Paying PayPal fee's

[Pog49]

Hey,

Just bought a fill station from Foot for £35, sent the money and it was all fine and agreed.
Then I recieved a PM from Foot telling me that form that £35, PayPal had deducted £1.39 as their fee and he wants me to pay an additional £1.39 to make the amount back up to £35. Now this is where I need help, do I pay the £1.39 or was the fee to be expected by Foot and included in the asking price? Also, thinking about it, wouldnt the £1.39 also incur a fee leading to a never ending loop?

Pog49

 

[Mclovin101]

Hi

There are different ways you can pay on paypal.

Paypal owed - The seller gets what the buyer sends but paypal doesnt insure the items against postage loss

Normal Paypal - Which by the sounds of it you paid that. The seller will get the money minis 4 % as the 4% covers the insurance.

If you pay the rest as payment owed then you wont pay any fees

Thats how i see it anyway im sure if im wrong someone will say different

 

[Lump]

I always use this

http://www.rolbe.com/paypal.htm

 

[tiffer]

Hey,

Just bought a fill station from Foot for £35, sent the money and it was all fine and agreed.
Then I recieved a PM from Foot telling me that form that £35, PayPal had deducted £1.39 as their fee and he wants me to pay an additional £1.39 to make the amount back up to £35. Now this is where I need help, do I pay the £1.39 or was the fee to be expected by Foot and included in the asking price? Also, thinking about it, wouldnt the £1.39 also incur a fee leading to a never ending loop?

Pog49

What Mclovin says about sums it up;if you pay as a gift or owed you won't be able to claim if you get "stiffed",where as if you pay the fees they will help you recover yout losses.
You have to know or trust someone before you pay as gift (Foot is an ok guy he won't stiff you but that is by the by).
The agreement is between the seller and the buyer when it comes to fees and most of the time the seller will state his preference...
No it wouldn't be a never ending loop for Foot to receive £35 you would have to send...£36.44=£35.00+3.4%+20p.

+ what Lump says....

 

[Pog49]

Thanks for your advise Lump, still unsure over who should accept the charges. I wouldnt buy a stamp and then expect to have to pay the postman. Any ideas?
Just checked PayPal, to send £1.39 as personal money owed, someone still has to pay a fee.
tiffer, thanks, but i feel that the asking price was paid and should include any forseeable fees.
Pog49

 

[Mclovin101]

If you use personal and then Personal payment owed im pretty sure no one pays fee's

Foots a good guy so he wont mess ya about

 

[Pog49]

Any way you pay you have to pay fee's, how else are paypal making money?

 

[Mclovin101]

Any way you pay you have to pay fee's, how else are paypal making money?

Not sure about that one but i know for a fact if you pay owed u dont pay fee's

 

[foot]

I understand its fustrating to pay for something then be asked to add somemore for fees but my terms are stated in all my listings in bold under the discriptions of the items.

http://www.p8ntballer-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?130009-300-bar-dive-tank-fill-stations


I know its petty to have to ask for £1.39 but if everyone i sold something to was let off the same amount i would be hundreds of pounds down!!

Pog has agreed to pay the shortfall (thank you) so all is good.

Tiffer and mclovin, thanks for the kind words.

 

[Pog49]

PayPal states "3.4% + £0.20 GBP" which "either the sender or recipient can pay this fee"
Personal payment owed gives option of buyer paying fees rather than just dumping the fee on the seller
any detailed ways of avoiding fees would be appriciated
Foot
Thanks for this whole thing, sorry for being such a pain. May I kindly suggest that you include fees in asking price to avoid me being an idiot?
Pog49