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Location: OK | I tried to buy a saddle through paypal. It charged the seller $53 in fees. Is there any way to get around that? |
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 "Hottie"
Posts: 1373
Location: Okemah,OK | I think if you mark that the money is a gift and not an actual purchase - but not sure that you have any protection as a buyer that way? |
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 Husband Spoiler
Posts: 4151
Location: North Dakota | Yep you need to send the money as a "gift" but as stated above you lose your protection as a buyer. When I sell something I do always ask that they send it as a gift but if they would rather not then that is fine. I just let them know i would rather not pay the fee if at all possible. Sometimes sellers will add the paypal fee onto the item. |
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 The Bling Princess
Posts: 3411
Location: North Dakota | I "gifted" money to my sister about a month ago and it charged me 2.9%. |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | I won't use PayPal. Total ripoff. |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 1092
Location: OK | I divided this out and that's the %, 2.9. OK, I've talked to the seller enough I feel pretty safe, it's just that we live so far apart it's hard to wait wait for a check to get there, then wait wait for the saddle to come back. I was just wondering if there was another way.
Wiring $ has a fee too.... but none of it is as much as the fuel to meet lol. |
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The Bling Princess
Posts: 3411
Location: North Dakota | jojammer - 2014-02-26 3:40 PM I divided this out and that's the %, 2.9. OK, I've talked to the seller enough I feel pretty safe, it's just that we live so far apart it's hard to wait wait for a check to get there, then wait wait for the saddle to come back. I was just wondering if there was another way. Wiring $ has a fee too.... but none of it is as much as the fuel to meet lol.
I've sold a couple saddles and included the fee. I've also absorbed the fee on a few things. To me its not a deal breaker and I think much safer, even though it sucks, than sending a check and hoping they send the saddle. |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I just bought another saddle today, got a money order from the bank and going to send it by certified mail tomorrow, going to wait a few extra days for my saddle but thats ok, I talked with the seller in person over the phone about it and this was the best way for the both of us. |
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  Fact Checker
Posts: 16572
Location: Displaced Iowegian | Just keep in mind that you are afforded NO protection if you "gift" the seller the money. I, personally, would NOT gift it. When a seller sells on Ebay, they KNOW that they are going to be charged a fee so they should either add it or absorb it! It is not your (as a buyer) problem! |
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"Hottie"
Posts: 1373
Location: Okemah,OK | I used to sell some stuff on Ebay - there was no fee charged to me until I started accepting credit cards (if I remember correctly) - of course, there was a time delay for transfers from a bank, check, etc to clear paypal but there was something about fees with credit cards ???? |
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 Loves to compete
Posts: 5760
Location: Oakdale, CA | barrelracr131 - 2014-02-26 1:35 PM I won't use PayPal. Total ripoff.
ditto |
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The Advice Guru
Posts: 6419
| The seller is supposed to absorb the fees, the buyer is not supposed to be taxed with them, just like the grocery store does when you use your visa. |
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 I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land
Posts: 64864
Location: In the Hills of Texas | It's a business so it sure doesn't bother me. Credit Card companies charge a fee so why do people think they should absorb the fee?
They don't charge a fee if the money is transferred right from your checking account.
Don't ever gift to someone you don't know.
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I Need a Xanax!
Posts: 2774
| NJJ - 2014-02-26 4:26 PM
Just keep in mind that you are afforded NO protection if you "gift" the seller the money. I, personally, would NOT gift it. When a seller sells on Ebay, they KNOW that they are going to be charged a fee so they should either add it or absorb it! It is not your (as a buyer) problem!
I agree with this. I always absorb the paypal fee when I'm selling something and I expect the seller to absorb the paypal fee when I buy something if they accept paypal. I would never do the gift option. |
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Posts: 2385
| You can send a check to the person via Priority Mail for about $5.60. It will be there in 2-3 days. Just an option to avoid the fees. |
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Veteran
Posts: 237
| As a seller I know that is a fee involved but feel with thier protection, ITS WORTH IT!! Money there and done!
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 Night Watchman
Posts: 5516
Location: Central Montana | If you send it as a debit from your checking or savings account rather than through a debit card or credit card there should be no fees unless the seller has a merchant account with Paypal. The fees come in when the cards have to be processed. |
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