[78-L] Convenience fees

[David Lennick]

Legally or not, Green River Auctions has openly charged 1.5% extra for Paypal 
use for a few years. This is still less than the cost of a stamp and the time 
spent in obtaining a money order (which in my case is free, because of my 
banking plan).

dl

Jeff Lichtman wrote:
>> I see one major auctioneer has started adding a "convenience fee" now
>> for all card payments on their auctions at short notice. . .
>> ¦ D P Ingram ¦ Ab Ingram Oy ¦
> 
> I don't have a problem with an auctioneer setting 
> such terms for payment as long as he does it 
> openly and up front. I can make up my own mind as 
> to whether I want to pay the fee, which applies 
> only to credit card and Paypal payments. If I 
> don't want to pay the fee, I can skip the auction 
> or choose some other method of payment (such as a check).
> 
> 
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