Net To Me

I still say money order. they cant reverse it. if you are dealing with some one that you cant belive in not to rip you off then I recomend find some one else to buy from. I take nothing but money orders and I am doing just fine. another member here was selling a switchblade that I wanted and he said money order. no problem I went to the post office and got him one. every thing went perfect.
 
richard thurman said:
I still say money order. they cant reverse it. if you are dealing with some one that you cant belive in not to rip you off then I recomend find some one else to buy from. I take nothing but money orders and I am doing just fine. another member here was selling a switchblade that I wanted and he said money order. no problem I went to the post office and got him one. every thing went perfect.
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Richard, I think we all hear you loud and clear: you deal in switchblades and you like money orders. Trust me, no one's forgetting it.

The topic at-hand: folks are endeavoring to find a resolution to the years-old issue of whether or not it should be an accepted practice for Bladeforums members to tack on a surcharge when accepting Paypal payments. I think trying to convince several thousand members to give up Paypal in favor of money orders might be a hard sell, friend, and better served in its own thread.
 
MattyLav said:
What does net to me mean?
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Lone_Wolfe said:
I means you're giving your buyer the choice to either pay the paypal fees in addition to the sale price, or pay you with paypal gift of money order.
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I would take it as the buyer means that after paying any fees, shipping, or insurance they end up with "X".
So if a seller says the price is $100 "net to me", he means the buyer will pay $100 plus any and all costs associated with the sale. How you are supposed to know how much that is, is anyone's guess.

I have not bought anything offered like that (and doubt I would), but if I did, I imagine I would offer the seller a price "to my door" paid via standard PayPal and he could take it or leave it.
 
FLymon said:
I would take it as the buyer means that after paying any fees, shipping, or insurance they end up with "X".
So if a seller says the price is $100 "net to me", he means the buyer will pay $100 plus any and all costs associated with the sale. How you are supposed to know how much that is, is anyone's guess.

I have not bought anything offered like that (and doubt I would), but if I did, I imagine I would offer the seller a price "to my door" paid via standard PayPal and he could take it or leave it.
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Very easily. http://thefeecalculator.com/ :)


If I'm in a 'decide fast' situation, I just guesstimate 3% and round up to the next $5 increment to make my decision. That puts me close enough to move fast if I need to.
 
FLymon said:
How you are supposed to know how much that is, is anyone's guess.

I have not bought anything offered like that (and doubt I would), but if I did, I imagine I would offer the seller a price "to my door" paid via standard PayPal and he could take it or leave it.
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I haven't either, and dought I will. If someone can't tell how its going to be shipped, how much the shipping is, and can't just add that in for one price I'm not going to fool with sending PM's finding out.

Like you, I may send a one price offer for "to my door if shipped USPS Priority Insured using standard PP", but doubt I would fool with it.
 
I decided to rehash an old thread instead of starting a new one. There is a knife listed for sale right now, but I refuse to buy it on principle. Why?? Because of the following line in the ad:
PayPal only. Add 4%.
Why not just add the 4% in yourself?????
All listing it like that does is hack people off!!!
 
Ernie1980 said:
I decided to rehash an old thread instead of starting a new one. There is a knife listed for sale right now, but I refuse to buy it on principle. Why?? Because of the following line in the ad:
PayPal only. Add 4%.
Why not just add the 4% in yourself?????
All listing it like that does is hack people off!!!
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I saw an ad today of a limited run production knife, selling for about $175, going for $375 and the person was asking for 5%. What's wild is that the knife is still available for $175. At that point, they can keep their item, good luck.
 
Ernie1980 said:
I decided to rehash an old thread instead of starting a new one. There is a knife listed for sale right now, but I refuse to buy it on principle. Why?? Because of the following line in the ad:
PayPal only. Add 4%.
Why not just add the 4% in yourself?????
All listing it like that does is hack people off!!!
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To me that's pointless if he's not offering the gift option alternative.
 
I think BF needs a rule saying people MUST include the fee in their final price or accept gift (only) if they're too lazy to jut add it in.
 
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The easiest is just put the price your asking for including the fee's. Personally if you accept PayPal only I wouldn't feel right about charging a fee as the benefit of it's use is not one-sided. As far as the gift option besides losing payment protection you risk suspension of your account so that shouldn't be considered a viable option. After all Paypal is offering a service they are entitled to be compensated for the service.Also if I recall correctly PayPal's user agreement forbids charging extra for a purchase to cover the fee's.
 
TOMBSTONE said:
The easiest is just put the price your asking for including the fee's. Personally if you accept PayPal only I wouldn't feel right about charging a fee as the benefit of it's use is not one-sided. As far as the gift option besides losing payment protection you risk suspension of your account so that shouldn't be considered a viable option. After all Paypal is offering a service they are entitled to be compensated for the service.Also if I recall correctly PayPal's user agreement forbids charging extra for a purchase to cover the fee's.
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That's right, even CPF/MP calls it "illegal" and forbids it.
 
Yep, the last knife I bought came with a 4% Paypal fee attached to the price. I did the math and the seller made about 35¢, even after all the fees were paid. I know that's not a lot of money, but across how many transactions from how many members over the years? Depending on the final price, people are paying money on top of what Paypal is charging and folks are just pocketing the extra. I'm not saying they're doing it on purpose, but this practice is absurd either way.
 
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