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Jeff SI'm usually as up in arms as the next guy about various forms of eBay rule-bending, but...
As long as it's a "discount" for paying certain ways, it's seems okay to me. True, the difference between a discount and a surcharge is really just semantics. But come to think of it, maybe its the eBay rule that's misguided here.
After all ... we don't object when car dealers give us discounts for paying more in cash up-front (thus saving them money) or when one-man shops give us discounts for paying cash instead of using a credit card (thus saving them money).
It just seems ridiculous that eBay would prevent sellers from doing something that is a) completely justified by expenses, b) completely honest (as long as they're up-front about it), and c) would probably encourage more sellers to offer paypal (though I suppose it might cause fewer buyers to use paypal, esp. for big-ticket items).