Ebay Question.

[JonB]

Hiya, I have my bike on ebay at the moment and I said that I don't accept PayPal, however I have just got a message and it says: -

"Hello, sorry to bother you as i have read the listing but i wonder if i could use Pay Pal for the full winning price after the auction has finished? I am VERY interested but do not have the cash only credit. Thank you in advance of your response, Jason."

He seems genuine, has 286 positive feedback, so I guess it'd be alright, but wouldn't I be ripped on PayPal charges? Is there any way he could fraud me using Paypal?

Thanks in advance.
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[Louise]

Ask him to pay the paypal fees
I think is around 2-5%
I always tell buyers to pay that, Or you will have to calculate the final cost before he pays.
There should be something on Paypals site to say how much ectra is chraged.
HTH
Louise

[phantomtek]

They now take 3.4%.

Scum, filth and vermin.

[JonB]

Whoa, worked out if it sold for £2000, it would be £58 in PayPal fees. Have emailed the prospective buyer that he would need to pay that much!
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[Bendy]

[Louise]

Why not get him to use Nochex - Its free and as far as im aware its very simlar to paypal.
Failing that, tell him to do a Direct bank transfer - same day money.
I prefer the DB tranfers - less hassel

[Drew]

[Louise]

Yup true and has been for a while.
But they con too much money out of us - Placeing an auction fee then the selling fee, then paypal fees?

PPffttt Email the seller and say fees or you wont do the deal.

[sickpup]

If he has credit he can get a credit card cheque drawn to the value.

[cqueen]

[Bendy]

All the fees are clearly explained, it's your choice to continue using them.

I don't really have a problem with PayPal taking a fair chunk, having a business account and a PDQ machine or using Netbanx / WorldPay and the like is a long way from being free too.

[cqueen]

[Drew]

[JonB]

[cqueen]

Well the fees on mobile phones are clearly explained, but look what happened yesturday, goverment said ''you're making too much money out of these people - stop it''.

[Bendy]

Wonder if we could get the government investigated and conclude the same thing about them...

[cqueen]

[Drew]

but it wont happen.

Its like saying taxi's charge too much, so from now on, they must only charge 10p per mile - not going to happen

[Itchy]

[Giffer2]

[brianmcewan.co.uk]

I ran a business online with payments via Paypal, they charged me a fortune in fees.

Can someone explain how this Direct Bank Link thing works? It's something I've vaguely heard about but what do you need and how do you go about it?

Cheers

P.S. In reply to your original question Jon, if he pays you via Paypal then it will go straight into your Paypal account. As soon as its in your account if he tries anything he can;t as he has no way of getting the money from your account. Unless he tries a fast one to Paypal saying you ripped him off, then they will investigate. Had it happen to me a few times. Catch 22
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[Louise]

Ive done D/bank is you give them your sort code - account code - your name

Simple

[brianmcewan.co.uk]

[Drew]

Why does it sound dodgy? Loads of people say that, but your giving no more details than you do when you send a cheque to someone.

[Louise]

Yea dose sound a bit dodgy and people double check that its safe to do so.
But he cant get nothing from you - No Id ect ect
But completly safe and quicker to do that.