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Originally Posted by mgeoffriau
(Post 719411)
If I add the 3% to the price, then I am penalizing the person who wants to send a MO or check and isn't in a hurry.
I suppose I could I list a regular price with the 3% included, and then offer a "discount" for people using non-PayPal payment methods. Ultimately, it just comes down to a buyer making an offer that I find acceptable. Why you have psychological issues with how people price their items is beyond my field of expertise. :fawk: Really its deeper than that. In my mind, if you're going to put up a fuss over a 3% fee, than whats going to happen if I receive the item and there's an issue. Typically people that nickle and dime their way through life cut corners when they shouldnt, such as when packing an item. So because you cant cover the $1 worth of packing material to insure safe delivery to me and now that I've contacted you with a problem, you probably don't want to hear about it. Then you proceed to pass the blame onto the shipping company. Blah blah blah, I honestly don't care how others do it. My methods work very well and I stick to them. If I see something for sale I want and there's anything that raises a red flag, I walk away from it. A seller announcing that he needs his buyer to cover the 3% fee is one of those. :fawk: |
So it's safe to say that anytime you put an item up for sale, I can just take 3% off the price, because you won't put up a fuss about it, right?
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Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 719376)
I just hate that the gov't got paypal to start reporting income.
If you have neither you are missing out on a significant tax shelter. I think you could probably report that 3% fee as a business fee for a service. |
Originally Posted by mgeoffriau
(Post 719440)
So it's safe to say that anytime you put an item up for sale, I can just take 3% off the price, because you won't put up a fuss about it, right?
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Originally Posted by Vashthestampede
(Post 719459)
When I put up an item up for sale its an all inclusive price. The price not only includes the 3% PayPal fee, but it also covers my materials, fuel and time to get/package the item. It also includes a guarantee that what I send is exactly what you see pictured and you'll receive it exactly as you see pictured.
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Originally Posted by mgeoffriau
(Post 719463)
That's all fine -- I'm just saying that since you've publicly stated that you don't understand why sellers make a fuss over getting that 3%, I'm assuming that you're fine with everyone automatically knocking 3% off of your prices. After all, if you're going to nickel and dime people over that last 3%, they probably wouldn't want to deal with you anyway.
You see. If I list an item on the car enthusiast forum I'm a part of, chances are I'd be willing to give more of a discount, rather than pull every fucking dollar I can. I'm merely stating that if you want to account for that 3% to just include it in the price. Chances are if someone wants it enough they wont bat an eye at that 3% mark up. Maybe I'm wrong. I try and get as much as I can for everything I sell on eBay, just like anyone else would. The fees are just something that I accept because that's how I make money. If I was to try and find a way around PayPal to avoid that 3% fee, not only would I lose time invested into finding a substitute, but I'd also lose A LOT of business. People trust PayPal and they prefer to use it over anything else. Although I never turn down cash. :) |
Braineack, why don't you just have people send you a check when you build a MS for them, and then send the MS when it's done. I know some people wouldn't like just sending out a big check to person instead of a company, but if they really insist on paypal, you could just go with it because you'd be using paypal so much less, so the paypal fee & tax would be cutting into your profit margin less.
In other news, I got a new rotary tool. Yaaaaay.http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...GL._SS400_.jpg |
i prefer money orders. personal checks can bounce even after the funds are in my account. i dont gamble with money.
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Fedex is FAILBOAT. I was expecting 2 packages from them today. I get home from work and one of them is sitting on my steps. I am wondering where the other one is. I go check the tracking number and it says still on a truck. So now I have figured out that one was sent Fedex Ground while the other I am guessing was sent FedEx air or something. I understand the difference between the two, but you would assume that since both past through the same sorting facilities around the same time this morning. That they might have noticed and put them both on the same truck.
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thats happened to me numerous times with all companies.
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sup
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Scored an EGT gauge w/probe, oil temp gauge and an op gauge (with senders) and a oil filter sandwich adapter, all for about $90 including FedEx shipping!
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Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 719605)
i prefer money orders. personal checks can bounce even after the funds are in my account. i dont gamble with money.
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How was your fucking day eh? Well fuck yo couch.
This is my day. |
Originally Posted by Faeflora
(Post 719451)
Are you reporting your business expenses/depreciation/income on your 1040 as a schedule C?
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Needs more "JDM" phrases dropped in the description.
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I paid $10 for it from a buddy of mine. I don't give a shit about it. I think I'm going to nail it to my truck.
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bondo it to your HT
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Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 720083)
bondo it to your HT
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