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Subject: Re: Paypal Fee Posted on: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:24:49 +1000

Species 8472 wrote:
> "I don't do wombats" writes:
>
>> I asked the question today of Ebay that as a seller why I cannot pass the
>> cost of Paypal fees onto the buyer like you can if you accept credit cards
>> as a retail seller so long as you are up front about it and, guess what they
>> have a policy for it
>> "Sellers may not charge eBay buyers an additional fee for their use of
>> ordinary forms of payment, including acceptance of cheques, money orders,
>> electronic transfers or credit cards or PayPal fees. Such costs should be
>> built into the price of the item."
>
> Ebay's long-maintained this rule, even though it has been challenged many
> times since credit card surcharges became legal in Australia.
>
> Ebay's ineptness when it comes to the way Ebay and PayPal try to forcibly
> manipulate the way the buyer/seller relationship can be developed knows no
> bounds, and it's this reason that so many sellers are abandoning Ebay for
> real Australian online selling sites like Oztion, sellmystuff, etc.

This one?
http://www.oztion.com.au/?r=249221

>
> Ebay doesn't pay GST in Australia either.
>
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