Payback Time

AndersDK · Post by **AndersDK** » 22 Dec 2008, 23:57

MikeT wrote:FYI, if you pay by credit card through Paypal, there WILL be fees charged to the receiver.

More details please

I certainly dont want Mr JW to pay a fee 3 times the amount I sent - to receive my mediocre donation

Is this true also if you have a Visa account directly hooked to the PP account ?
In my case I can pay any amount I want to thru PP - because PP makes a direct draw on my Visa account.

weety · Post by **weety** » 23 Dec 2008, 00:19

just sent my tenner by paypal...if you are going to use paypal send it as a personnel payment (rather than a purchase) and fees dont get charged

ellevie · Post by **ellevie** » 23 Dec 2008, 10:57

Many thanks for your generosity weety.

We now have 21 affirmations --- not too far from the halfway mark.

docchevron1472, BX Bandit, Philip Chidlow, jgra1, KP, myglaren, rory_perrett, citronjim, red_dwarfers, andmcit, mike T, fatherjack2002, cavmad, andersdk, admiral51, demag, jaba, citroen7, ed4ferrets, weety, ellevie

David

Toby_HDi · Post by **Toby_HDi** » 23 Dec 2008, 11:00

Right, gonna try to get mine sorted, bit dubious about paypal though - don't want any fees being applied and I've never trusted paypal anyway.

Can I do this at my bank? I would like to reimburse Jon as well as contribute to the forum upkeep, should I wait until the forum account is open for that one?

weety · Post by **weety** » 23 Dec 2008, 11:20

if you can get a sort code and account number you should be able to do a direct bank transfer from your account to jon's

Post by **CitroJim** » 23 Dec 2008, 11:49

weety wrote:if you can get a sort code and account number you should be able to do a direct bank transfer from your account to jon's

I'll PM you Jon's bank details Toby...

MikeT · Post by **MikeT** » 23 Dec 2008, 16:14

AndersDK wrote:
MikeT wrote:FYI, if you pay by credit card through Paypal, there WILL be fees charged to the receiver.
More details please
I certainly dont want Mr JW to pay a fee 3 times the amount I sent - to receive my mediocre donation

Is this true also if you have a Visa account directly hooked to the PP account ?
In my case I can pay any amount I want to thru PP - because PP makes a direct draw on my Visa account.

You best check with PP's T&C's for a definative answer but a lot of people hate using PP because of the fees they levy. As a seller on Ebay, any PP's made to me with a credit card carries a small percentage fee so don't worry about not having sent enough AndersDK, I'm sure it's plenty.

I fund my PP account directly from my Bank Account which is linked to my VISA DEBIT card and they are treated as Instant Cash Payments and carry no fee.

Maybe weety is right in that fees can also be circumvented by your selection of payment type?

weety · Post by **weety** » 23 Dec 2008, 16:46

personnel payment is a new thing (i think) i certainly dont remember seeing the tab there before....

definately no fee on the transfer though (albeit my payments were funded from a paypal balance)

ellevie · Post by **ellevie** » 23 Dec 2008, 18:11

According to http://ppcalc.com/ a paypal payment of £10 from Australia would break down as follows,

22.38 AUD
22.38 AUD = 10.9 GBP (1 AUD = 0.48694 GBP)
- 0.27 GBP (2.5% Currency Conversion Fee)
- 0.43 GBP (3.9% PayPal transaction fee)
- 0.20 GBP (PayPal fixed fee)
= 0.90 GBP (PayPal Fees)
= 10.00 GBP (Amount Received)

I'm not sure how reliable this information is but if it's correct it doesn't seem too bad.
It doesn't look as if there's any great economy to be had by clubbing together.

In any case it's great to know there's interest on the other side of the globe.

David

MikeT · Post by **MikeT** » 23 Dec 2008, 20:14

That's far worse than I imagined (just 3.9%) so I hope I'm right in thinking those fees are only for Sellers (ie Ebay) with a Paypal Business Account.

ellevie · Post by **ellevie** » 24 Dec 2008, 07:17

I'm afraid I'm no expert on paypal Mike --- I normally only use it to buy things on eBay.
It would be nice if they only charged the 2.5% currency conversion fee for personal transfers.

Many thanks for your generosity Toby_HDi, we now have 22 affirmations,

docchevron1472, BX Bandit, Philip Chidlow, jgra1, KP, myglaren, rory_perrett, citronjim, red_dwarfers, andmcit, mike T, fatherjack2002, cavmad, andersdk, admiral51, demag, jaba, citroen7, ed4ferrets, weety, Toby_HDi, ellevie

David

ellevie · Post by **ellevie** » 25 Dec 2008, 11:52

Many thanks Marty for your generous contribution. We now have 23 --- only two to go to 25.

docchevron1472, BX Bandit, Philip Chidlow, jgra1, KP, myglaren, rory_perrett, citronjim, red_dwarfers, andmcit, mike T, fatherjack2002, cavmad, andersdk, admiral51, demag, jaba, citroen7, ed4ferrets, weety, Toby_HDi, M (BernieLugg), ellevie

By the way if anyone knows if anybody on the list has a different name on the other forum like Marty who is M on BXC and BernieLugg on FCF could you please post the details.

Many thanks.

ellevie · Post by **ellevie** » 26 Dec 2008, 09:14

Thanks to the generosity of pikey and andycarter we have now reached 25 --- the half way mark.

Only 25 more to go.

docchevron1472, BX Bandit, Philip Chidlow, jgra1, KP, myglaren, rory_perrett, citronjim, red_dwarfers, andmcit, mike T, fatherjack2002, cavmad, andersdk, admiral51, demag, jaba, citroen7, ed4ferrets, weety, Toby_HDi, M (BernieLugg), pikey, andycarter, ellevie

Gregg1100 · Post by **Gregg1100** » 28 Dec 2008, 11:48

I will certainly contribute---this forum has been a lifeline to myself and my son (recent Xantia owner ).

Thanks Jon for your efforts on our behalf.
Regards,
Greg

Gregg1100 · Post by **Gregg1100** » 28 Dec 2008, 11:58

Is there a PayPal address to send contribution to ?. Or another receiving address?.
Greg