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[AndyBoBo]

Thanks guys.

 

One way or the other, it will work itself out. It's just a bummer the gift I thought I had is not what arrived. So the search continues.

 

That sucks!

 

 

[Trev]

Someone once posted a spreadsheet template that they use to track orders from a FS thread. If someone has one or something similar, could you PM it to me or send me a link?

 

Getting ready to fire up my first sales thread.

 

Thanks!

[Speedy-D]

To all the sellers who try to get around paying the Paypal fees, I want you to know that it's a huge turn off, and, while I hesitate to say "I'll never buy from you!!! :sumo:" so far I have refused to do so. For instance, there are some early Spideys for sale right now. I'd buy two if not all three of them if the seller would just handle his Paypal business better.

 

You have two options:

 

1. Eat the cost. It's a cost of doing business, so deal with it.

2. Factor the fees into your asking price. Is that so hard to do?

 

When you ask me to pay your fees, or to send the money to you as a gift, thereby leaving me no recourse should the deal go south, you lose my business. I just thought people might be interested to know.

 

I'm not the only one, right?

[Bosco685]

I'm not the only one, right?

 

Man. You have issues.

 

[Speedy-D]

I'm not the only one, right?

 

Man. You have issues.

 

Y'know, I hear that all the time!

[Bio-Rupp]

I'm not the only one, right?

 

Man. You have issues.

 

Y'know, I hear that all the time!

 

I understand sir.... its hard to trust anyone these days. Especially scally-waggage like Boscoe and Snake

[Bosco685]

I'm not the only one, right?

 

Man. You have issues.

 

Y'know, I hear that all the time!

 

I understand sir.... its hard to trust anyone these days. Especially scally-waggage like Boscoe and Snake

 

 

At least I don't insert surprise joke porn in anyone's purchases that they open in front of their wife and get yelled at, wondering what type people I associate with.

 

 

The frying pan smack still gives ghost pain tremors.

[Bio-Rupp]

You have got to tell her to quit opening your mail sir.

 

Put your foot down and MANNUP

[Bosco685]

You have got to tell her to quit opening your mail sir.

 

Put your foot down and MANNUP

 

 

I'll ask her if that's okay.

 

 

[AndyBoBo]

To all the sellers who try to get around paying the Paypal fees, I want you to know that it's a huge turn off, and, while I hesitate to say "I'll never buy from you!!! :sumo:" so far I have refused to do so. For instance, there are some early Spideys for sale right now. I'd buy two if not all three of them if the seller would just handle his Paypal business better.

 

You have two options:

 

1. Eat the cost. It's a cost of doing business, so deal with it.

2. Factor the fees into your asking price. Is that so hard to do?

 

When you ask me to pay your fees, or to send the money to you as a gift, thereby leaving me no recourse should the deal go south, you lose my business. I just thought people might be interested to know.

 

I'm not the only one, right?

 

I accept PayPal, and eat the costs, and figure it into pricing.

 

PayPal is the bad guy though, please remember that. It doesn't take 3+% in fees to perform the virtual zero labor of handling millions of dollars in transactions per day. Banks don't make 1/50th of the profit as PayPal does per man hour of labor etc, IMO.

 

I'm sure that you and many have noticed a post I have made suggesting the best way to handle the fees. I doubt many have ever done what I suggested, or even thought of it. Someone should contact PayPal, and not bash fellow members. PayPal is the bad guy, did I say that already?

 

"bad guy"? I disagree with that. They provide a service for which sellers on this forum utilize heavily. They charge what they charge. It is unfortunate, indeed, that there is no other company that performs this service (there are others, just not used as heavily as paypal - e.g. Amazon's service) that would provide some compentition and potentially lower their %. I actually prefer to receive regular as it is much easier to ship/track.

 

I have no problem, on the other hand, when sellers request payment via money order/check; however, when I am requested or asked to pay via personal paypal prior to and especially AFTER claiming the book it turns me off and annoys me.

[comicdonna]

To all the sellers who try to get around paying the Paypal fees, I want you to know that it's a huge turn off, and, while I hesitate to say "I'll never buy from you!!! :sumo:" so far I have refused to do so. For instance, there are some early Spideys for sale right now. I'd buy two if not all three of them if the seller would just handle his Paypal business better.

 

You have two options:

 

1. Eat the cost. It's a cost of doing business, so deal with it.

2. Factor the fees into your asking price. Is that so hard to do?

 

When you ask me to pay your fees, or to send the money to you as a gift, thereby leaving me no recourse should the deal go south, you lose my business. I just thought people might be interested to know.

 

I'm not the only one, right?

I advised him it's against forum rules to ask for this form of payment.

[Vpcomix72]

To all the sellers who try to get around paying the Paypal fees, I want you to know that it's a huge turn off, and, while I hesitate to say "I'll never buy from you!!! :sumo:" so far I have refused to do so. For instance, there are some early Spideys for sale right now. I'd buy two if not all three of them if the seller would just handle his Paypal business better.

 

You have two options:

 

1. Eat the cost. It's a cost of doing business, so deal with it.

2. Factor the fees into your asking price. Is that so hard to do?

 

When you ask me to pay your fees, or to send the money to you as a gift, thereby leaving me no recourse should the deal go south, you lose my business. I just thought people might be interested to know.

 

I'm not the only one, right?

 

You are not alone. Lots of my money has remained in my pocket because of this very issue. I sell books on here from time to time and have never even considered asking for personal. It is my choice to use Paypal, therefore it is my responsibly to cover the fees. Regardless of how friendly everyone is with each other here, it is always a good thing to cover your rear end in any online transaction. As far as I am concerned Paypal should completely do away with the personal option and charge fees for any and all transactions they handle.

[PovertyRow]

Requesting Paypal Personal is tantamount to asking to send cash through the mail.

[thehumantorch]

To all the sellers who try to get around paying the Paypal fees, I want you to know that it's a huge turn off, and, while I hesitate to say "I'll never buy from you!!! :sumo:" so far I have refused to do so. For instance, there are some early Spideys for sale right now. I'd buy two if not all three of them if the seller would just handle his Paypal business better.

 

You have two options:

 

1. Eat the cost. It's a cost of doing business, so deal with it.

2. Factor the fees into your asking price. Is that so hard to do?

 

When you ask me to pay your fees, or to send the money to you as a gift, thereby leaving me no recourse should the deal go south, you lose my business. I just thought people might be interested to know.

 

I'm not the only one, right?

 

:thumbsup: I ignore any seller who is too cheap to handle the fees.

[Mr.Diggler]

Requesting Paypal Personal is tantamount to asking to send cash through the mail.

(thumbs u

[Vpcomix72]

To all the sellers who try to get around paying the Paypal fees, I want you to know that it's a huge turn off, and, while I hesitate to say "I'll never buy from you!!! :sumo:" so far I have refused to do so. For instance, there are some early Spideys for sale right now. I'd buy two if not all three of them if the seller would just handle his Paypal business better.

 

You have two options:

 

1. Eat the cost. It's a cost of doing business, so deal with it.

2. Factor the fees into your asking price. Is that so hard to do?

 

When you ask me to pay your fees, or to send the money to you as a gift, thereby leaving me no recourse should the deal go south, you lose my business. I just thought people might be interested to know.

 

I'm not the only one, right?

 

:thumbsup: I ignore any seller who is too cheap to handle the fees.

 

(thumbs u Every buyer should......

[mikenyc]

To all the sellers who try to get around paying the Paypal fees, I want you to know that it's a huge turn off, and, while I hesitate to say "I'll never buy from you!!! :sumo:" so far I have refused to do so. For instance, there are some early Spideys for sale right now. I'd buy two if not all three of them if the seller would just handle his Paypal business better.

 

You have two options:

 

1. Eat the cost. It's a cost of doing business, so deal with it.

2. Factor the fees into your asking price. Is that so hard to do?

 

When you ask me to pay your fees, or to send the money to you as a gift, thereby leaving me no recourse should the deal go south, you lose my business. I just thought people might be interested to know.

 

I'm not the only one, right?

 

I accept PayPal, and eat the costs, and figure it into pricing.

 

PayPal is the bad guy though, please remember that. It doesn't take 3+% in fees to perform the virtual zero labor of handling millions of dollars in transactions per day. Banks don't make 1/50th of the profit as PayPal does per man hour of labor etc, IMO.

 

I'm sure that you and many have noticed a post I have made suggesting the best way to handle the fees. I doubt many have ever done what I suggested, or even thought of it. Someone should contact PayPal, and not bash fellow members. PayPal is the bad guy, did I say that already?

 

3% is actually quite reasonable. When you go to Target or Footlocker and pay with a credit card, what do you think they have to pay? When you go to Ikea and use a debit card instead of a credit card, they give you a 1% credit, not because they're nice, but because they save at least 2%.

 

Why don't supermarkets charge you for their delivery costs or for the cashier who rings you up, or the guy who helps at the bottle machine; they do, it's all built into their pricing. Sellers should be no different. If you want to attract a customer who uses PayPal, you need to pay the costs associated with the transaction.

[Mr.Diggler]

(thumbs u

[Bosco685]

When do we start outing sellers that ship slabbed books without protective bags?

 

 

Or worse yet. Those that ship in Priority boxes, and when they tear the self-adhesive paper off, they toss it in the box with the packing material in their best "I'm done with this book, so here. Take my garbage too!"

 

 

 

 

 

I had a Paratrooper moment. Sambuca is a hell of a drink.

 

 

 

Now I get what Rick James was talking about.

 

 

 

 

[cd4ever]

They say there's a heaven

For those who will wait

Some say it's better but I say it ain't

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with saints

The sinners are much more fun