Send money to a friend no fees don’t do it as paying for an item
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Originally posted by doghouse View PostI see both sides. Payments to friends are family, the buyer has no recourse if you did not disclose all defects.
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Originally posted by trophy8 View PostI will and have refunded their money and told them no deal unless they cover the fee. But most use friends and family.
I believe PayPal charges fees on refunds now. Meaning if someone pays you $100 via goods and services and you end up getting $96.50 (figure 3.5% fee) but then refund them their $100 payment the other $3.50 is charged to your preferred payment method and they get the full $100 back. So even if they then paid you via F&F you’re still out the 3.5%. Think they changed it back in October or thereabout.
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Originally posted by bphillips View PostI never send friends and family unless it’s someone I know. I will add the fees to make the price right though I just don’t trust people enough to send money blind with no recourse if they’re lying
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For what it’s worth, it’s against PayPal’s terms of service to charge the fee to the buyer. Not saying I agree with that, but it is. It seems common practice on gun and hunting forums to expect or demand F&F payments, but maybe the better option is to add the PayPal fee into the price of the item, and give people a cash discount for other methods of payment.
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The fee protects the buyer. Figure in that fee or in your price say buyer pays the 3%. I know we don’t have problems much on TBH but rarely we do. I know when I buy something and pay with PayPal I pay goods and services but I’ll add 3% to the price. On the other hand I don’t get upset when I sell something and the buyer does not do the same.
I recently sold 2 items on here. Both sold for $300. One buyer paid friends and family and one goods and services. It’s the cost of doing business in my mind
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Originally posted by Throwin Darts View PostA lot of times recently when selling on the TBH classifieds the buyer has paid using Pay Pal and stuck me as the seller with the fees.
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If you sell something for say $100 you need to say on TBH that you need to receive a $100 and if the buyer wants to use pay pal goods and services then they need to send as much as is needed to net the $100 to the buyer.
I would never go buy a car and then deduct the cost of my insurance from what I would send the dealer for payment.
Seems like common sense to me but I guess not.
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