PayPal fees

I'm sort of on the fence, but leaning more towards the seller paying the %. It's just like using a credit card machine at Wal-Mart, the grocery store, a coffee shop, etc, they all have to pay a fee for every time someone uses a credit/debit card. The bigger stores can handle the fee no problem, just like people selling the expensive snakes, they can handle paying a few dollars to paypal to ensure that they actually get the money.

I believe if it's a trusted breeder with good feedback then there is nothing wrong with sending funds as a personal payment or gift.

I've purchased BPs this way and I've had people purchase from me this way.

On the other hand, if the amount is small, like a few hundred, I see no reason why the seller shouldn't cover it. In that case the fee is so low that it shouldn't matter.

I think the decision should be based on a few things. How well known and trusted is the seller, likewise for the buyer as buyers can scam you using paypal, and how much is the total cost of the sale.

Luckily in Canada we can also do EMT, which is becming more and more used.
I offer that, a cheque, cash or paypal, but let it be known that I charge a small fee on paypal as it's not my prefered method.

I do believe paypal's fee's are retardedly high :(

I as a seller pay all of my PayPal fees. It is my choice to use PayPal, so in my mind, I should be the one to pay the fees. I have had to pay PayPal fees as a buyer only once. I was not too happy about it, and would probably never buy from the seller again. It was a good deal at the time for a rare animal, so I went through with it.

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Originally Posted by Wh00h0069

I as a seller pay all of my PayPal fees. It is my choice to use PayPal, so in my mind, I should be the one to pay the fees. I have had to pay PayPal fees as a buyer only once. I was not too happy about it, and would probably never buy from the seller again. It was a good deal at the time for a rare animal, so I went through with it.

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I agree with the not being too happy about it thing If I was surprised by it.

I would say if the seller is the one to choose paypal as the only payment method then it should not be up to the buyer to pay the fee's since there are other payment methods that do not cost as much to the buyer to use and still get the seller the money they want.

However I think if all the options are offered to the buyer and they choose paypal that is a different story, but they should be made aware from the start that paypal will result in an extra fee. Maybe if the seller plans to have paypal listed as a payment option they could disclose the fees that will have to be paid ( list the percent paypal charges that will be added to the total) so that no one is surprised by it, because honestly it wouldnt bother me to pay the fee, it would bother me to not be told I was going to have to pay the fee from the start.

Its against paypals TOS to charge the fee to a customer. If a seller is making me as a buyer pay the fees, I'm going to take my money elsewhere. Its a principal thing. If I agree to a price of 500.00 for a snake, I'm not paypaling them "518.00" or whatever the additional fee would be. Its a slap in the face. If you want someone else to cover the fee, put the listed price as 520 and call it a day. The fees are a price of doing business and if they're too much then don't accept paypal as a payment method.

This goes for any good for me, animals, supplies, artwork, commissions, etc.

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Originally Posted by cinderbird

Its against paypals TOS to charge the fee to a customer. If a seller is making me as a buyer pay the fees, I'm going to take my money elsewhere. Its a principal thing. If I agree to a price of 500.00 for a snake, I'm not paypaling them "518.00" or whatever the additional fee would be. Its a slap in the face. If you want someone else to cover the fee, put the listed price as 520 and call it a day. The fees are a price of doing business and if they're too much then don't accept paypal as a payment method.

This goes for any good for me, animals, supplies, artwork, commissions, etc.

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Agreed, and I didn't know that about their TOS. That's interesting. Having someone pay a paypal fee reminds me of sellers who require their customers to pay a shipping box fee. I don't agree with that either.

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Originally Posted by Wh00h0069

Agreed, and I didn't know that about their TOS. That's interesting. Having someone pay a paypal fee reminds me of sellers who require their customers to pay a shipping box fee. I don't agree with that either.

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Why??

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

Why??

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Because fees like that are all part of an online business.

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Originally Posted by Wh00h0069

Because fees like that are all part of an online business.

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No I mean I get the Paypal thing I don't agree with passing that on to the customer its like trying to pass my banking fee's on to my customers..

But paying for shipping and handling isn't something new.