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I have recently decided to try and raise some money and also declutter my house by selling my junk on EBay.

My first 2 items sold last week and as well as the instertion fee and a final value fee charged by EBay, I have been charged a fee by PayPal for each payment.

Does anyone know why?

I have previously sold 3 items before, in April and May this year, all three for a higher value than the 2 I sold this week but those 3 didn't attract any fees from PayPal. Is this fee a new thing?

One item was only £6 and PayPal have deducted 40p and the other was £7.87 and 47p has been taken. The ones earlier this year were £24.99, £63 and £38 and no fees were taken from them.

I'm confused. They are only low value items and by the time I have paid insertion fee, final value fee, PayPal fee and fee to trf funds from PayPal to my bank account, it hardly seems worth the effort!!

CheekyChops Wed 20/08/08 12:30

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Ethel
Wed 20/08/08
13:39

PayPal get charged if your buyer uses a debit or credit card to fund the payments, exactly the same way as a shop does,

They pass these charges on to you, plus a bit more. Don't forget you have sellers' protection, the buyer has buyers' protection all backed by PayPal - they can't do it for no money.

Ethel
Wed 20/08/08
13:41

Here is the fee calculator

https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-fee s-outside

Ethel
Wed 20/08/08
13:42

http://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_d isplay-fees-outside

CheekyChops
Wed 20/08/08
13:57

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That's fine, I just couldn't understand why the first 3 things I sold earlier this year didn't attract fees. Would this be because they would have been via a bank account and the two this week were via card?

Ethel
Wed 20/08/08
14:03

I don't know why you weren't charged the first two times.

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