[nineball]

actually, i looked it up and it is against paypal's user agreement.


No Surcharges. Under Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express regulations and the laws of several states, including California, merchants may not charge a fee to the buyer for accepting credit card payments (often called a "surcharge"). You agree that you will not impose a surcharge or any other fee for accepting PayPal as payment. This restriction does not prevent you from imposing a handling fee in connection with the sale of goods or services, as long as the handling fee does not operate as a surcharge (in other words, the handling fee for transactions paid through PayPal may not be higher than the handling fee for transactions paid through other payment methods). Nor does this restriction apply to Pound-denominated transactions by sellers residing in the United Kingdom listing items for sale on a UK-based website.


i guess everyone can react how they want to but i know i avoid any listings that ask for extra fees for paypal payment, even more so now that i know it is against the agreement everyone signed when they made a paypal account. if you want to sell something for $100 plus shipping and expect paypal as payment why not just change the price to $105 and be done with it? passing on surcharges that are a direct result of you making money is a bad business practice that. when you pay for your groceries the store does not charge you extra for paying with a credit card vs cash right? visa and mastercard charge a per-swipe fee, up to 2% per transaction and a statement fee for every month. discover is around 3.5% per transaction (to cover their 1% cash back policy).

i agree with terry that for larger payments other methods should be used to avoid the fees. once ebay bought paypal and forced sellers to pay 3 different fees i stopped selling on ebay as well.