Just a heads up. AMENDMENTS TO THE PAYPAL ACCOUNT USER AGREEMENT

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AMENDMENTS TO THE PAYPAL ACCOUNT USER AGREEMENT-

We are updating the PayPal User Agreement, and the Combined Financial Services Guide and Product Disclosure Statement (CFSGPDS). These changes will go into effect on May 6, 2019. If you agree to these changes, you don’t have to do anything. If you don’t agree with these changes, you may close your account. If you close your account before May 6, 2019, the changes will not apply to you.

Amendments to the PayPal User Agreement and the CFSGPDS

• We’re removing the flat rate pricing for sending money to friends and family members who have PayPal accounts in a country other than the Australia and introducing a new variable fee of 5% based on the amount you send with a minimum of 0.99 AUD and a maximum of 5.99 AUD per transaction. We’re also removing any variation depending on the recipient’s country. 
• We’re changing how we treat refunds. If you refund (partially or fully) a transaction to a buyer or a donation to a donor, there are no fees to make the refund, but the fees you originally paid as the seller will not be returned to you.

[wide-world-of-stamps]

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@letscleanupmycupboards wrote:
Does this only apply to payments received after the effective date? Or just to refunds after it.

Are there any alternatives acceptable by eBay to PayPal? Or is it time to up every item by $2 to cover the possibility of this?

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Not sure about that, but we just refunded excess postage to a buyer - purchase was made today (8 May), refund was given today, and Paypal refunded their few cents worth of fees as usual.

So, whether/when it will start is anyone's guess.

[Anonymous]

This steel trap for fees was supposed to start 7th May.

Maybe PayPal are reconsidering ?

Did your sale occur before 7th May ?

[brerrabbit585]

They said "purchase was made today (8 May)", which is now yesterday. It may have still been 7th May in the US so maybe the changes take effect 7th May in US time.

[wide-world-of-stamps]

I thought the start date was 6 May.

Oh well, I guess we'll find out when we next do a postage refund.

[brerrabbit585]

You're right about the 6th May. I trusted the poster before you to have their facts right.

[toynbook]

not fair to sellers.

I came across a few cases like these, and cost me the seller fees on PayPal.

eBay seems to refund the fees.

PayPal not.

Am i correct?

[davewil1964]

Correct.

In general (me for eg). Some still only get charged flagfall on refunds.

I don't understand why you bother trying to sell here.

eBay fees are unfair, postage is unfair, now Paypal is unfair.

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@toynbook wrote:

not fair to sellers.

I came across a few cases like these, and cost me the seller fees on PayPal.

eBay seems to refund the fees.

PayPal not.

Am i correct?

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You clearly have lots of issues with eBay and PayPal. My suggestion to you would be to migrate to Facebook Marketplace. Apparently it's the place to be according to another member here. Thousands of dollars in sales every single day of the week. No fees there either. Go on, cancel eBay and move over there. You won't be sorry.

Spoiler

I bet you don't.

[hotrodvideo]

A very sarcasic remark tippy toes

[porcelain_dolls_by_me]

Cheaper still to have a credit card like 28 degrees do the conversion as they charge no fees, viz. the transaction is converted at the interbank rate