Foreign exchange is expensive any way you do it. I do not think PayPal is out of line on that charge. The name of the account is Premier account.
Chris Kocsis wrote: > ...but if you want to accept someone's credit card payment, you have to > upgrade to a premier account (at least that's what it was called when I > signed up). > > No problems other than I wish the fee was less. A friend in Europe sent > me some money via credit card to buy something for him and the fee took > a big bite out of what he sent ($17.27 out of $435). > > Rich wrote: >> Free account is gone. But the personal account is reasonable. If you >> are only going to use it for payments it is free. >> >> Peter Fraser wrote: >> >>> i've managed to hang on to the original free account all these years. >>> there's unceasing pressure to "upgrade" to a fee-based account but if >>> you read the fine print and pay attention you can still use it free. >>> >>> i don't know whether they still even offer the free account, but it's >>> worth looking into. most complaints that you hear are from cheapskate >>> sellers who resent the 2.5% (or whatever it is) fee...the service is >>> obviously worth it, and is secure and easy to use. >>> >>> -- peter >>> pjfraser at alamedanet.net >>> >>> On Sep 23, 2008, at 8:53 AM, Steven Medved wrote: >>> >>> >>>> PayPal has been great to me I have had no problems. You can use a >>>> credit card and I would recommend this for added protection when you >>>> pay someone you are not sure of. I have had PayPal since it was >>>> free. PayPal is like any other thing you have to avoid the weak >>>> areas. Poor customer service, fees keep going up, not much >>>> protection but with care you can avoid most of the problems. >>>> >>>> >>>>> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:11:09 -0700> From: ddazer at sbcglobal.net> >>>>> To: phono-L at oldcrank.org> Subject: [Phono-L] should I get Pay Pal?> >>>>> >>>>>> I never got a Pay Pal account because most ebay sellers would >>>>>> >>>>> take a check or money order. Over the years, I have heard of many >>>>> problems with Pay Pal. Have those issues been resolved? Those of >>>>> you who use Pay Pal, do you like it?> Any advice in this matter is >>>>> appreciated. I do sell some non-phono related items once in a >>>>> while on Ebay, but I am not sure it is worth the risk of using Pay >>>>> Pal.> Dave> _______________________________________________> Phono- >>>>> L mailing list> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Phono-L mailing list >>>> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Phono-L mailing list >>> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > >
