I asked this on another forum, and was wondering the thoughts from people were on bp.net.

I've been wondering this for a while, and it is something that seriously rubs me the wrong way and I was wondering if other people feel the same.

It is against paypal's terms of service to charge buyers for a fee associated with using paypal. Yet i see breeders and sellers (of any products from reptile related, to camera related, to art related etc) CHARGING users for an additional fee for using paypal.

I understand that for most transactions its only 0.3%, but thats not the point.

In case you are wondering here I'm pulling this from:
https://cms.paypal.com/cgi-bin/marke...locale.x=en_US

"4.6 :

4.6 No Surcharges. You agree that you will not impose a surcharge or any other fee for accepting PayPal as a payment method. You may charge a handling fee in connection with the sale of goods or services, as long as the handling fee does not operate as a surcharge and is not higher than the handling fee you charge for non-PayPal transactions."

What do you guys do about this? Do you even care, is it something that matters to you? For me its a principal thing.. I'd probably give extra just to cover the fee if i wasn't required to do so. I've also seen people (NOT in the reptile community, in another hobby of mine ) abusing this badly. Asking to add 25-50% ADDITIONAL price onto an item plus shipping because "paypal is mean" to them.

I've discussed this with some people in the art world (commissioned artwork mostly) and they just get defensive. It's sad because there are a lot of people i don't want to buy from because they do this. I have been using paypal for years and have never, EVER charged someone for a fee. I eat it because Im the seller. If i want more money for an item/product/animal/whatever i charge more across the board, not just for paypal.

I have a feeling a lot of people use paypal because its fast and easy..but they don't actually read the TOS they agreed to upon sighing up for an account.

Sorry, had to get that off my chest.. opinions?
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