I also see what you are saying George - but the law has a view too.
Surcharges for use of credit cards are prohibited in at least some states of
the US - and therefore surcharges for use of Paypal are also prohibited on
that auction site. EXCEPT that UK sellers can make a surcharge on UK
buyers, so long as the surcharge does not exceed the fee charged to the
seller by Paypal.
From their UK help pages:
"Any seller who lists an item on an eBay site other than eBay.co.uk, or who
accepts payment denominated in U.S. dollars, may not charge the buyer a
credit card surcharge. In the United States it is against the laws of many
states, including California, and the United States' credit card association
rules, for sellers to pass on credit card surcharges."
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of ClassicVW@xxxxxxx
Sent: 07 January 2004 05:13
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Additional fee for using PayPal
I do see what you are saying, but they will still benefit because they will
still collect that fee (3%) no matter who passes it on to whom. I think the
convenience of Paypal will keep the majority of people using it and they
won't worry about paying extra. Then again, you can estimate what paypal
will charge you as a fee and just make that amount part of
shipping/handling! I see lots of auctions that will charge $13 or $15
shipping when I know it would only cost them $4 to my address. I don't bid
on those.
George S.
olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Exactly, and they don't want their prefered payment method to cost more than
other alternatives, thus driving business away from their newly purchased
cash cow.
Moose
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