different from the name on your credit card.

Your bank may not know why you're suddenly buying lots of stuff from the MegaGalaxy Electronics Company. But that's nothing they'd be concerned about as long as your monthly bill is paid, right?

for one reason, I or anyone else would be able to "dilute" the transactions,
I have a lot of CC's, but adding some random ones wouldn't hurt.
I never underestimate the capabilities of companies to "track" things like these.