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What is Paypal charging you?

Paypal is presently charging me a 4.05% fee on transactions, up from 3.95% just yesterday. They keep bumping their percentage fee up on me - it started out at 2.9%.

Unfortunately, the fine print gives them the right to charge whatever they want, so my only recourse is to stop using them.

Just curious - what are the rest of ya'll getting charged?
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elizabeth
6,726 posts
 
Charlie gives a good answer to the downgrade question.
I would add that you can downgrade ONLY ONCE... ever!
I upgraded (not thinking!) to accept a CC transaction. Then realized all my things would be charged a fee. No- WAY!!!
But when you downgrade, they WARN you that you can only downgrade once... So afterwards you have to be careful to never accept an upgrade!!!! They do sneak them in... to entice folks into upgrading... DON'T DO IT!!!
The limits for casual PayPal users are no big deal.
Cannot withdraw more than $500 a month cash. (If you respend the money in PayPal no limit)
No credit card payments accepted... and you can be a happy free PayPal user.
I love PayPal! Compared to getting a money order and mailing it, forget that!! Once in awhile I buy something taht needs a check or money order, but I try not to bid too often on none PayPal auctions.
Sellers who do not use PayPal are really LOOSING money from discouraged competitive bidders, who will only bid on PayPal auctions. (And Western Union sucks from a buyers point of wiew) (I never used Bidpay, so I don't know about that service)
eBay was founded to cater to the casual buyer and seller, PayPal fits right in!! They do NOT charge casual users, only pros.
drubin
3,240 posts
 
Could you maintain two accounts, one for free transactions and the other for when credit cards or higher limits are involved?
ig40
64 posts
 
Sure. You need 2 e-mail addresses and 2 banks accounts. Best of both.
lcklccc61f
2 posts
 
Not only that some of us may find paypal fees a little high but speaking to their customer service reps is totally useless. I for once was so rudely treated and had my account locked up for quite some time just because CSR supervisor decided to "punish" me for my transaction error. Paypal should revise their customer service attidutes and conduct business better.
elizabeth
6,726 posts
 
In response to lcklcc: I also had interactions with PayPal via email, and they were fast, polite, efficient, and resolved the problems withing one hour.
Secondly, your ONE post, just joined with a Yahoo email does not inspire confidence in you claim of bad treatment.
I have been a member for YEARS. many posts, many answers, bought and sold here.
So who are you?
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