# Paypal rant v. screwing eBay sellers **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 13, 2009, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paypal-rant-v-screwing-ebay-sellers/61259 "2009-01-13T15:06:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paypal-rant-v-screwing-ebay-sellers/61259/41 "2009-01-23T13:30:14Z")
> [@LAFENGAS](#): > > don’t even get me started with paypal policies… it’s a necessary evil with eBay and a borderline monopoly. Almost $2,000 in paypal fees for this past month alone. how much would have saved/lost vs. paying for any other system that uses credit cards? ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paypal-rant-v-screwing-ebay-sellers/61259/42 "2009-01-23T13:56:29Z")
> [@theblue](#): > > how much would have saved/lost vs. paying for any other system that uses credit cards? I think normal merchant fees are 1.5 - 2%, paypal is 3%, so he would have saved somewhere between 647 and 1000 dollars… Not a huge amount after moving roughly $65K in inventory, but it’s all out of profits, so I’d be bummed too. ---
**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paypal-rant-v-screwing-ebay-sellers/61259/43 "2009-01-23T14:05:01Z")
> [@newman](#): > > I think normal merchant fees are 1.5 - 2%, paypal is 3%, so he would have saved somewhere between 647 and 1000 dollars… Not a huge amount after moving roughly $65K in inventory, but it’s all out of profits, so I’d be bummed too. plus $0.30 for each transaction regardless of selling price… which there has been 1557 sales in the past month. 1557 x $0.30 = $467.10 The biggest problem is that PayPal is an inconvenience to a lot of buyers who have little desire to sign up. Since you can’t pay with any other method, a lot of potential customers are lost. Those people tend to go to [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) instead… ---
**Author:** ![9c1ny](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9c1ny/32/5050_2.png) [@9c1ny](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9c1ny)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paypal-rant-v-screwing-ebay-sellers/61259/44 "2009-01-23T18:04:01Z")
> [@LAFENGAS](#): > > it’s a necessary evil with eBay and a borderline monopoly. theres nothing borderline about it I miss the late 90s , eBay was awesome back then [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paypal-rant-v-screwing-ebay-sellers/61259.md?page=2)