Avoiding Paypal FeesPosted By James Stewart |
While I understand and generally agree with the OP's point, PayPal tends to primarily protect buyers. What this means to a seller is you are either at greater risk of being scammed out of your item with no recourse while PayPal protects the buyer or seller/buyer must spend more for shipping.
For instance, you setup the sale of an item with a buyer. Buyer submits payment for product/service through PayPal. Seller sees the payment in escrow and then ships the item. In this case, the item must be shipped fully insured and requiring a signature, both of which costs more money (if item is worth more than $50 for USPS or $100 UPS). If you go the less expensive route (no signature), then the recipient can claim they never received the item, file a claim with PayPal, and cha-ching, they got your stuff for free while you paid to ship your item to a scammer.
So, I will offer the buyer the choice between paying me as a friend and shipping it cheaper or paying me as a vendor and paying more money for shipping.
Hopefully this makes sense and adds to the discussion.
James
For instance, you setup the sale of an item with a buyer. Buyer submits payment for product/service through PayPal. Seller sees the payment in escrow and then ships the item. In this case, the item must be shipped fully insured and requiring a signature, both of which costs more money (if item is worth more than $50 for USPS or $100 UPS). If you go the less expensive route (no signature), then the recipient can claim they never received the item, file a claim with PayPal, and cha-ching, they got your stuff for free while you paid to ship your item to a scammer.
So, I will offer the buyer the choice between paying me as a friend and shipping it cheaper or paying me as a vendor and paying more money for shipping.
Hopefully this makes sense and adds to the discussion.
James
