Re: [lace-chat] PayPal (maybe) help?
I know that it is a bit late in the day to reply to this but I'm only just back on arachne and hope that although late, it may be useful. We recently had to investigate paypal as we wanted to sell somethings on ebay and felt that we had a better chance of doing so if we had paypal as an option for the purcahser to pay through. What we discovered was this: For the purchaser - if they don't have paypal but do have a bank card of any form, they can pay via paypal using their bank card as a one off. For the vendor - you cannot receive any payment without paypal and normally have to set this up before you place the item on ebay.? We found that the charges from ebay were more than we were charged by paypal however, we only sold one item that was paid via paypal so when we transferred the money we didn't get hit with an extra charge as it was less than GBP50.? The caveat or rider on this is that it was not a business account where we would have paid more.? Yes, as a vendor you can take a change and run it as a personal account but too much traffic will attract interest from paypal and in the UK the old inland revenue. As to the ebay charges - we discovered that to sell two sofas for a total of GBP70 for the two items we paid out to ebay nearly GBP12.? However, it would have cost us GBP70 to have them taken away by the council so we were pleased and feel that we made money.? I'm not sure how I would have felt if I was doing this all the time, but my brother is recycling his train sets through ebay and feels that he breaks even doing this. Hope this helps. Regards Liz Baker -Original Message- From: Dora Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Margery Allcock [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Lace-Chat lace-chat@arachne.com Sent: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 0:39 Subject: Re: [lace-chat] PayPal (maybe) help? I am pretty sure that you cannot use Pay Pal to send money to someone who does not have a Pay Pal account.? ? snipped AOL's new homepage has launched. Take a tour at http://info.aol.co.uk/homepage/ now. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] PayPal (maybe) help - thanks
Thank you all so very much for your advice and offers of help. That was a huge response, and I am truly grateful. It gives me the warm-and-fuzzies to see people who don't know me offering the hospitality of their PayPal accounts! I have taken up one of your offers, and everything seems to be going smoothly, so if I haven't got in touch I won't be asking you for further help. Thank you all again, Love, Margery. [EMAIL PROTECTED] in North Herts, UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] PayPal (maybe) help?
If the US supplier does not already accept PayPal the chances are that she will not want to open one even if she does get that email. I have looked at accepting PayPal several times but it is VERY expensive for the small business person. OK if you have a huge turnover, but if that were the case she'd be taking Visa or other forms of credit/debit card. The other alternatives are: Money order (as you've already discovered about GBP 15) electronic transfer - you'll need her bank account details and will probably cost GBP 10-15 Cash - buy US dollars from Thomas Cook or a bank and send by international signed for post GBP 3.50 plus the regular airmail stamp Cash - buy US dollars and take a chance with ordinary airmail post Unless you have an international account you can't write a cheque (on a GBP account) in anything other than pounds sterling and pence. If you send her a GBP cheque it will cost her an arm and a leg to accept it - she will probably refuse it. The only other alternative is to send GBP cash, and allow a bit extra to cover conversion costs, which she can exchange at a bank. Brenda - who will accept GBP cash, personal GBP cheque, international GBP money order, electronic transfer, any major currency in CASH, but not PayPal or plastic. On 3 Dec 2007, at 21:56, Margery Allcock wrote: Can anyone help, please? I'm in the UK, and I have a PayPal account linked to my bank account. No problem so far. I need to send $65 to a very small knitting tools supplier in the USA, who doesn't have PayPal or credit card facilities. 8-( If I get a money order from my bank, to send safely by post, the bank will charge me £15 (around $30) for the M.O. That's a flat rate, no matter how much or how little the M.O. is worth. If I send the money from my PP account to the supplier's e-mail address (I tried it out on DH first G) she will receive a message telling her how to open a PP account and link it to her bank account in order to get at the cash. So what's the best way for me to get money to her, and to get the stuff from her to me? Can I write a cheque (on Barclays Bank) in dollars? If I write it in GBP, won't it cost her a lot in bank charges to get it exchanged? Advice, please? Margery. [EMAIL PROTECTED] in North Herts, UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brenda in Allhallows, Kent http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] PayPal (maybe) help?
On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 21:56:47 -, Margery wrote: Can I write a cheque (on Barclays Bank) in dollars? Not unless you have a dollar account with Barclays, you can't do this on an account in pounds. If I write it in GBP, won't it cost her a lot in bank charges to get it exchanged? Probably. So what's the best way for me to get money to her, and to get the stuff from her to me? Just occasionally the Amazon gift certificate is a useful international currency - I have used it a couple of times. Do you have any means of buying dollar travellers cheques without charges on any of your bank/building society accounts? If so, buy travellers cheques for the amount, make them payable to the supplier and send through the post. The UK Post Office now sell travellers cheques without a fixed charge, but I don't know how good or bad their exchange rates are. -- Money can't buy everything. That's what credit cards are for. Steph Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tatting, lace stitching page http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/index.htm To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Paypal
Didn't have any problems last week Jean. Helen. Has anyone had trouble getting into their Paypal accou t recently. They're reorganizing Europen payments, but apparently not until 2nd July. Last night Paypal wouldn't accept my password so I had to go through the security checks to set a new one. I've emailed to see if they can explain why and to check that my account hasn't been got at. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Paypal
As far as I know, in order to get at this money your friend would have to have a Paypal account. It was a bit stupid of the person who sent it, to do so without checking first that she had a Paypal account. I think it's just stuck in Paypal, and the person who sent it has just given it to them and not to your friend as intended. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - Original Message - From: Malvary J Cole To: Chat Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:10 PM Subject: [lace-chat] Paypal I am asking, on behalf of a friend, for some information regarding an incoming payment by Paypal (I have only ever paid using Paypal). She received a notification from Paypal that she had a credit of $23.72 and thought that it was a scam. However, after some investigation she found out that someone in England had sent her some money as a thank you. She had done some genealogy research in the Canadian records office for him. When she e-mailed him, she asked him to take it back as she didn't want payment, but he said it was so she could buy herself a bottle of wine. She has no idea how much he sent but at current rates of exchange it would be about £11.50 (but perhaps he sent £15 and the difference was taken for service charges). Anyway, she hopes that he will take the money back, but if he doesn't what does she need to do to get the money? She doesn't have a Paypal account and doesn't want to give them lots of personal information. Any help would be appreciated. TIA Malvary in Ottawa To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] PayPal
Noelene If the email is asking you to give your details through a link or a reply to the email - don't do it. Paypal only ask you to enter anything after logging on to your Paypal account. Forward the email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] then delete from your computer. If it's genuine, they'll get back to you. I had a couple saying I'd won a laptop in a Paypal draw - was a spoof. Paypal give advice about protecting yourself from fraudulent emails and websites purporting to be from Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/email-security-outside Jean in Poole - Original Message - From: W N Lafferty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 6:51 AM Subject: [lace-chat] PayPal Does anyone know what the entitlement to benefit from a class action if you had a PayPal account prior to 1 February 2004 is about? I've just received a legal jargon email about it. I am suspicious of stuff like this, but this does seem genuine. Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
