sick of paypal fees

Discussion in 'PayPal' started by NoobieDoobieDo, Oct 23, 2007.

  1. #1
    I'm sick of paypals stupid fee system.

    I had $1.33 tonight and got $9 more and ended up with $9.77

    Enough is enough, after this month or so I'm never using paypal again.

    This is for a hosting bill of $9.95 so it's pretty important stuff.

    First payment : $9
    First fee : .56 cents

    Second payment : $1
    Second fee : .34 cents

    You rock paypal !
     
    NoobieDoobieDo, Oct 23, 2007 IP
  2. cb711

    cb711 Well-Known Member

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    Yea those transaction fees are great. It shoud just be a percent not how it is done now.
     
    cb711, Oct 23, 2007 IP
  3. NoobieDoobieDo

    NoobieDoobieDo Peon

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    For what it's worth this is a business account also. I don't know how paypal sets their 'standards' but maybe they've heard a little something about how customers like consistency.
     
    NoobieDoobieDo, Oct 23, 2007 IP
  4. nickstan

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    I was charged US$5 for currency exchange plus their fees just to pay for hosting which cost US$9.95 and end up paying US$14.95.

    Since than, use my CC to pay for my hosting instead and they charge whole lot lesser. Though I wish more places accepts moneybookers
     
    nickstan, Oct 23, 2007 IP
  5. gr8liverpoolfan

    gr8liverpoolfan Notable Member

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    They have a minimum fee of 30 cents. In addition to that, they charge a particular % of the value of transaction.

    Use a personal account for low value transactions. Paypal aren't doing business for free- they need to make profit too.
     
    gr8liverpoolfan, Oct 23, 2007 IP
  6. afham07

    afham07 Active Member

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    guys, is USD100 a day is consider low? How if I have 100USD comes in and 100USD comes out every day?
     
    afham07, Oct 24, 2007 IP
  7. gr8liverpoolfan

    gr8liverpoolfan Notable Member

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    It depends on you. If you are running a business, you can't really use a personal account because you are restricted to getting only five credit card payments.

    If the person in question is paying out of his paypal funds, then why not ?
     
    gr8liverpoolfan, Oct 24, 2007 IP
  8. cool_78

    cool_78 Guest

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    For a personal account, there is no fees unless they came from credit card funds. But their business account fees are pretty high especially for smaller amounts.
     
    cool_78, Oct 24, 2007 IP
  9. Grumps

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    Try getting both a personal account and a premium account. Personal account allows you to get money without charges but it can only take 5 credit card payment a year.

    I would only use premium to take credit card payments.

    Paypal charges 1.9% to 2.9% + $0.30 USD

    Dont bother selling products for $1 because you wont earn much from it. The bigger your payment is, the more you save from this.
     
    Grumps, Oct 24, 2007 IP
  10. inworx

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    They might have high fees, but understand they're a bsuiness and not a charity.

    I'd be happy that they didn't kept all $10.
     
    inworx, Oct 24, 2007 IP
  11. RLYesq

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    Two alternatives:

    1) a merchant account
    2) Google checkout

    I don't know enough about your business to say whether either might be helpful, but the merchant account makes sense if you're doing high-volume and/or high-ticket items.

    And Google checkout isn't charging any fees to accept credit cards until 2008.
     
    RLYesq, Oct 24, 2007 IP