CAN YOU PAY MY PAYPAL FEE'S?

[onkelmicha]

So is it just me or this question more and more common here with vendors?

It's usually never any money we are talking about so I have always just paid it, but I just got annoyed today when I was asked. I mean the 4%-5% that paypal charges you is the cost for doing business, how hard is it to calculate that into the price?

Or am I just a whiny bitch?


-M

 

[papajohn56]

People are stupid and shouldn't be running businesses. That's all.

 

[aarontcp]

Word.

 

[Rexibit]

$priceOnServiceThread = $price * 1.05

There, vendors, you don't have to be a math genius now to know how much to charge.

 

[Your_Pal]

People are stupid and shouldn't be running businesses. That's all.

THIS

 

[Andrew Scherer]

Morons.


There should be a BST rule against this, seriously.

 

[Kiopa_Matt]

Can you pay for my hosting while you're at it? After all, without my hosting, we wouldn't be able to do business.

 

[potentialeight]

It sort of surprises me that people would do that, but then again it doesn't. =/

 

[omgyams]

I don't think I've ever been asked to to this on WF

 

[Crazydayz]

I'd like my arse wiped as well please

 

[Wicked Weasel]

If it's a small transaction, I usually don't care but for anything larger you'd think twice.

 

[DanWesson]

Never been asked this on WF, but if I were I would cancel my transaction with that vendor. Although, come to think of it, I did have one ask to pay him with masspay for a single transaction. I declined.

 

[Berto]

What, you guys have never been to a restaurant and been asked to pay their VISA transaction fees?? Happens to me all the time!

There should be a BST rule against this, seriously.

^ Second this

 

[Big Joe]

That's just being a cheap fuck

 

[linkpro]

"There should be a BST rule against this, seriously."

Third that ^

But then again, on small payments it wouldn't really matter. Only on big transactions..

 

[identity_00]

Against their TOS but people still do it. Visa/Mastercard also don't allow it.

 

[juntao65]

It gets more annoying when traffic sources do this.

 

[fastwriter]

I think, vendors would rather get the net amount of what they have set a price for to make the SRP or price tag looks cheap. Then, all of a sudden it would be 4-5% on top of what they are charging.

It's a marketing strategy, making things look cheaper in reality it isn't. If it's $0.40 and you are paying on top it's okay. But if you are paying $40 on top now that's another story. Better go to another vendor who does not charges extra % on top of the price just for paypal fee.

Who is earning more? Paypal! lols...

 

[newtoIM]

People are stupid and shouldn't be running businesses. That's all.

Second this

Should'nt be running a business when you can't calculate expenses and set your prices accordingly.

 

[loyolabenson]

Sometimes I'll offer to pay a vendors paypal fees(only if they deserve it). but I agree, that's just tacky of them to ask.