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Looks like paypal have pulled the plug on gift payments being commission free. Also ebay fees are now up to 10% and 4% paypal on top of that! Robbing barstarts.
For more than a few months on this side of the pond, sending a gift payment via Paypal so the receiver ended up getting the full amount resulted in the sender paying the "fee" . (Probably 4% - I just roll my eyes and click "continue"). I am pretty sure that was true during the not so recent Otto Mobile RS2 GB with Ken.
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It was just a matter of time before this happened . . . . Robbin F**kers! I wonder if paypal and Ebay are ran by the British government? They've got alot in common!
Did you have the funds in your account to send the gift? I've had to pay to send gifts a few times when I haven't had enough funds in the account. Seems to be random as to when though as it's not always. Don't know if they've changed the system recently though.
Ebay are *******s, 10% up to a maximum final value fee of £75 is just too much...
Yes I had available funds, it was only a small amount. If the gift payment was coming off a credit card they used to charge but as long as you had a debit card linked to the account with enough available funds to back the payment is was commission free. At least that was the case for years and i have sent and received thousands this way.
No more...
its a real shame, it seams that while almost everything else has gone up in price now ebay and paypal (an ebay company) are trying to make the most of it.
i just learned about Chase Bank internal paying options, and it is neat. can send from a Chase acct to a Chase acct with the same limitations as a debit card. under $500 instantly. and if >$500, then it takes up to one business day. no fee involved.
but that probably doesnt help you guys on that side of the Pond if you do not have Chase Bank, huh....
also, recent Paypal transactions i have done on the larger purchases (like the t-shirts i had made ~$1500 and ~$600) i ask the guy to send a PP request. thus i didnt get hit with a fee and i dont think he did either or i am sure he would have mentioned it.
its a real shame, it seams that while almost everything else has gone up in price now ebay and paypal (an ebay company) are trying to make the most of it.
You *do* know how drug pushers work, right? Once they get the punter hooked, they charge almost anything they want to.
That is, until the punter either OD's or goes cold turkey.
Some folks *LOVE* their ebay.
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i sent a gift payment a couple of days ago and it was free at both ends.
is ebay/paypal's 15% total charge really that unreasonable or should they let people sell stuff for free?
it doesn't seem too bad to get items to a national audience.
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