Comments on: PayPal ups fees but doesn’t tell users

By: Emmalinda

Emmalinda — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:27:59 +0000

Why does paypal accept EChecks as payment from Ebay buyers? My experience was that the buyer did not have money in the bank account to cover the check and paypal canceled the payment. If this was a personal check, I would possibly have some recourse. As it is I have a non paying buyer.

By: Good Bye PayPal

Good Bye PayPal — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:27:36 +0000

Funny, I notice in the last week that US$5.00 was charged to me when I bought 6 separate books from 6 different ebay stores. US$5.00 x 6 books= US$30.00. Holy Cow US$30.00 Fee for buying 6 books from ebay! That is a lot of Fee money that PayPal has charged me and I did not even received a letter at all from them telling me that the Personal PayPal is not longer Free anymore. PayPal are behaving like Pirates.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:14:58 +0000

What Paypal did was remove the fees for personal TRANSACTIONS, rather than just for personal ACCOUNT transactions. This means that when you’re selling something with a personal acct, you will be charged the regular 2.9% + .30 fee, but if you’re just receiving money from someone, like a gift or donation, then there are no fees, as long as nothing is actually sold or any services rendered. I don’t really mind this change, as it finally allows one to send a family member or friend/collegue money without being charged for just moving some numbers around in their system.

By: Marky Mark

Marky Mark — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:06:21 +0000

There are a lot of controversial things going on around the globe at this moment, but in reality it is a case of “re-adjusting” yourself and your business to avert the changes. Everything is possible!

By: catflap

catflap — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:54:38 +0000

i’ve only used it twice a few months ago, and since i have no credit cards i made a bank transfer and i didn’t pay any fees.

By: Nicky

Nicky — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:21:46 +0000

and they didn’t make any announcements either when they took away your option of using your credit card when you had a Paypal account balance. they’re a bunch of crooks. i’ve switched to bank deposit as my main payment method. wouldn’t surprise me if eBay/paypal block that method in the near future…

By: catflap

catflap — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:36:48 +0000

i read the fee schedules, and as far as i can tell, purchases using paypal are free (STILL) for normal private accounts.

it seems if you’re selling something, sending money, or anything that isn’t a direct purchase then you pay a fee.

whatever changes they made, it shouldn’t affect the regular person who’s not a company and uses paypal only to make purchases.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:56:53 +0000

great paypal has found another way to ripp off people

By: Devil's Advocate

Devil's Advocate — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:11:27 +0000

Yeah. Remember the days when “improving” something meant “making it better”?

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:30:31 +0000

These days? They’ve been rabbiting on about ‘improving user experiences’ since Day One.

heh

Cheers!

By: Devil's Advocate

Devil's Advocate — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:19:11 +0000

“…we were hoping it would be a more useful experience for people…”

Seems everyone has a “thing” with these “experience” phrases these days.
Bell’s probably wishing they could have copyrighted the word by now.

By: SteelWolf

SteelWolf — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:03:14 +0000

More corporate lies. Anybody know of good PayPal alternatives?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:12:35 +0000

And then they lock your account and take your money…