Fees for using paypal?
 

Hello, can someone help explain the fees for paypal to me?

I have just sold my modem on ebay, the buyer has sent me the money via paypal (my first to me) and I get a screen that says
Where has the -£1.49 GBP come from?

I can see that paypal fees for recieving money on personal accounts are:
Whats this for then?

I wont accept it until I know what its for & if I can avoid it.

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What currency did the buyer send it in? Is the extra for ccy conversion costs?

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I doubt it, its from in the UK.

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Standard rates for receiving money....
http://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/web...e&countries=GB

£38.00 - 3.4% - £0.20p = £36.51

You are confusing it with the fee for withdrawing the money from your Paypal account to your bank account.

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Hmmmmm according to the paypal site the fee is 3.4% + 20p flat rate = £1.49

See Here

<edit> d'oh beaten to it.

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OK thankyou, navigating around the paypal site to find this is not easy.


I guess that I'll accept that then (and lose more!).

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So once I accept it then, thats a done deal & I have the money?

Can I safely leave it there & then spend it on something else myself?

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Some sellers used to pass on the paypal fees to the bidder but that is not a hip thing to do anymore and puts bidders off.
Others make up for it on low value items by overcharging on the postage & packing.

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I beleive Nochex don't charge you for recieving money, maybe worth investigating.

Personally I prefer to give my bank details to the buyer and get them to transfer the money direct. These companys have grown out of people irrational fears that somthing bad will happen if they give out their account number and sort code (it won't). :(

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PayPal is now a UK registered financial institution.

http://www.fsa.gov.uk/register/servl...asic&sid=99095

As it has a deposit-taking permission it should be a member of The Financial Services Compensation Scheme established under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. In respect of deposits with a UK office, payments under the Scheme are limited to 100% of the first £2,000 of a depositor's total deposits with the bank and 90% of the next £33,000 , resulting in a maximum payment of £31,700 . Most depositors, including individuals and small firms, are covered.

But it isn't

However it is not likely to come to this as the FSA will be monitoring them to ensure that they remain solvent and do not upset the UK banking market.

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True, but giving out your credit card number (and in date, expiration date and CV2 number) is not such a hot idea.

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I have refused the deposit & asked him to send a cheque instead.

Much easier in my view.

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I won't deal with anyone using Paypal.I'd rather wait and pay by check or go without.

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Paying by either cheque or bank transfer once the cheque/money has gone from your account & the seller doesnt complete the transaction you have no way of claiming your money back as the bank will not intervien.

I see by the advert you are going to send the item by Royal Mail 2nd Class Recorded: £3.50 (Recorded items are covered for up to £28 compensation, in the unlikely event of loss or damage) so you will loose out by £4 (item sold at £32.00) it sounds silly but the post office when paying out compensation will always offer you much less than the £28 unless you are prepared to wait weeks for them to settle.

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I think that I'll do that, although when I come to sell the wifes new Pilates machine it will be quite a lot.




Can't you get the cog's to rotate on your avatar Incog?

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Odd, I never got a fee when donating £2 ($4 converted) to my favourite Half-Life mod team :erm:

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I misread that as 'how do you get the cogs to rotate on your avatar?'
.........and spent about 30 seconds staring at incogs avatar really closely before deciding that I was right in thinking that they don't rotate :disturbd: :D

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That's the risks you take when dealing on eBay.Personally I stick to a certain amount when buying something there and if it isn't enough too bad I'll do without.Never bid more than you can afford to lose if the seller stiffs you.

Incog. :)

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I dare say I could if I could be a*sed.Anyway I have yet to installed the animation program I like to use since I moved to XP.I've got the file saved as a PDS so I can carry on working on it if I want but it would be lot of work.Of course this would be an ideal opportunity to learn how to use ImageReady.

IF I could be a*sed. :D

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No but e-bay should, after all its no different than paying by cheque. :)

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In the past ive asked people to pay cash or a cheque direct into my bank account. One item i sold, the buyer did an online banking transfer into my account and i sent him the item the same day as the auction closed.