In the U.S., it's against Ebay policy to charge for PayPal. They'll cancel
your auction if you try to charge for it. In Germany, for one, it's perfectly
legal.
OTOH, I've done some auctions and specificaly stated that I didn't accept
PayPal, but told the buyer that I had changed my mind and, in fact, I would
take PayPal if he/she'd pay the fees.
Re: the shipping? State a fixed price to U.S. destinations. I usually say
$8.00, which covers most small packages, including Ins and Del Tracking by USPS
Priority Mail.
Skip
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>Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] A New EB*Y Twist
> From: "IanG" <I@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 11:19:21 -0000
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>I've been getting the opposite where I've paid by Paypal and subsequently
>received an email from the vendor requesting an additional 2 or 3% to cover
>Paypal charges - although they had not stipulated this in the listing.
>
>Ian
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
>Behalf Of andrew fildes
>Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 9:18 AM
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] A New EB*Y Twist
>
>>I had two auctions close by BIN lately and, in both cases, it was stated
>>that shipping would be the actual cost to the buyer's address. In both
>cases
>>the buyers completed the checkout form and inserted a very low amount in
>the
>>shipping cost spot on the form. When I informed them what the actual
>>shipping amount would be they acted like I had somehow upped the price on
>>them. Tonight one closed by BIN and there was a fixed shipping price of
>$10.
>>The buyer filled out the checkout form and put in $5 for shipping. I sent
>>him a note with the actual cost and have not heard back. Is anyone else
>>having people do this? It's really beginning to piss me off. /jim
>>
>
>That's nasty - tell them not to use checkout in your listing. Weird
>that you'd get three in a row. Obviously a conspiracy! One way around
>is to include 'free' domestic shipping in your BIN price as an
>inducement.
>AndrewF
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