This is correct, credit card Master Merchant agreements prohibit a 
surcharge for credit purchases.  However you can offer a discount for 
paying with cash.  I.E.; if the price is $100, it is against the 
agreement to add a 3% credit card purchase fee, but you can offer a 3% 
discount for paying with cash.

That doesn't help much on Ebay, but at S scale shows we have done that 
in the past.  I've found people at those shows to be very honest.

Jim K.

--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> 
> That's certainly one option. If you pay by credit card, tacking on a  
> surcharge is a violation of the agreement that the merchant has with  
> the credit card company. I don't know whether that's also the case  
> with PayPal -- but you could check it out with them.
> 
> As to the exorbitant shipping/handling charges (which are indeed  
> absurd), you can just take it into account in deciding how much to  
> bid. If there's an item I'd have bid $25 on, and there's a $10  
> "handling charge", I won't bid more than $15.
> 
> JR Hill
>



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