Paypal

Because they have a premier account, read up on it. Audiogon has a fee also now, although people try like hell to skirt around it. I would like to see their reaction if it happened to them on payday.

And don't forget, just because someone has a pp account that it's sole purpose is to collect monies from a sale on this site. Alot of businesses accept paypal also incuding postage purchased online from USPS.

My impression is that many of the sellers who add a fee for Paypal also accept checks or money orders, which cost them nothing to deposit and collect through the banking system. So, they look to recover the Paypal fee, which would otherwise reduce their net proceeds.

For myself, when I sell, I only accept Paypal, for a variety of reasons satisfactory to me (and I don't care what anybody else thinks on the subject, thanks very much - I have yet to have an item fail to sell, either here or on eBay, where I also buy and sell). For that reason, I always indicate that I will absorb the fees. But I have on several occasions paid the Paypal fees when buying - I just factor the fees in when evaluating the "buy it now" price or when figuring out what I will offer. I figure it is the seller's right to decide what forms of payment to accept, and whether to require the buyer to pay the Paypal fee. A buyer who does not like the payment terms and total price should pass on the purchase.

And including the 3% in the price does not compute if the buyer accepts a lower price than advertised. Is any of this making sense to you ??