A new auction charge?

Geoman

I was just surfing some auctions on Yahoo! and came across this,

"A fee of $1 will be added if you pay by personal check, bank check or moneyorder...."

I am familar with the fees sellers claim, like supplies, time, etc... and can understand a shipping/handling charge that is reasonalbe, such as $3.50 or so. I will not bid on an auction that charges an extremely high shipping rate. I saw one that said a $10 shipping fee (no insurance) for one coin to be shipped in a padded envolope.

But now, besides the $5.00 shipping this place charges, they start charging a "processing fee" of you pay by a money order? I feel that is unreasonable, and won't be buying from them anmore. Does anyone else fee this is justified?

-Geoman

BNE

It is definitely justified not to buy stuff off of Yahoo!, and not because of the extra charge. Most of the stuff sold there is junk. You are wise to keep a wide berth.

Russ

Doesn't make any sense to me. Checks and money orders have no fees attached to them like Paypal and credit cards.

Russ, NCNE

relayer

Actually, it is illegal in California (and many other states) to charge a fee for accepting checks, PayPal and/or credit cards.