Free PayPal Money? Answer Questions!
I'm signing up, and if one of you out there with a PayPal account "refers" me, I understand you get some cash. So, if you answer my questions well, I'll put you in my "referred by" field on the sign up form! Be sure to tell me what to put in there.
Alright, I want to sign up for the basic Personal Account. I go to their site, and they say that you send and recieve money for free, but there is a fee of 2.9% + 30¢ for a "Standard" account and a $3.20 charge on a $100 payment. What are these fees for exactly? PayPal doesn't really have a good page on how they charge for accounts...
Thanks!
Alright, I want to sign up for the basic Personal Account. I go to their site, and they say that you send and recieve money for free, but there is a fee of 2.9% + 30¢ for a "Standard" account and a $3.20 charge on a $100 payment. What are these fees for exactly? PayPal doesn't really have a good page on how they charge for accounts...
Thanks!
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Well, PayPal has to stay afloat somehow. Dot-coms aren't profitable by nature; they need at least small cashflow like this.
I can provide you with all kinds of great eBay selling advice!!
(assuming you are going to do some of this... PayPal is great for that)
PLEASE!
StarfleetX: I've got what you're saying, but I'm wondering what exactly the 2.9% charge is on, i.e. is it a monthly rate of how much is in my account or what?
How is the registration at PayPal going? Need that email address again?
yeesh, everyone wants the money without the work, eh?
<strong>Every time you give your cc to a retailer to charge something to it, they have to pay a percentage of it to the cc companies. It's not even close to free. Last time I checked, the dell accessory store is selling 4c screws (after a 1c instant rebate) with free shipping. You even get to split up the charge onto 2 credit cards! Good to know anytime you feel like "screwing" Stevie Dell.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I must be bored..
Refurbished Hard drive screws? How can a screw be refurbished? 5 cents!!!!
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If you're selling on eBay, just make it clear that the buyer can use PayPal if they wish, but they will either have to split this fee with you, or pay the whole fee - whatever you'd like to do.
I just take it and eat the fee for inexpensive items, but if it's a computer, I get the buyer to pay. Some people feel it's worth it because they have their credit card's fraud protection to fall back on if they get screwed out of the product.
I used that on my MasterCard this year when I got taken for $1200 US on an iBook. My crooked seller even made it to TechTV... heh heh... I'm going to write the prick in jail.
(me and about 200 other people he took for a ride)
Thanks murbot.
When someone pays me with PayPal, I log in and "withdraw" that money, by having them transfer it to my bank account, which is on file with them. Supposed to take up to 4 business days, but it's usually done in 2.
Thanks man... but I'm not seeing anything.
Maybe referrals take a while to make in.
Thanks though! Much appreciated!
I'm trying to get this set up so I can sell my ASD 17" on Agora without the geeks turning up their noses at my lack of electronic payment 1337ness. Having no Heatware or Beerology references doesn't help.
Anyone interested? Great condition...I'm looking for ~200 plus shipping. But I'm negotiable.
Tomorrow I'm gonna put my Voodoo 2 card on ebay. Maybe it'll fetch me $20 or so.