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Ebay seller charging to use paypal
Posted By: Shannon
This is the first time I have seen this, a seller charging 2.9% of the total price to use paypal. What do you all think? |
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Ebay seller charging to use paypal
Posted By: Frank Evanov
Everytime this has happened to me I have politely informed the seller of Paypal's policy [once I had to send him a copy of the Paypal conditions]and he has promptly dropped the fee. |
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Ebay seller charging to use paypal
Posted By: Shannon
I emailed the seller with those exact words. Oh yeah I also told them it is ajoke for charging those fees. |
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Ebay seller charging to use paypal
Posted By: Bob S
FWIW, |
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Ebay seller charging to use paypal
Posted By: Keith
I know it is not the popular opinion, but I have no problem with what this seller did (I know, I know, its against the rules). |
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Ebay seller charging to use paypal
Posted By: Brian Weisner
Hi Keith, |
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Ebay seller charging to use paypal
Posted By: pete
I agree with keith on this one...although i do use paypal on most if not all of my sales and purchases, I hate having to pay $44 for a sale of a $1500 card so I wont accept paypal on large item cards/sales, I will split the fee in most cases or just wont accept it for that deal. |
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Ebay seller charging to use paypal
Posted By: jay behrens
Pete, you logic about not accepting it on large purchases is flawed. The fee you pay is something like 30 cents pllus 2.9% of the amount. Your actual percentage is much smaller when you sell items for a large amount of money than if you make a $40 sale. Example, if you sell a card for $100, you pay $3.20, or 3.2%. On a $1000 sale, you pay $29.30, 2.93%. In the long run, you are costing yourself more money taking paypal for small purchases than if you took it for large purchases. |
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Ebay seller charging to use paypal
Posted By: Jason
I no longer take paypal as a method of payment and my auctions seem to do fine. Of course I value customer service so that helps. Some people inflate shipping to compensate. I choose just to accept checks or MOs. I am very happy waiting on those. Paypal is a convenience that you will PAY for. If you can wait a little while just don't accept it. When the dust settles at the end of the day......if you don't like the terms (shipping fees, handling fees, restocking fees, papyal fees, etc..) just dont bid! |
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Ebay seller charging to use paypal
Posted By: CN
I find that I am much more likely to not bid on a card unless they accept paypal. The only exceptions are sellers I have dealt with before and know my cards will be shipped out promptly. I hate waiting 3 weeks for my cards to arrive. CN |
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Ebay seller charging to use paypal
Posted By: Scot Reader
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Ebay seller charging to use paypal
Posted By: rob
It works in a very simple way: a seller accepts Paypal, the item is mailed, if the seller does not buy delivery confirmation, the buyer claims he did not receive the item, then Paypal screws the seller. Paypal disregards YOUR rules as a seller. This has happened to me once for a small $ item, it WON'T happen 3 times. |
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Ebay seller charging to use paypal
Posted By: Charlie O'Neal
I have been thinking about dropping Paypal for my auctions b/c of the additional fees and switching to BidPay. From the way I understand it the Buyer pays the fees for the transaction in return I would offer free shipping and insurance would be added into that when the amount was over $100. Does anyone use BidPay often? Think this idea would work? |
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Ebay seller charging to use paypal
Posted By: jay behrens
PayPal still screws the seller, even when you use DC. I recent sold a Warfield concert poster. The post shipping tube was crushed by the post office and the buyer filed a complaint with PayPal that the item he bought was not as described. Well, duh. But is was crushed by the post office, not me. Yet PayPal refunded the money. |
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Ebay seller charging to use paypal
Posted By: Bob S
As I just posted on another thread, thanks, folks for great posts in response to Shannon's question. |
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Posted By: John Effenheim
You can get delivery confirmation if you print your 1st class mailing label off on Paypal, and it costs only 13 cents. (Free is you're sending the item Priority mail). According to the guidelines on Paypal's website "If not greater than ¾ of an inch thick, the contents must be prepared in a strong and rigid container." I just shipped several cards this way in bubble mailers. Since the cards were enclosed in 2 pieces of cardboard, I figured I had the "strong and rigid" criterion met. I was also able to check on the delivery status right on Paypal's website. All were delivered without a hitch. |
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Ebay seller charging to use paypal
Posted By: jay behrens
Our local post office won't take even if it is packed as you described. They said that the thickness requirement is there because of the way the automated sorting machine handles the mail. The cheapest solution is to just throw a single piece of foam popcorn into the envelope. |
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Ebay seller charging to use paypal
Posted By: John Effenheim
I had the same problem trying to take them to the counter of our local post office. This time I just dropped them in the mailbox. I paid for postage, insurance, and delivery confirmation right out my Paypal account and it was coded right on the mailing label. The printout from Paypal also gives you a receipt. |
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