Do not buy something through paypal as a gift...

[ChasHeliCop]

Originally Posted by geral

..............is it wrong for me to expect buyer to pay them,...........

Yes it's WRONG and a violation of the contract you agreed to in order to use Paypal as a form of payment.

[geral]

it was wrong for me not to add them to the overall price,i contacted paypal and it is the seller that has to include fees,however i am sure i may not be the only one whom was not aware of this.
now paypal has a simple formula they gave me,i will just round up next time,but in my defence i did tell the buyer i would split the fee in advance,before payment was made.but from now on i will include ie as should everyone.
2.9% of the full amount + 30 cents = total balance.like i said i will just round up.

however,paypal said it is the sellers discretion to include the fees or not,and allow buyer to be responcible,that contradicted what he told me first,LOL,
nowonder no one knows this rule,
thank's

[Breezyjr]

When I see this, I get annoyed, and refuse to buy from that person..

Example:
Price.. $xxx please add 3% if paying by paypal...

That is a perfect example of breaking the rule. I understand for large payments, ie. above $1,000, the seller would not "want" to lose the extra fee, but it still is a small part of the price..
Luckily, I've only seen this when someone is trying to sell well below cost, for quick sale.

It's annoying, but I see it mostly on forums, not so much on eBay.... at least with in my experience.

Just my $0.02 worth.

Joe_Breezy

[Varc]

Either way, somebody pays the PayPal fees. If I send somebody payment via gift, I get charged the $5 dollars or whatever it is, they don't. So if I buy something that costs $100, and they want it sent as gift so THEY avoid fees, I get charged $105+- out of my account.
Yea, it's annoying...................................
Just easier to learn what PayPal charges per transaction, and sell your item accordingly to avoid losing what you really wanted to earn.

[Mike66]

Originally Posted by Marcwolf

Either way, somebody pays the PayPal fees. If I send somebody payment via gift, I get charged the $5 dollars or whatever it is, they don't. So if I buy something that costs $100, and they want it sent as gift so THEY avoid fees, I get charged $105+- out of my account.
Yea, it's annoying...................................
Just easier to learn what PayPal charges per transaction, and sell your item accordingly to avoid losing what you really wanted to earn.

Is this new with PayPal? I sent gift payments to family members earlier this year (real gifts) and was never charged a fee.

[GunnyGlow]

I think it matters if the payment comes from funds within your paypal acct or by paying by credit card and such.


I used the gift function a coupla times for donations and that was the case with me. If I paid with a CC I payed the fees. It even told me "we're charging you the fees...not the recipient b/c it's a gift".

[Breezyjr]

I think some have misunderstood the original poster, when he stated paying $103...

The difference is simple, no matter how you pay, you pay $103, it's not $100 for MO, and $103 for paypal.

I think people are generally confused about this.

The simplest way I can put it, if, as a seller, you don't want to eat the paypal charge, you ask for a little extra. BUT, you have to charge that little extra for ANY type of payment. You cannot, as a seller, "penalize" those who decide to pay with paypal by ADDING 3%, while at the same time, NOT charge someone who decides to send you a check, or MO through the mail.

Last time I looked through the FS forum, there is a good 50% of the folks who state, in their post to add 3%, OR send as a gift. it's silly, really. $25-$30 for every $1,000... Instead of asking for a fee, why not just ask the buyer to pay for shipping. I think most people here would pay for shipping before they would pay a 3% "penalty" for using paypal.



hehe. I PM'd one of the mods here about the paypal fee request getting out of hand. It sounded as if, as a whole, they liked the idea of not allowing people to ask for fees, but stated the problem is enforcement.

Joe_Breezy

[GunnyGlow]

Originally Posted by Breezyjr

I think some have misunderstood the original poster, when he stated paying $103...

The difference is simple, no matter how you pay, you pay $103, it's not $100 for MO, and $103 for paypal.

I think people are generally confused about this.

The simplest way I can put it, if, as a seller, you don't want to eat the paypal charge, you ask for a little extra. BUT, you have to charge that little extra for ANY type of payment. You cannot, as a seller, "penalize" those who decide to pay with paypal by ADDING 3%, while at the same time, NOT charge someone who decides to send you a check, or MO through the mail.

Last time I looked through the FS forum, there is a good 50% of the folks who state, in their post to add 3%, OR send as a gift. it's silly, really. $25-$30 for every $1,000... Instead of asking for a fee, why not just ask the buyer to pay for shipping. I think most people here would pay for shipping before they would pay a 3% "penalty" for using paypal.



hehe. I PM'd one of the mods here about the paypal fee request getting out of hand. It sounded as if, as a whole, they liked the idea of not allowing people to ask for fees, but stated the problem is enforcement.

Joe_Breezy

That thought has also crossed my mind. I would hazard a guess that MOST, if not all, of the staff are against 'penalizing' buyers and making them pay the fee. But, how would you enforce that? Award points?? Hmm.....penalize someone for penalizing someone.
Wait...what??

I think maybe quoting paypals user agreement that sellers may not charge buyers any fees for the service of transferring money in their FS thread would be a reasonable solution.

Would it ruffle some feathers? You betcha.......

[Breezyjr]

Originally Posted by GunnyGlow

I think maybe quoting paypals user agreement that sellers may not charge buyers any fees for the service of transferring money in their FS thread would be a reasonable solution.

Would it ruffle some feathers? You betcha.......

Well, they could add it to the FS forum rules. I thought I saw a sticky, regarding rules for the FS forum.
You're right about the enforcement.... penalize for penile___, wait... wait... that's not right. penalize for penalizing... That sounds better. But, I like the idea of at least quoting the PP rules, and maybe some hold on the seller acct until they fix the problem.... I don't know if you can make threads "invisible" or a temp delete, and after the fix is made, make it available. That way it's really "not" a penalty, but I imagine it takes much work by the mods....

ON a separate note, I've also seen other forums go so far as to require a photograph WITH the users screen name and date on a piece of paper, in the photo... Which would cut down on the scamming..... Of course, it wouldn't eliminate it... but, step in the right direction. I still think it's also a good idea to require a minimum of posts to access the FS forum, I know one that requires 100 (one HUNDRED!) But, I'm getting OT here.... so I will [/rant]

Joe_Breezy

[GunnyGlow]

Ya...it's a sticky situation all around, I would imagine, for the staff.

It's a good thing we have lots of good folks here with a watchful eye. Mods and regular 'ol members.

[Rob_acdgsdetc]

on a notsounrelated note. It's a good idea to mail your package to the address that is given by the paypal payer. And make sure your buyer knows that's where it's going. Sometimes people without paypal accounts get a friend to pay and then pay the friend. But if you send it to an address different than the one on pay pal, the payer can simply dispute never getting the package 'cause ya mailed it to the "wrong" address.

[Nito]

i would say, dont use paypal at all, they are a complete mess, and do not sort under any financial laws at all and can do as they please, they owed me about $2000 for 4 months without NO reason, before i got it back it NO legitime explanation of why the withdrown it from me.
-and if they only withdrown it from me, it would be, not ok but still ok, but they took the money from the people i have been dealing with!!
-so if you got money from a person and they for what ever reason deside to reverse that payment, YOU are stucked with a negative balance on your account for money you can have got to your account LONG time ago.
im no longer Paypal verfied, im Paypal TERRIFIED!
i have learned that a majority of the ppl. acting on PP is American and i have learned that you have a very antique bank system compared to Europe, but i hope you get it like us ASAP, i can transfer money to a seller from my bank, and the recipient will have inte in 1 sek. free of charge.

[Fetish636]

I very new to HF and i am buying a blade from another member i was wondering about a good trader or something along that line i see a bad member and scammer aera but nothing for good people, Or i haven't run across it at this point! I am new AND honest trader just trying to get something posted on the site! Thanks Much Mark, Blaine MN

[GunnyGlow]

Originally Posted by Fetish636

I very new to HF and i am buying a blade from another member i was wondering about a good trader or something along that line i see a bad member and scammer aera but nothing for good people, Or i haven't run across it at this point! I am new AND honest trader just trying to get something posted on the site! Thanks Much Mark, Blaine MN

HF just recently introduced a trader rating system similar to alot of other sites. It is located in each members "public profile". Just click on their username and the first tab is the feedback score tab.

"ratings" are great and all....but it's always a good idea to research someones posts and 'history' not only here, at HF, but elsewhere. RCG....RCU....RR....etc etc Thats usually the best way to get a feel for who you're dealing with.

Anyways..welcome to HF!

[Fetish636]

Ok thank you very much!!

[Lottomunch]

Sorry this is probablly the wrong place but I searched a little and didn't see it anywhere.

I'm new to this selling stuff but it's kinda fun and I hope to take advantage of it more in the future. My question is this.

What is the sequence of things. Here's what I've been doing but I "think" it's not correct. Just wanted to be totally on the up and up.

I post
Somebody says they want and the give me their physical address
I ship to that address
I then PM them letting them know it's shipped and send them a scanned copy of the receipt. Then I give them my PP account info.
They pay it.
They get it in the mail.


This correct? So sorry if this is spelled out somewhere and I've missed it.

[TakeCover]

I feel that PayPal sucks...

Way tooooo much stuff to think about and remember, plus people are always fighting or trying to figure it out...

I have always been a big fan of Postal Money Orders. I know that it isn't the fastest way to do a deal, but it works and if you are getting an awesome deal on something, you shouldn't mind waiting a few extra days. I also understand that using a M.O. is still on the honor system but I have always had pretty good luck. I've been in the R/C hobby for 20 years now and I have never thought about ripping someone off... I had help from people when I started in the hobby and I have always tried to help others. Our hobby is special and some people ruin it for others by being shady.

I always have people ask if I take PayPal and the answer is always NO, I will never set up a PayPal account. I have lost out on deals due to not having PayPal, but I feel that if someone is in that much of a hurry to get funds, that I just shouldn't do a deal with them anyway.

Postal M.O. makes things easy, no one else can cash the M.O. and you can track it... The seller will be headed to the Post Office to ship and can cash the M.O. at the same time, which I always do.


With all of this said, it really helps if people are just honest, and I know not everyone is... The trader ratings really help and so does communication... I always like to chat on the phone with people, no matter if I'm the buyer or the seller.

I just wanted to add my $0.02

People get upset about the 3%, just use a Postal M.O.



J.T.

[Skyranger]

It is a Bibilical term. "I wonder why this or that is giving me such a hard time?" Because you started the whole process out with a negative. Be honest. What goes around, comes around..... Dave

[T3chDad]

Originally Posted by Lottomunch

I post
Somebody says they want and the give me their physical address
I ship to that address
I then PM them letting them know it's shipped and send them a scanned copy of the receipt. Then I give them my PP account info.
They pay it.
They get it in the mail.

This correct? So sorry if this is spelled out somewhere and I've missed it.

No...not correct. NEVER ship without having been paid first.

1) Post your item.
2) Agree to terms over PM/EMail with buyer.
3) You send buyer your pp address.
4) Buyer pays you.
5) You ship.
6) Buyer receives.
7) You leave each other feedback.

Hope this helps...

Originally Posted by TakeCover

I feel that PayPal sucks...

Way tooooo much stuff to think about and remember, plus people are always fighting or trying to figure it out...

On my planet, paypal works very well. Smooth, easy, reliable.

[davebz]

"No...not correct. NEVER ship without having been paid first"

I think on some of these forums it's somewhat customary to ship first, but ONLY when:

1) Seller is a new member and/or has no feedback/ratings
2) Buyer has stellar feedback/ratings and has been active for a good while on the forum.

I know I am not very likely to send a guy who only has 40 days time and no ratings much more than $20, and I have seen new members offer to ship first - I myself did at first. Just my thoughts.