Re: Q: Adding 4% for Paypal?

Having never sold anything on Ebay so I can't verify what the rules are 
but my own PERSONAL rule is, if they do not accept a money order then I 
refuse to bid on their auction, no exceptions.  I've only missed 2 
auctions in the past but oh well!  IMO Penpal and its ilk are a ripoff 
to the consumers, be they buyers or sellers, just like Coinstar is when 
you deposit your coins and it costs you 9% of your total for them to 
count and sort and dispense a ticket you take to a cashier.  If cash, a 
money order or stamps are not good enough then.............

Tom Loepp wrote:

> More and more I notice Stamp sellers in other places other than the
> U.S on eBay passing on Paypal charges to the buyer. I even saw a
> "Power Seller" doing this. My auctions were ended and I was soundly
> scolded when I tried this*. Is it because in the U.S. it is against
> the law and not in other countries? Has eBay changed it's policy? I
> just want to know as this really chaps my backside if I have to bend
> to the rules and others get to bend them. Harrumph.
>
> *For various reasons I've had numerous auctions ended by the voiceless
> powers at eBay, once for spewing vulgarisms at them. Hell, we all have
> our bad days. About the time I said all sorts of bad things about
> Paypal's ethics in this ng, I was approached by a person wanting to
> buy items outside of eBay that I had up for auction on eBay. It was a
> golden opportunity to have some fun with Paypal's/eBay's ethics
> police, if that's who it was. Judging by their carefully worded email
> it smelled of legalese avoiding an entrapment charge.
> --
> Tom (at least the buyers and sellers like me-100% positive feedback)
> Loepp
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