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KaosFreestyle

White on White
Location
Mequon, WI
I have gotten Western Union MO before and also USPS money orders. Really nice to deal with but the downside is when selling parts that you have to wait a couple of days for the MO to show up before you ship anything. With paypal its instant and I can get the parts out the next day.

But I hate the damn fees. I easily have lost $500+ in fees over the years from parting out 2 vehicles.
 
Vumad

Vumad

Super Hero, with a cape!
Location
St. Pete, FL
So, whats the feelings about shipping over seas. Would be using UPS and Paypal. I hear most people are not willing to ship out of the lower 48.
 
Matt_E

Matt_E

steals hub caps from cars
Site Supporter
Location
at peace
I would not sell items over $100 to overseas. I have in the past, but I would not do it again.
Most countries are not on the "seller protected countries list" that Paypal has.
In short, if anything goes wrong or the buyer cries foul, you pretty much automatically lose.

Furthermore, shipping overseas is a royal pain in the ass and very expensive.

NOTE: Great Britain and Canada are exceptions.
 
Vumad

Vumad

Super Hero, with a cape!
Location
St. Pete, FL
He's in the UK, item is $100, shipping estimate was $60 and insurance was $5. $165 USD total.

I figured no biggy but was a bit nervous because other people have posted that they wont do it.

UK and great britian are the same, no? Should be fine then?

Money for my superjet!
 
Vumad

Vumad

Super Hero, with a cape!
Location
St. Pete, FL
The americans don't want it, so I'm selling to the british, I'm going to pawn the left over crap to the french.
 
dbrutherford

dbrutherford

Parts Whore
Location
Fairmont, WV
Idok said:
...paypal isnt real money anyway, is it? :bananalama:
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Yeah I feel ya on that. Every time I sell stuff and have money in my PayPal.. I just go and buy more stuff with the money!

I ship overseas. I use USPS Global Priority Mail, PayPal only, and they must buy insurance. I usually take it to the Post Office and get them the exact price. Those online shipping calculators suck. I have found that most of my international buyers are very gracious. I guess it is a real PITA for them to buy parts so any chance they get,they are happy.

For anyone who wants it, I figured out a formula that calculates the 2.9% +$0.30 PayPal fee. Now before you say that is easy to calculate... This formula you plug in the amount you are asking for say $100 and it spits out the amount you should ask for so that you indeed clear your $100. It is at home, I will post it later. The fees get a little complicated because you get charged the 2.9% + $0.30 on the fee amount too if you just add it on. This formula works every time.
 
stanton

stanton

High on jetskis.
Location
atascadero,ca
with all this chaos confusion scams and fees WHY IS EBAY AND PAYPAL USED?
i hate that crap, a good deal turns around real quick with nothing you can do about it.
fucx all that poop
 
vitaly

vitaly

Анархия - мать порядка!
Location
NY/NJ
ags0702 said:
Why did they take $500?

I'm kinda nervous keeping any money in there....
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Two credit card charge backs, paypal's "buyer's protection".
The credit cards "appeared" to be stolen... Both items were shipped to the confirmed addresses and signed for, the paypal did the "investigation" for a month and closed both cases.
 
Vumad

Vumad

Super Hero, with a cape!
Location
St. Pete, FL
WHY IS EBAY AND PAYPAL USED?
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What else could you use? The part I sold was shipped half way accross the US. The other 2 will go to CA, and the 4th might be heading to the UK. I would have never reached those customers w/o paypal.
 
Vumad

Vumad

Super Hero, with a cape!
Location
St. Pete, FL
What do you do when people don't want to work with paypal? There's an engine I wanted to buy but the guy will only take a money order. How do you guys handle that stuff? If I send a money order, and he doesn't ship, then I'm out some cash... nothing can be done about it.
 
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