[ForSale-Swap] Paypal

[Rob Frohne]

I think if you get a personal paypal account and you don't ever allow 
credit card payments, they will not charge you the 2.75 percent.  That 
is what I do.  Your payments can come from a PayPal balance or from a 
payer's bank account.  It works for me, but when selling items on ebay 
you cannot claim that PayPal works with their button, but I think they 
still allow you to explain it in the payment instructions.  PayPal and 
ebay are way too much in cahoots for the good of the consumer.

73,

Rob, KL7NA

Kim Herron wrote:
> Mike et.al.
>
> Paypal doesn't charge a "commission".  They charge a bank service fee of 2
> 3/4 percent.  That is the standard fee charged by most banks that provide
> you with credit card service.  So if you figure 3 percent you should be
> good.  But, again as a matter of having the correct understanding, you're
> not paying a commission.  I've had merchants credit card service for years
> and anybody that runs a real business pays that fee every time you buy
> something from them.  Paypal's treatment of their clients (that is what they
> refer to you as) is virtually no different than the treatment that I get
> from Fifth-Third Bank.  Paypal is regulated by the same banking laws that
> any other bank is.  If you complain to MasterCard, Visa, American Express,
> etc (I take all those cards) you'll get your money back, I get my account
> debited and it up to ME to prove that they've lied.  Just one of the hazards
> of running a real business.
>
> Kim Herron W8ZV 
> www.goldenradioservice.com
> kim.herron at sbcglobal.net
> 1-616-677-3706
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: forsale-swap-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:forsale-swap-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 6:56 PM
> To: For sale/trade
> Subject: Re: [ForSale-Swap] Paypal
>
>
> Thanks, all.
> My reason for asking is that I have some gear for sale, and I wanted to 
> know how to price it.
> 73, Mike NF4L ______________________________________________________________
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Rob Frohne, Ph.D., P.E.
E.F. Cross School of Engineering
Walla Walla University
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