pay pal fee's
 

could someone explain the paypal fee's i dont quite get it... :woot:









joke

:thumbsup:

Paypal 's fee is related to your specific country and the policy .

IF you are a USA User , fee is the least - 2.9% , no withdraw charge ，if you are Europe user fee is 3.9% i think with withdraw fee .

Asia users are charged the most , 3.5% + $35

What's PayPal? ;)

this ones easy :thumbsup:

some big cheese at paypal charges you vast amounts for doing sod all, and we take it with a thanks :thumbdown:

not quite sod all. they provide a valuable service to us making online purchasing very quick and easy.

Sorry about kicking this off - and then getting it wrong...proving maths and Bushmills do not mix.

I was trying to work out how much to pay someone such that they got exactly the amount agreed, so that I covered the fees. It's not as easy as it looks, because, as was pointed out, you have to pay fees on the extra you added on to pay fees.

I'll have it sussed in a jiffy, I'm trying to get my maths up to scratch for my OU studies, this is good practice.

This was posted in the for sale section this morning
http://ppcalc.com/uk it explains it all.

£3 for every 100

No £3.73

Please take this in the spirit it is intended.

If the amount of money sent = S and the amount of money received = R

Then

R = S - 0.2 - (S x 3.6%)
So

R + 0.2 = S(1 - 0.036)

Which means that

S = (R + 0.2) / 0.964

That is all assuming the 3.6% is charged on the 20p fixed charge which I assume it will be.

Much easier to use the web site to calculate it for you.
And yes I am a bit of a geek.

From here:

https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/we...side&countries=

the fee is 3.4% + £0.20 and not 3.6% + £0.20

He does, however, get marks for showing his working :)

FFS pay 4% then or send it as a friggin gift and let paypal work it out:thumbdown:

So you don't pay the percentage on the 20p.
That changes things completlely.

colmo, Location: Fermanagh, N. Ireland

says it all really :thumbsup:

re gifting.. it still seems to add fee's what options do you choose? (i have a Premier account) i always just send as a goods payment any ways best way...


btw i asked my 1st post in Jest lol:woot:

YOUR just annoyed you didn't think of it:p

They do offer some fab buyer protection in all honesty.

Annoyingly I did, probably after they had to be fair, but before I knew it exisited.

all i do is if i buy an item for £20 and agree to pay fees, then i add 4% and inform the seller what im paying so i would pay him £20.80
if i pay by gift i use my bank account then i or the seller dont get charged for fee's.(but you have no protection so only use if you know the seller)
if you pay via gift and use your credit card they charge the one sending the payment. .(but you have no protection so only use if you know the seller)

It's not my fault we're surrounded by fine whiskey...seems a shame not to sample it...

Paypal extended the cover they provide for eBay to all purchases (non-gift), eBay or not, within the last 2 year iirc. It was probably to attract web retailers to use them in preference to credit cards.

IF it was up to me... (and thank god for you lot it isn't)

Anyone who requests a gift payment should be banned from here and paypal.
Anyone who sends a gift payment deserves to be ripped off.

Simples.

Obviously works for pay pal!!!!!:thumbsup:

i dont mind anyone sending me a paypal gift? anyone want my details?

i dont see why folks dont just ask buyer to pay the fees!! oh wait............... some can not work it out LOL

You win my vote :thumbsup:

Nope.

We don't expect the plumber to repair out pipes for free, so why should we expect paypal to send out money round the world for free?

COL im a plumber, 100% behind you mate and i would charge alot more than paypal :woot:

Gifts
 

There is nothing wrong with Paypal gifts for purchasing, so long as the buyer isn't thick! Sure, maybe gifting to someone you dont know is a risk, so pay the fees until you do know them.

I give all my buyers the option - I send them my address and say its entirely up to you - you canvsee my trusted feedback so you can save a quid or two and do gift, or you can do it normally for coverage - so I leave it up to customers.

So far, only 1 out of the 7 or 8 trades chose to do it with fees as opposed to gift. So I guess people like saving money if it is with somneone reputable.

You donn't know what is Paypal ???

It is now the most popular online payment tool !

So you only have 2 choices :

1 : add £3.73 more in your sales price .

2 : forget about this profit loss in trade


Paypal 's service i think is at easy using , fast pay .

But still the fee is high

NO read the link. http://ppcalc.com/uk
£3.73 is the amount includinng fee,s you have to send for the reciever to recieve £100

I sent £50 from my wifes paypal account/bank account to my own paypal account as a gift (coz lets face it i can't rip myself off:woot:) and it still charged my wife's account £1.90!!!
Yet i have sent money before and not been charged at all!!!

I don't mind the charges as long as there consitent, i never know when i get charged if at all.

I totally agree with Col when it comes to asking for gift payments (no-one is covered)

The buyer should ask for the amount they want so that everyone is covered.....you wouldn't buy a supercar and pay by gift (i.e no warranty/proof of purchase)

Derrr!


why don't people just add the fee's themselves like they do the postage?

simples!

Lets face it we all save a fortune on eBay/advertising fees by using this site, so i personally feel everyone should accept loosing the PayPal % when they sell an item. If someone wants to send the payment as a gift thats there choice.

Are you charged some Money when you take out the Money from Paypal into your Bank account ?

IF Yes , what 's the Amount ?

True problem is not here !

True problem is when the Order is $1000 , IF you pay the receivee $1000 , He only can receive $960 , $40 was charged ! . And so : Who pay such a high fee ?

Sender pay or receiver himself afford ??

Remember if you have 10 Orders of $1000 via Paypal , That is at least $300 fee !!!

Good!

You don't sell your stuff for free, why should PayPal send you the money for free?

Paypal only suits small order payment , Not suits big amount trade