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Can they do this?
Firefly
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"If you intend to make a payment by debit card, credit card or bank transfer please add £0.20 and 3.4% of the end-of-auction price"
The above was written in the payment instructions for an item that I wish to bid on. Can they do this?
The above was written in the payment instructions for an item that I wish to bid on. Can they do this?
Do not allow the risk of failure to stop you trying!
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I take it this referred to paypal payments?
no, sellers aren't allowed to charge extra for paypal. You could report them
or send a quick email to see if they are aware they cannot do this.0 -
Not specifically paypal but its just listed in the payment details section.Do not allow the risk of failure to stop you trying!0
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As smam21 says this is against ebay terms and conditions. Try going through ask seller a question and asking whether the statement was an error as it is of course against ebay rules. I did this yesterday and got a response very quickly apologising that they weren't aware they were breaking the rules and would not therefore be charging any extra for using paypal.
They even put my question on the listing so that other potential bidders could see that the charge would not be levied.
If that fails report them to ebay, but don't expect them to act very quickly, if at all.
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Firefly wrote:Not specifically paypal but its just listed in the payment details section.
No surcharges at all are allowed.
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