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09-14-2010, 10:54 AM
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when selling an item and someone uses paypal, how can you get out of the paypal fee? is there a way to make the payment so the seller isnt charged a fee?
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09-14-2010, 11:01 AM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | Send the money as a gift, but you lose all PayPal protections when you send a gift.
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09-14-2010, 11:23 AM
|  | Holding the Line, Low, Loud & Proud | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Leander, TX (outside Austin) | | | PayPal is providing a safe secure portal for money exchange why should it be free? Gifts are still charged a fee, you can always factor in the fees and shipping when agreeing on a sale price. |
09-14-2010, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by bassbrad  PayPal is providing a safe secure portal for money exchange why should it be free? Gifts are still charged a fee, you can always factor in the fees and shipping when agreeing on a sale price. | when they start providing a safe secure portal for transactions, then I'll start paying a fee.
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09-14-2010, 11:58 AM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | | Just because there are people out there who will rip you off, and Paypal won't pay you recompense for the ripoff, doesn't mean the transfer of money wasn't secure. It's like a safe, where only you and one other guy have the combination. Nobody's breaking into the safe... but there's no guarantee about the other guy with the combination.
Either way though, Paypal provides a service that is worth something to anyone who uses it. If that wasn't true, then why use it? Since we do use it, and it is worth something to the user, then the user should pay for the service. |
09-14-2010, 12:08 PM
| | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | What kind of reasoning is that bongomania? Pay for services rendered? 
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09-14-2010, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by bongomania Paypal provides a service that is worth something to anyone who uses it. If that wasn't true, then why use it? | Not worth spit to me, so I don't. Thanks. To clarify, when they actually provide protection to either party against a royal f***ery from either party, then I'll use them. "secure" in their definition is no more than store-bought encryption. My bank does that already.
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09-14-2010, 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by MJ5150 What kind of reasoning is that bongomania? Pay for services rendered?
-Mike | I think he's a communist or something.
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09-14-2010, 02:12 PM
|  | Resident Packer Fanatic | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Madison, Wisconsin | | | It is what it is, a convenient way to send/receive money and as a tool to use when buying selling gear or whatever here on TB or anywhere else. Is it foolproof? No. Does it have its drawbacks? Sure, just like any other form of payment be it cashier check, MO or hte like. When used smartly and sparingly however, it can work well for you as it has for me in the past 8 years. |
09-14-2010, 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by jnevi9nr when selling an item and someone uses paypal, how can you get out of the paypal fee? is there a way to make the payment so the seller isnt charged a fee?
Thanks! | Electronic Funds Transfer?
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09-14-2010, 10:52 PM
|  | put a bird on it | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Minnesota | | | I think the best way to avoid paypal fees is to not use paypal in the first place. send a USPS money order |
09-15-2010, 06:08 AM
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Originally Posted by jnevi9nr when selling an item and someone uses paypal, how can you get out of the paypal fee? is there a way to make the payment so the seller isnt charged a fee?
Thanks! | I don't know what your day job is, but is there a way you can do it for free instead? 
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09-15-2010, 06:15 AM
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Originally Posted by superbassman2000 I think the best way to avoid paypal fees is to not use paypal in the first place. send a USPS money order | which they charge you a fee to make.
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09-15-2010, 06:29 AM
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Endorsing artist: Musicman basses, Hipshot products | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: New York City | | | Some of the responses here really kick up some thoughts regarding the sense of entitlement that youger people have these days. Yeah, I know that's an assumption that I could very well be wrong about, but...
People are either forgetting, or never knew of the days when selling anything on the internet was pretty big ordeal. Not to mention days before the internet. I don't know how long paypal has been around, but I can tell ya that in the nineties if you wanted to sell your music (or anything) it would cost you a whole lot more in money and effort than paypal's fees, however limited you complain their protection is.
And last I saw, gifts weren't charged any fee. Not sure why bassbrad thinks there is. |
09-15-2010, 06:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe Nerve Some of the responses here really kick up some thoughts regarding the sense of entitlement that youger people have these days. Yeah, I know that's an assumption that I could very well be wrong about, but...
People are either forgetting, or never knew of the days when selling anything on the internet was pretty big ordeal. Not to mention days before the internet. I don't know how long paypal has been around, but I can tell ya that in the nineties if you wanted to sell your music (or anything) it would cost you a whole lot more in money and effort than paypal's fees, however limited you complain their protection is.
And last I saw, gifts weren't charged any fee. Not sure why bassbrad thinks there is. | It depends on how you fund the gift. If it's from a paypal balance or a bank transfer then it's free. If you use a cc then there is a fee.
Paypal provides a valuable service but their fees can be annoying. It would be nice to see a little competition in this market.
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09-15-2010, 06:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: (M)a$$hole. | | | Joe, there's no sense of entitlement issue here. I gladly pay a fee for a service I feel warrants it. But in this case, there is a trust issue and a "way they conduct(ed) themselves" issue I take exception to that I don't feel I need to justify here. I don't use them, but that does not entitle someone else here (not necessarily you) to call me out on it like I am out to smite them, or I am cheap, or I am crazy for not recognizing their awesomeness.
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09-15-2010, 07:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Edinburgh & Dundee, Scotland | | You could always just email the buyer your bank account details . . .
Paypal is a convenience, if for nothing else, you pay for that.
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09-15-2010, 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Jonyak which they charge you a fee to make. | i don't believe paypal charges you for a USPS money order |
09-15-2010, 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by superbassman2000 i don't believe paypal charges you for a USPS money order | No but the post office sure does.
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09-15-2010, 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by hover Joe, there's no sense of entitlement issue here. I gladly pay a fee for a service I feel warrants it. But in this case, there is a trust issue and a "way they conduct(ed) themselves" issue I take exception to that I don't feel I need to justify here. I don't use them, but that does not entitle someone else here (not necessarily you) to call me out on it like I am out to smite them, or I am cheap, or I am crazy for not recognizing their awesomeness. | What makes you think he was talking about you? 
There's a huge difference between your position: "I do not trust Paypal, so I do not use Paypal, and therefore do not pay them anything"; and the OP's position: "I do use Paypal but I don't want to pay for the service". | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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