Paypal


Okay, I've been out of the selling game for a number of years, so maybe I'm just not informed. However, I thought that paypal only charges 3% if a credit or debit card is used? If checking is used there are no transaction fees I thought. So why does EVERYONE on this site and Audio Asylum ask for extra money when using Paypal? This seems rather disingenuous to me. If you want to cover paypal charges then make if for when Paypal actually charges you, if you want to make a few extra bucks then raise your price. It just irks me. What am I missing? Are there charges I don't know about?
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Showing 9 responses by polk432

I do have bad things to say about Paypal and no I did not vote for Obama. I hope you get burned by them one day so you can find out how they work (or don't work) the hard way. They have their flaws and it is mostly one sided towards crooked buyers. Slikric, you don't know what you are talking about.
If paypal could charge the buyers a fee they would! Banking fees for writing a check? I'd get a new bank. Again, if the buyer doesn't want to pay the fees they can look elseware.
Maybe some day you'll have more than nickles and dimes. No I did not vote for Obama, and people your age shouldn't do acid.
You already said you use nickles and dimes. Guess you spent your big bucks on acid. BTW morons don't retire at 49, if you think so name a couple hundred.
If the buyers don't like the fees they can buy new and pay more. There are listing fees, paypal fees, shipping fees, and final sales fees. What should a seller do? List the equipment for next to nothing, or just ask for the fees and nothing else? I'd throw the item away before I'd give it away to a lowballer.
Infinite wisdom? I hardly think so. Even I'm not that smart. I've never tried to charge for anything that was not legit. Listing, shipping, insuring, packaging, paypal and final sales fees are all part of the costs involved. I had a buyer ask me to take a MO for a 4500.00 amp once after the listing expired, so I shipped the item after I cashed his check. I felt the price I asked would cover most all the fees so I put a MO in the box and and deducted the paypal fee and final sales fee that I would have been charged if the deal was done through ebay. I didn't tell him I would I just did it. He emailed me and asked what the MO was for and I explained. He was thankful and bought from me again. But if I have to pay the fees they are passed on to the buyer. If the buyer dosen't agree they can look elseware. Check out my feedback on ebay. Paypal now sends 1099 forms out to sellers. They are expected to pay taxes on sales. Taxes that they paid when they first bought the some items new. Somebody has to pay. I think I deal fairly. Check out my feedback on ebay. If anyone thinks that they are paying fees they shouldn't be paying, they have the option not to buy. You either want the item or you don't.
Rude or not. Either have the money to be in the game or butt out and look elseware. Nobody (at least not me) is begging anyone to buy. Pay retail for new if you want. There are closing costs when you buy homes, fees when you buy cars, taxes in stores etc. If the price is right on an item what does it matter what is or is not itemized? Some sellers incorporate the costs into the item being sold, and make it look like there were no additional costs. Did the buyer make out as good or better? NO!!!!!! Best of luck.