New PayPal Rule as of 2/1/2012

[Steven Vaccaro]

Sorry but this should have happened a long time ago.

10. NO Paypal fee's can be added to the listing. For example $20 and if paid with Paypal an extra 2%. As a user of Paypal its against the PayPal rules and regulations to charge a fee to a buyer. If need be add the associated cost to your item cost. "NEW" as of 2/01/2012

[JimClark]

Want to ad anything about he paypal gift not being allowed?

[Steven Vaccaro]

sure.

seller:
10. NO Paypal fee's can be added to the listing. For example $20 and if paid with Paypal an extra 2%. As a user of Paypal its against the PayPal rules and regulations to charge a fee to a buyer. Asking buyers to send payments by PayPal "Gift" is also not allowed. If need be add the associated cost of the Paypal fees to your item cost. This rule is "NEW" as of 2/01/2012

buyer:
6. We do not suggest sending a Paypal payment as a "gift" to the seller. If this is done, its not only against Paypal rules, but it stops you from making a claim if the item is not as described or not received.

[Alexgar]

not meaning to be ignorant but may i ask why?

[Mel279]

Steven

If I want to sell boat stuff but I can't use paypal as my country still not being approve to receive any payment, only sending payment. Most of the time I only use western union and bank transfer.

[Steven Vaccaro]

Steven

If I want to sell boat stuff but I can't use paypal as my country still not being approve to receive any payment, only sending payment. Most of the time I only use western union and bank transfer.

you can still use any method the buyer and seller agree upon.

[Steven Vaccaro]

not meaning to be ignorant but may i ask why?

im not sure why paypal doesnt allow it.

[6BOOST]

I think they don't want you pointing out all the time how much they are making. They called me and gave me a warning last week about sending sound receiving so many "gift" payments an told me to stop or they'd suspend my account. When I argued that I can't see what business it is of theirs and that I thought the 3.4% was to cover the buyer protection he said no, they offer the service out of the goodness of their hearts and the fee was what the bank charged. I think he got offended at the next 60 seconds of my outburst laughter lol.

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[tlandauer]

Please forgive my ignorance, I had marked a few times as "gifts", provided it was a mutual agreement between seller and buyer. If not marking as gift, paypal gives few other options one which is just "goods", should i then mark this button? I was looking for "merchandise" but couldn't find any! I am so stupid that I thought if you mark other than "gift" paypal will add the extra 3%. Anyway, I want to be thoroughly educated on this subject and if anyone doesnt mind spending a little time to enlighten me, much appreciated! Thanks in advance.
Tim

[Steven Vaccaro]

Please forgive my ignorance, I had marked a few times as "gifts", provided it was a mutual agreement between seller and buyer. If not marking as gift, paypal gives few other options one which is just "goods", should i then mark this button? I was looking for "merchandise" but couldn't find any! I am so stupid that I thought if you mark other than "gift" paypal will add the extra 3%. Anyway, I want to be thoroughly educated on this subject and if anyone doesnt mind spending a little time to enlighten me, much appreciated! Thanks in advance.
Tim

this is really a PayPal rules issue. Its not a big deal with OSE. the gift option, does stop you from making a claim if there is a problem with the item.

[Steven Vaccaro]

I think they don't want you pointing out all the time how much they are making. They called me and gave me a warning last week about sending sound receiving so many "gift" payments an told me to stop or they'd suspend my account. When I argued that I can't see what business it is of theirs and that I thought the 3.4% was to cover the buyer protection he said no, they offer the service out of the goodness of their hearts and the fee was what the bank charged. I think he got offended at the next 60 seconds of my outburst laughter lol.

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Please dont take this as a smart butt response because thats not what I'm trying to do, but understand Paypal is in business for a reason. the reason like any business is to provide a service for a fee. They provide the best service of their kind on the net. Or at least as far as I know. A company that provides their time and service will request a fee for doing this. Is that wrong? I personally dont think so.

[sundog]

The reason for rule #10 should be obvious. If you ask for more money (if you use Paypal), it might sway the buyer from using Paypal to pay for the item. Like Steven said, it is a business. What irks me is Ebay gets listing fees, value added fees, a cut from the shipping costs, and when you pay for the item, they get Paypal fees (Ebay owns Paypal). Argh!

[Steven Vaccaro]

What irks me is Ebay gets listing fees, value added fees, a cut from the shipping costs, and when you pay for the item, they get Paypal fees (Ebay owns Paypal). Argh!

the ebay & paypal fees can total almost 10% now. its getting ridiculous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[G.Rose]

Deleted. I did not post anything about the rule change or paypal.

[6BOOST]

Not sure what your talking about but Steve never said anything about rules against gift payments, just that you can't list the item plus fees, include it in the price....

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