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For Sale/Trade rant
« on: August 07 2013, 09:03:10 PM »
on some boards - it seems the people selling items all want to add Paypal fees. Why not just add to the price, and not dick around? I love having to calculate a 3% surcharge when I buy things.  :068:

Just seems petty to me. Should we pay for the gas to get the parcel to the post office?
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Re: For Sale/Trade rant
« Reply #1 on: August 07 2013, 09:21:31 PM »
That bugs me as well!! Let's see sir, $148 for parts, $14 shipping PLUS add 3% for Pay Pal!  :013: 
 
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Re: For Sale/Trade rant
« Reply #2 on: August 07 2013, 09:29:36 PM »
Ideally, they should be priced with shipping too.
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Re: For Sale/Trade rant
« Reply #3 on: August 07 2013, 09:41:05 PM »
bugs me more when the want it as a gift. what recourse then when it was a gift?
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Re: For Sale/Trade rant
« Reply #4 on: August 07 2013, 10:05:24 PM »
I really hate when the only method they offer is PayPal and then you want me to pony up 3%. To me that's not right. If there's options and I choose PayPal I can understand that..
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« Reply #5 on: August 07 2013, 10:40:39 PM »
I've yet to grasp the 3% thing.  The way paypal works now, they made sending money much much easier if you just click 'friends and family' now.   That avoids the 3% and you don't have to answer all the questions since it's not a ebay auction.

Gas is more of a bitch than the 3%.  A few days ago I mailed off something I sold for $10 shipped.  Postage was $5.80 and I burned a gallon of gas to the post office and back...    Needless to say I didn't retire to Whore Island on that sale. :)
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Re: For Sale/Trade rant
« Reply #6 on: August 07 2013, 11:34:03 PM »
well this has nothing to do with paypal but I absolutely hate it when the yahoo at the drive in overfills my soda cup and then puts the lid on and then when I go to stick my straw through it spills soda all over my damn console.   :091: :soap: :011:
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Re: For Sale/Trade rant
« Reply #7 on: August 08 2013, 07:33:21 AM »
Quote from: tb3 on August 07 2013, 11:34:03 PM
well this has nothing to do with paypal but I absolutely hate it when the yahoo at the drive in overfills my soda cup and then puts the lid on and then when I go to stick my straw through it spills soda all over my damn console.   :091: :soap: :011:

Start your own thread, hijacker. :x
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Re: For Sale/Trade rant
« Reply #8 on: August 08 2013, 07:34:31 AM »
Quote from: earlbrown on August 07 2013, 10:40:39 PM
I've yet to grasp the 3% thing.  The way paypal works now, they made sending money much much easier if you just click 'friends and family' now.   That avoids the 3% and you don't have to answer all the questions since it's not a ebay auction.

Gas is more of a bitch than the 3%.  A few days ago I mailed off something I sold for $10 shipped.  Postage was $5.80 and I burned a gallon of gas to the post office and back...    Needless to say I didn't retire to Whore Island on that sale. :)

I rarely use the "friends and family".. No recourse if paid that way.. from Paypal at least. I almost always use my Discover card to pay with Paypal - more protection.

And I feel bad abusing it.. :(
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Re: For Sale/Trade rant
« Reply #9 on: August 08 2013, 06:01:39 PM »
I think of it as a 3% discount for customers paying by personal check or MO rather than an extra charge for Paypal. 
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Re: For Sale/Trade rant
« Reply #10 on: August 08 2013, 07:06:21 PM »
I hate Paypal. :(
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Re: For Sale/Trade rant
« Reply #11 on: August 08 2013, 07:17:47 PM »
Yeah well but until more get onboard with the likes of Bitcoin, PP is the best out there.

I prefer my customers to send their throttle body to be worked vs buying one I have ready to sell. They'll get it cheaper and by including a personal check or MO inside the pkg there's no paypal fee. Surprising that most would rather use paypal though.
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For Sale/Trade rant
« Reply #12 on: August 08 2013, 10:08:00 PM »
Well Paypal charges more like 3.5% nobody wants go to the bank and deposit and check or money order. My credit union is over 15miles away from home. I have no problem gifting the money PayPal isn't really gonna protect your purchase. My biggest problem with shipping is the rates change all over the country. I try to keep the shipping in the sale price but for larger items just can't do it. Do get me started with Craigslist!!
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Re: For Sale/Trade rant
« Reply #13 on: August 08 2013, 11:19:04 PM »
The catch here is overall cost. If I can pay by the click of a button rather than drive into town, buy a MO or write a check, pay for mail because I always use priority with tracking, and drive home, it's just cheaper in the end to pay the 3.5% since going into town will cost more. I live 10 miles from the post office and anything else is going to be in Waco. We've got a UPS drop but they charge an additional $5 to send from them.


If it's a pick up, UPS and FEDEX don't recognize the official federal address that the post office set up for this address so I usually have to call and raise hell until the idiot I'm talking to says." sorry sir, no such address exist". :013:
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Re: For Sale/Trade rant
« Reply #14 on: August 09 2013, 01:16:04 PM »
even a stamp to the US is over a buck. For me to take  time to hit the bank and or post office during business hours ten three percent begins to sound reasonable. ACashiers cheque/ money order costs me  seven bucks ish. I  had a jerk cancel a transaction and send back the western union draft made out to him. Took monts to get that money back ...months...   pardon my kindle
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