Who Should Pay The PayPal Fees?

[squirrel_hunter]

So I agreed a deal on some bike parts via another forum. Little bit of a negotiation via private message. All is good. Then the payment comes, PayPal the traditional method for online transactions. I ask for the email address and get sent it along with the request to send it as a payment between friends and family so the seller doesn’t pay the fees but the buyer (me) does.

I say that I can’t do that as its payment for an item and if anything were to go south I’d be out of pocket. The seller responds to me that if I want to have the PayPal protection then it would be an additional £10 on top of what was agreed to cover the fees.

At this point I’m in 2 minds what to do. Either pay it, or walk away from the deal, or something else…

So over to you, what would you do and if there are fees to pay who do you think should pay them?

How much are the fees?


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sorry mate but with me the buyer pays the fee's
because it their method of payment and im an individual not a business
if they wish they can put £££££ in my hand in cold hard with the queens head on it, but if they wish to have something its at such a price, for the item postage and fee's come after that


DP

[squirrel_hunter]

Not sure of the exact fees. Its for something just shy of £300. So the additional £10 should I think cover it.

Buyer pays if not kinda rude IMO

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[Bibio]

i usually ask for the buyer to pay the fees if it's a private sale. i have had emails from paypal giving me a nudge that there is a lot of transactions going threw as 'gifts' so i usually pay the fees but this is calculated into the price of the goods i sell.

ask the seller to send you a paypal invoice that way if things go wrong then you can take a case up with paypal which is about as much use as a chocolate fire poker.

if the seller does not want to loose out having to pay the fees then ask him to include the fees in the invoice price. there are online paypal fee calculators.

you pays your money you take your chance.

Just pay the fee. Not worth the hassle IMO


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I'd tend to account for the fees in the price if I was selling something.

that's the thing, its if you don't know how they'll pay you wont take it into account, on ebay yes, thru this or another forum no, you half expect them to rock up a few hrs later with a few quid in there hand and ride off with it into the sunset

yep, I'm with others here - I sell for £X, then that's the price I want in my hand/account. I have once agreed to go halfies by adjusting the price a bit (was a big-ish purchase), but it was too complicated - never again.

I sold one item on here and the buyer refused to pay without proof of postage first. What a carry on that was. Worked out fine, but not doing that again either!

Mick..