Paying With PayPal And Asking For No Fee's

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i don't know.. there is only a handful of people here that i would do it without the fee. everyone is good and honest until they aren't.. i'd rather have the cheap insurance.. even then i still look at it as more of a convince fee... i'd much rather have the seller paid in a matter of minutes rather then having to wait for my money order or me having to go to the bank for a money transfer (well if its a huge purchase i'll go to the bank,,)

as far as working it into the price? i like asking nice round numbers.. guess next time for that $100 item. so instead of settling on the $103.30 that is the 100 plus fees i'll just settle on $110 to keep it nice and round for me..:)

i seriously don't see what the big deal is about an listing the asking price plus the 3% pay pal fee.. seriously man.. the buyer is probably getting off cheaper that way anyway...
 
I don't need a crystal ball to know its just a matter of time. And afterwards all that trust disappears in a heartbeat, gone forever. The only variable is how much you loose / how deep you're screwed. For me it was 80 USD, many years ago. At that time I was alllll bent outa shape over it. In time it became a valuable lesson learned in my mind.
yeah, I've been ripped off in person too. I won't send money or deal with a brand new member. But shoot, if a person has been on the site over a year, and is active with posts, I figure most folks don't want a thread started about them for 25 bucks :D Ya know, __________ ripped me off, and here are our messages and deal made.
P.S. - I send my address to them by PM's here at the site.
 
using my earlier example of $1000 for a part - what would be your reaction if you saw a part on here for $1030? ---you would probably A. make a lower offer or B. ask me why $1030 and not just $1000... you know I'm right. - so lets say for arguments sake that you turn around and offer me $850 - I decide that's close enough but I reply I'll take $875... do you stop and say "hey, WTF - that's 3% more!" ? or are you happy that I decided to sell you the part for that much less than my original asking price? Right.
Hey, it's still quite a bit of $$ - so now are you going to Friends and Family me that kind of coin?? No, probably not - so NOW we have to dicker around with a purchase via PayPal and whamo - we have to do some kind of idiot dance to get the $$'s right. - it's 3% which gives you assurances... well worth it when you're spending that kind of $$ and aren't actually dealing with a friend or family member... JMTC
 
yeah, I've been ripped off in person too. I won't send money or deal with a brand new member. But shoot, if a person has been on the site over a year, and is active with posts, I figure most folks don't want a thread started about them for 25 bucks :D Ya know, __________ ripped me off, and here are our messages and deal made.
P.S. - I send my address to them by PM's here at the site.
I would Friend and Family you in a heartbeat! :thumbsup:
 
What ever happened to that little ***** anyway?
he's still around, there is a federal investigation into it since it involved multiple states. He's well connectted it seems in that small town so they've had to go state police route. There was an update a while back on the facebook page I run.
 
I buy and sell parts all the time. If I am buying from you and using PayPal to send the money I usually send it as sending money to friends or family so there are no fee's to either you or me. I have seen some members who ask for the 3% to be added to the price of the item to cover the PayPal fee's but if you pay with funds already in your PayPal account to friends or family then no one has to pay the 3% fee. I think PayPal makes enough money as it is without hitting us up for another 3% to use our own money. The only reason I am bringing this up is because one of our members said he felt uncomfortable paying this way and the deal was lost. I have never had this happen before usually when I ask to please send the payment without fee's the other member know's exactly what I mean and the transaction is completed wether they add the 3% or pay the way I do. Which way do you guy's prefer if you are selling or buying, I don't want to loose any more sales because I ask for no fee's.
Bob

Paying a fee entitles the buyer some protection. If the seller has a lot of transactions and monies are sent as a friend or family member on a regular basis PAYPAL may freeze the sellers account. If they see a pattern that shows a person receiving funds from multiple individuals over a given time period they will freeze the account and ask for an explanation. They are also required to report such activities to Homeland Security. I'm sure small transactions won't garner scrutinty however larger monetary transactions may set off alarms.
 
Not on the payers side. On the receiving end.. yes. 3%. That's why a lot of guys want you to add the 3% so they don't lose it.
not true. well not entirely. I got charged 3% to send my brother 50 bucks for christmas. But that's because I didn't upload it to my account and then send it via family and friends. He on the other end, did not get charged.
 
Like I said up top if the money is in your PayPal account there is no fee to either party, now back to family and friends. I have been on this site since 2009, almost 8 years, I have been a GOLD member for the last 4 or 5 years or so give or take a year. I have bought a lot of parts over that time. I have dealt with many different members on this site, one for instance is Tony "whitepunk" I have never heard him complain about me paying him with the friends set up and I have never had a problem with him, why because he is on here all the time selling parts that we need. Have any of you members ever been stiffed or had your money stolen by a GOLD member and if so without any names are they still on this site and better yet are they still a GOLD member? I guess if I buy something from you and I want to pay with the friends set up that should be entirely up to me, and if I want to sell something and ask for payment with no fee's then that should be entirely up to you.
Bob
 
Not up here in Canuckistan me as a buyer pays 3% to f n f.
Its ONLY 3% for crying out loud and about 10 threads on this.
Not on the payers side. On the receiving end.. yes. 3%. That's why a lot of guys want you to add the 3% so they don't lose it.
 
Like I said up top if the money is in your PayPal account there is no fee to either party, now back to family and friends. I have been on this site since 2009, almost 8 years, I have been a GOLD member for the last 4 or 5 years or so give or take a year. I have bought a lot of parts over that time. I have dealt with many different members on this site, one for instance is Tony "whitepunk" I have never heard him complain about me paying him with the friends set up and I have never had a problem with him, why because he is on here all the time selling parts that we need. Have any of you members ever been stiffed or had your money stolen by a GOLD member and if so without any names are they still on this site and better yet are they still a GOLD member? I guess if I buy something from you and I want to pay with the friends set up that should be entirely up to me, and if I want to sell something and ask for payment with no fee's then that should be entirely up to you.
Bob
I believe Justin Figgat was briefly a gold member.
 
This whole thread started because of a member who wanted to buy an item from me. The item was listed for $45.00 plus shipping. The first thing this member said was he will go $45.00 shipped, OK I can live with that so I loose $3.50 for shipping, if I can help the guy out and get him what he is looking for and it also means a sale for me then so be it $3.50 is not going to kill me. But when I asked for him to pay without fee's nope I feel uncomfortable doing that so now if I want to sell this item to him I am going to be out $5.00. I have bent to help him out but not the other way around so no sale.
Bob
 
This whole thread started because of a member who wanted to buy an item from me. The item was listed for $45.00 plus shipping. The first thing this member said was he will go $45.00 shipped, OK I can live with that so I loose $3.50 for shipping, if I can help the guy out and get him what he is looking for and it also means a sale for me then so be it $3.50 is not going to kill me. But when I asked for him to pay without fee's nope I feel uncomfortable doing that so now if I want to sell this item to him I am going to be out $5.00. I have bent to help him out but not the other way around so no sale.
Bob
I get that, but keep in mind, what you asked him to do goes against the very thing this site has for a long time advised against. Not only that, but you requesting that is also a violation of Paypal's rules. So I don't blame the buyer for not being comfortable with that at all. I would have been as well. But it fell apart because you and the buyer couldnt agree on a 1.35 extra one way or the other. It's a freaking 1.35 for Pete Sakes.
 
This whole thread started because of a member who wanted to buy an item from me. The item was listed for $45.00 plus shipping. The first thing this member said was he will go $45.00 shipped, OK I can live with that so I loose $3.50 for shipping, if I can help the guy out and get him what he is looking for and it also means a sale for me then so be it $3.50 is not going to kill me. But when I asked for him to pay without fee's nope I feel uncomfortable doing that so now if I want to sell this item to him I am going to be out $5.00. I have bent to help him out but not the other way around so no sale.
Bob

i would have told him that the $45 shipped is fine.. but he is covering the PP fee.. if he doesn't go for it then screw him. he just doesn't get the part. i'd want the protection the 3% gives me..
 
Seems to me, you got to ask yourself if 3% of the price equals the value of your integrity
Because, if you lie about what the money is for, that is what you just forfeited...your integrity
 
Ethics! I would rather pay the 3% fee, than try to skate the rules. Cheaper than sales tax if buying local. As a seller, I would consider it as a cost of doing business, and price accordingly.
 
The way I see it is this....none of these used muscle car parts have set prices, like most new parts do! So, if you list them for $X number of dollars and lose 3% because of the goods and services fee, what's the big deal??? If you were at a swap meet selling the same parts and someone talked you down, I'm sure it would be by more than the 3% you're gonna lose by selling them and taking PayPal!!

I guess my look on it is that I want people to get their parts, and I want them to buy more parts if they need them, so I continually adjust my prices because of shipping charges or other variables, which could kill the deal!! I know some parts are worth more than I sell em for, but if you add the shipping on large parts, more often than not, it becomes too expensive for people to buy! I gladly eat the 3% to make the sale, and already have that in my mind when I sell something!!
 
f**k paypals fee...Send me what you say you are going to.. Were good.
 
No...If you are not sending what you say you are, or even worse, you are not sending the part at all, you are playing the wrong game. This is suppose to be a game,of honor.

And no, this is not directed at you Tony, its in general.

Honor, Integritity, Trustworthiness, just a few, words that should go with hot rodding.
 
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It's very clear that not all the members on this forum agree on what is the best way to pay or receive money through PayPal. Some think it is lying if you pay as a friend, some think it's a good way to pay, some think it's a bad way to pay because they need insurance, some could not care less how you pay as long as they get paid. I guess it's a matter of taste. For me I have been paying this way for many years and have never even thought twice about it and I have never received a complaint about paying this way from either a seller or from PayPal, will I continue to pay this way probably. As far as selling I will not ask for the 3% nor will I ask a potential buyer to pay with friends and family, I will leave that up to the buyer. Thanks everyone who has commented on this thread, I have actually enjoyed reading all the different opinions.
Bob
 
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