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.
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.