Why buyer pays PayPal fee ???

[427HISS]

How many of you are getting tired of sellers making the buyer pay for his,....PayPay fee's ! :mad2:
That's like asking a buyer to pay for for my,........ad in my local newspaper !

I see this a lot here and on other websites. Personally, I lost a sale here when I refused to buy a skimmer and pay for the fee.
He said, ......fine, others will pay for it !

Who agrees with me ?

 

[kacrocorals581]

yeah I wont buy stuff if someone wants me to pay for there fees that don't make sense I've never asked that of someone its not there responsibility

 

[Triggreef]

pointless IMO. Either you agree to pay the fee or don't and move on. The sellers who aren't specifying that the buyer should pay it, are just building it into their price anyhow. So it's really a mute point.

 

[Texasnano]

It is what it is. For those who don't wanna pay don't for those who will, will... It's not much so it don't matter to me, I sell stuff on here and most buyer offer to pay or just throw it in on the sale price

 

[KJAG]

pointless IMO. Either you agree to pay the fee or don't and move on. The sellers who aren't specifying that the buyer should pay it, are just building it into their price anyhow. So it's really a mute point.

Yeah agreed. You're paying it regardless of whether or not it's officially stated.

 

[steve&mari]

But if it's a gift you lost power of paypal to help get resolutions if seller doesn't ship or something like a different skimmer say then agreed upon. So it may get put into selling price but rather have protection from PayPal if something happens and get jerked around. There is someone who paid for light on here they never got after weeks of waiting and was gift so they can't dispute through PayPal and out the money that's not right at all. So I firmly believe seller pays fee but I'm glad to add the few dollars to price for protection. God bless.....Steve

 

[Small triggers]

My thought is the 2.9% is usually less than tax in most areas...
It is a cost of doing business, and in my main business I build this cost in...
When I'm selling frags or used personal equipment to a non-local, I ask they pay the fees...
(Locals I ask to pay as a gift, we have a tight local club)

 

[mike007]

The problem Is If you pay as a gift you have no recourse with PayPal. Personally I will never pay fees on goods bought. If they do not have this accounted for in there selling fee I will look towards other vendors.

 

[Squishie89]

What I do if they ask to send as a gift is I calculate the fee, add it on, and send as a payment. That way they can shut up about the fee and I still get PayPal's backing.

 

[hybridazn]

https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/showthread.php?t=115471

It is now a rule to be able to sell on here you cannot ask for payment as a gift. All prices should include the fees.

So if you see someone not doing this, report the thread and the mods will handle it.

 

[KJAG]

The gift vs standard sale topic simply doesn't coincide with the original post. It's off topic regardless if it's against the rules. Which it is of course.

 

[buckeye82]

It is my protection as a buyer and I won't buy without it. You sell on eBay you pay a fee. You sell on Amazon you pay a fee. You don't see sellers on there demanding an additional 10% to cover their fees. I just see it as risky if the seller asks for it and is actually hung up over paying 3% to sell an item and move on to the next sell/thread.

 

[misael888]

A true good seller won't ask for any fees. Is not that complicated. Add 3% to the sale price and be done with it. I hope that with time the form also stops allowing sellers to ask for additional fees other than shipping!!

 

[Pete polyp]

They don't when they buy from me. It's -3% if paid as gift

 

[saltyphish]

If you are familiar with the guy who sold the bounce mushroom (same one) to multiple people and some unfortunately did gift you would understand why he posted this.

The gift vs standard sale topic simply doesn't coincide with the original post. It's off topic regardless if it's against the rules. Which it is of course.

 

[evolved]

The problem Is If you pay as a gift you have no recourse with PayPal.

Yup!

Selling Forum Rules - Please Read Before Posting

It is now a rule to be able to sell on here you cannot ask for payment as a gift. All prices should include the fees.

So if you see someone not doing this, report the thread and the mods will handle it.

And exactly; thank you.

The reason being, is the first post quoted above.

 

[VicD81]

If someone is selling something for a set amount they expect that amount. Some people just aren't as discrete as others. someone can sell something for 150 or 155 ultimately the buyer is paying the fee they just dont know it.

I was selling something a while back. The buyer asked for it cheaper, Told him fine pay as gift. He declined and paid what I was asking for. I shipped it FEDEX 2 day at no extra cost. Everyone was happy. The end...

 

[Noremac]

I have on one occasion sent money partially as a gift... but that was when I was buying something that was almost 3,000 dollars. I paid roughly 2000 through a regular transaction, then the rest through gift to help the seller out. If I had not known the seller in person before, I would not have even done that. I have never paid a sellers fees for them though.

 

[427HISS]

I would rather have the seller include his fee's in the sale price, without me knowing. That way, I don't know that he's a jerk.

Asking for me to pay HIS,......FEE, is bad taste and business practice.
I could never,......ask anyone to pay my advertising cost.

If you're selling, expect to pay your own advertising cost, whether it's a car in your newspaper or skimmer here !

 

[mmnich]

I recently sold something on eBay for $2500. Cost me $250 in eBay fees and $70 for PayPal fees. That's 12.8%. Admittedly I had not read the details so that was quite a shock - and an expensive learning experience. I was expecting somewhere around 3 - 4%. I will not be making that mistake again.