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Re: [OM] Maybe [OT] PayPal Surcharges (WAS: large $ international shipm

Subject: Re: [OM] Maybe [OT] PayPal Surcharges (WAS: large $ international shipment)
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 22:23:02 -0600
You could offer your auction with a fixed $25 shipping and handling fee and
offer a $10 discount for cash.

Tom

>
> I think it probably has to do with credit card laws. For processing the
> credit card, the retailer is charged a certain fee. It's illegal though
> in many places to pass that cost onto the seller. Many retailers get
> around this by offering a "cash discount" because it's not illegal to
> offer a discount on a price. Don't know how you can manipulate that
> situation in this case though.
>
> --
> Andrew "Frugal" Dacey,
> frugal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.tildefrugal.net/



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