What's The Deal With 4% PayPal Fee???

axejunkie said:
The cue market is in a place where buyers expect to pay much less than asking price. I've priced cues at what I feel are reasonable levels with some downward wiggle room, and almost invariably buyers ask to pay somewhere around 70% of said price. The buyers expect the 3% fees to be the seller's cost, so the seller is then losing money.

I get the fact that cues should be priced reasonably, but many sellers aren't even recouping their investment, thus many ask for fees to be covered.
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This makes perfect sense. Thanks for the response Axe.
 
cueaddicts said:
If more buyers would simply pay the price, I'm sure you guys would never be bothered with seeing this kind of 4% statement...lol :)
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In this day and age of the interweb I don't think anyone thinks they should be paying "retail" for any goods. You surely know the story "I found it cheaper on the interweb". I choose to buy most of my pool related stuff from my local billiards store, an actual brick and mortar building where there is an owner trying to make a living building cues and selling all pool related products. I ordered a set of Cyclops balls from him, I have been waiting around 2 weeks so far but I am OK with that. He has them coming with a couple of Diamond tables and he told me he could save a few bucks if they sent them with the tables. He understands my position that I would rather buy my stuff from a brick and mortar business rather than a website that is having products drop shipped all over the US even if it costs a little more. If I buy new I pay the "sticker" price, if I am buying pre-owned I usually assume there will be a little wiggle room, if I pay your price you cover fees, if I get a "bargain" fees become my responsibility.
 
ChicagoRJ said:
I don't agree. As a seller, I'm guaranteed my money from PayPal, and it's nice not to have to go through any bs to get payment, no more money orders or personal checks that have to clear, no credit card machine needed, it's hassle free.

And if you want them to pay the price, just up the price of your cue, it's pretty simple really. I have to sell chalk for more on Ebay because of the ebay cut and the paypal cut, but so does everyone else, so the price is a wee bit higher.

I don't think I'd have the nerve to tell someone to pay the 10% Ebay charge ??
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RJ, Respectively, someone selling trinket sized items such as chalk and gloves, has no idea what Sean goes through on 8k cues. I doubt you get asked for a 40% discount as frequently as Sean does. These are two different scopes entirely....

JV
 
simple, price your cue at the price you are willing to take and be happy it is sold. and all you do by pricing it high at the start is letting it get stale and then everyone wants to haggle you down.

what you have in it is no concern of the deal. all you can get is what it is presently worth to a willing buyer.

seller should pay shipping and be responsible for it arriving in the condition promised.
 
That's why I only take postal money orders. PayPal and eBay are charging to much for there services.
 
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