let's save some money on ebay.. a collaboration
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i see references to 'ebucks', 'ebates', promo codes, etc. and i have no idea how they work
did i get an email about a way to lower my final value fees? was it real?
i've heard there's a way to cut down your paypal fees if you do more than a few thousand a month in transactions?
anyone have some tips or tricks? maybe we can all learn something and save some money
i buy plenty of stuff on ebay, i'd love to get a percentage off here and there
i sell on ebay for a living... i'd LOVE to cut those final value fees down (and are they really raising the $50 max to $100???)
i get paid through paypal constantly.. do they always have to get 2.9%? (it used to be 2.5% after $3000 but not anymore?)
i'm sure there are threads scattered here about this stuff, but are they current? how about a consolidated thread about all the possible ways to keep ebay & paypal out of our pockets!
did i get an email about a way to lower my final value fees? was it real?
i've heard there's a way to cut down your paypal fees if you do more than a few thousand a month in transactions?
anyone have some tips or tricks? maybe we can all learn something and save some money
i buy plenty of stuff on ebay, i'd love to get a percentage off here and there
i sell on ebay for a living... i'd LOVE to cut those final value fees down (and are they really raising the $50 max to $100???)
i get paid through paypal constantly.. do they always have to get 2.9%? (it used to be 2.5% after $3000 but not anymore?)
i'm sure there are threads scattered here about this stuff, but are they current? how about a consolidated thread about all the possible ways to keep ebay & paypal out of our pockets!
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<< <i>i get paid through paypal constantly.. do they always have to get 2.9%? (it used to be 2.5% after $3000 but not anymore?)! >>
Its worse.
It's 2.9% + 30 cents which chews up and spits out smaller transactions.
The name is LEE!
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<< <i>i get paid through paypal constantly.. do they always have to get 2.9%? (it used to be 2.5% after $3000 but not anymore?)! >>
Its worse.
It's 2.9% + 30 cents which chews up and spits out smaller transactions. >>
If one starts with $100 and sends it to smoeone else and you keep doing that back and forth, how many trips would it take until PP had it all?
Sure, there's a catch. Money can only be withdrawn from your Mr. Rebates account in amounts of $10 or higher. Any rebates you earn are pending for 90 days before they are able to be withdrawn. But once you've waited the 90 days and have over $10, you can withdraw it straight to your paypal account. Only works for eBay auctions and Buy it Now transactions, doesn't work with best offers. Just need to click through from Mr. Rebates to eBay before you click buy it now, or before you pay for your auction. Pretty easy and so far it's saved me a few bucks
Not only works for eBay, but many other online stores. Just got 1% back on a Best Buy purchase yesterday.
On top of that, when you refer people you get a small referal bonus. For example, if someone you referred gets a $1 rebate, you would then get a $.20 bonus to your account. Here's the link and if you sign up I think I'd get some of that referal bonus which would be sweet
Mr. Rebates
In addition to that website, I also pay everything through PayPal using a credit card that gives me cash back. Get an additional 1-2% that way.
To save $$$ when selling on eBay, becomming a powerseller is about the only thing I know of. Good luck.
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<< <i>If one starts with $100 and sends it to smoeone else and you keep doing that back and forth, how many trips would it take until PP had it all? >>
Starting with $100 and subtracting fees of 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction, you'd be down to zero after 80 transactions.
<< <i>If one starts with $100 and sends it to smoeone else and you keep doing that back and forth, how many trips would it take until PP had it all? >>
41 exchanges
You Your Friend
$100.00 $96.80
$93.69 $90.68
$87.75 $84.90
$82.14 $79.46
$76.85 $74.32
$71.87 $69.48
$67.17 $64.92
$62.74 $60.62
$58.56 $56.56
$54.62 $52.74
$50.91 $49.13
$47.41 $45.73
$44.11 $42.53
$40.99 $39.51
$38.06 $36.66
$35.29 $33.97
$32.68 $31.44
$30.23 $29.05
$27.91 $26.80
$25.72 $24.67
$23.66 $22.67
$21.71 $20.79
$19.88 $19.01
$18.15 $17.33
$16.53 $15.75
$14.99 $14.26
$13.54 $12.85
$12.18 $11.52
$10.89 $10.27
$9.68 $9.09
$8.53 $7.98
$7.45 $6.94
$6.43 $5.95
$5.48 $5.02
$4.57 $4.14
$3.72 $3.31
$2.91 $2.53
$2.16 $1.79
$1.44 $1.10
$0.77 $0.45
$0.13 $(0.17)
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<< <i>If one starts with $100 and sends it to smoeone else and you keep doing that back and forth, how many trips would it take until PP had it all? >>
41 exchanges
You Your Friend
$100.00 $96.80
$93.69 $90.68
$87.75 $84.90
$82.14 $79.46
$76.85 $74.32
$71.87 $69.48
$67.17 $64.92
$62.74 $60.62
$58.56 $56.56
$54.62 $52.74
$50.91 $49.13
$47.41 $45.73
$44.11 $42.53
$40.99 $39.51
$38.06 $36.66
$35.29 $33.97
$32.68 $31.44
$30.23 $29.05
$27.91 $26.80
$25.72 $24.67
$23.66 $22.67
$21.71 $20.79
$19.88 $19.01
$18.15 $17.33
$16.53 $15.75
$14.99 $14.26
$13.54 $12.85
$12.18 $11.52
$10.89 $10.27
$9.68 $9.09
$8.53 $7.98
$7.45 $6.94
$6.43 $5.95
$5.48 $5.02
$4.57 $4.14
$3.72 $3.31
$2.91 $2.53
$2.16 $1.79
$1.44 $1.10
$0.77 $0.45
$0.13 $(0.17) >>
It's double this. Each line in your table above counts as 2 transactions. You to your friend (1) , back to you on the next line (2). 100 to 96.80 (1) to 93.69 (2)
100.00 1
96.80 2
93.69 3
90.68 4
87.75 5
84.90 6
82.14 7
79.46 8
76.85 9
74.32 10
71.87 11
69.48 12
67.17 13
64.92 14
62.74 15
60.62 16
58.56 17
56.56 18
54.62 19
52.74 20
50.91 21
49.13 22
47.41 23
45.73 24
44.11 25
42.53 26
40.99 27
39.51 28
38.06 29
36.66 30
35.29 31
33.97 32
32.68 33
31.44 34
30.23 35
29.05 36
27.91 37
26.80 38
25.72 39
24.67 40
23.66 41
22.67 42
21.71 43
20.79 44
19.88 45
19.01 46
18.15 47
17.33 48
16.53 49
15.75 50
14.99 51
14.26 52
13.54 53
12.85 54
12.18 55
11.52 56
10.89 57
10.27 58
9.68 59
9.09 60
8.53 61
7.98 62
7.45 63
6.94 64
6.43 65
5.95 66
5.48 67
5.02 68
4.57 69
4.14 70
3.72 71
3.31 72
2.91 73
2.53 74
2.16 75
1.79 76
1.44 77
1.10 78
0.77 79
0.45 80
0.13 81
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<< <i>i get paid through paypal constantly.. do they always have to get 2.9%? (it used to be 2.5% after $3000 but not anymore?)! >>
Its worse.
It's 2.9% + 30 cents which chews up and spits out smaller transactions. >>
If one starts with $100 and sends it to smoeone else and you keep doing that back and forth, how many trips would it take until PP had it all? >>
Same thing could be said of taxation of a dollar. You earn a dollar, and get 80 cents after its been taxed. Then you spend that 80 cents on a soda, of which 7 cents are taxed on that. Then the store owner takes that 73 cents and is taxed immediately on whatever profit he made on the soda, plus the sales tax applied to whatever he buys with the remainder......and so on and so forth.
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<< <i>If one starts with $100 and sends it to smoeone else and you keep doing that back and forth, how many trips would it take until PP had it all? >>
41 exchanges
You Your Friend
$100.00 $96.80
$93.69 $90.68
$87.75 $84.90
$82.14 $79.46
$76.85 $74.32
$71.87 $69.48
$67.17 $64.92
$62.74 $60.62
$58.56 $56.56
$54.62 $52.74
$50.91 $49.13
$47.41 $45.73
$44.11 $42.53
$40.99 $39.51
$38.06 $36.66
$35.29 $33.97
$32.68 $31.44
$30.23 $29.05
$27.91 $26.80
$25.72 $24.67
$23.66 $22.67
$21.71 $20.79
$19.88 $19.01
$18.15 $17.33
$16.53 $15.75
$14.99 $14.26
$13.54 $12.85
$12.18 $11.52
$10.89 $10.27
$9.68 $9.09
$8.53 $7.98
$7.45 $6.94
$6.43 $5.95
$5.48 $5.02
$4.57 $4.14
$3.72 $3.31
$2.91 $2.53
$2.16 $1.79
$1.44 $1.10
$0.77 $0.45
$0.13 $(0.17) >>
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Yup, these figures are spot on.
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$100.00 minus 2.9% plus 0.30 == $96.8
$96.80 minus 2.9% plus 0.30 == $93.6928
$93.6928 minus 2.9% plus 0.30 == $90.6757
$90.6757 minus 2.9% plus 0.30 == $87.7461
$87.7461 minus 2.9% plus 0.30 == $84.9014
and so forth.
EBay and Pay Pal are the winners in this game and we all know it, they know it. Ths BST board
is a Great Help to all of us and perhaps if the Keepers of the Board where to do a few
upgrades to it like seperate into different categories like: denomination, buyers, sellers
and such like that it would help us out. In turn they could make it available to PCGS paying
members only then we could get coins graded and listings would be searched easier and PCGS would
have more income to improve the BST. I know I would pay more for my membership to have
an easier way to look for something on the BST.
MOO
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<< <i>If one starts with $100 and sends it to smoeone else and you keep doing that back and forth, how many trips would it take until PP had it all? >>
41 exchanges
You Your Friend
$100.00 $96.80
$93.69 $90.68
$87.75 $84.90
$82.14 $79.46
$76.85 $74.32
$71.87 $69.48
$67.17 $64.92
$62.74 $60.62
$58.56 $56.56
$54.62 $52.74
$50.91 $49.13
$47.41 $45.73
$44.11 $42.53
$40.99 $39.51
$38.06 $36.66
$35.29 $33.97
$32.68 $31.44
$30.23 $29.05
$27.91 $26.80
$25.72 $24.67
$23.66 $22.67
$21.71 $20.79
$19.88 $19.01
$18.15 $17.33
$16.53 $15.75
$14.99 $14.26
$13.54 $12.85
$12.18 $11.52
$10.89 $10.27
$9.68 $9.09
$8.53 $7.98
$7.45 $6.94
$6.43 $5.95
$5.48 $5.02
$4.57 $4.14
$3.72 $3.31
$2.91 $2.53
$2.16 $1.79
$1.44 $1.10
$0.77 $0.45
$0.13 $(0.17) >>
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Yup, these figures are spot on.
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$100.00 minus 2.9% plus 0.30 == $96.8
$96.80 minus 2.9% plus 0.30 == $93.6928
$93.6928 minus 2.9% plus 0.30 == $90.6757
$90.6757 minus 2.9% plus 0.30 == $87.7461
$87.7461 minus 2.9% plus 0.30 == $84.9014
and so forth. >>
After about the thrid time of doing business with same person sart using the Payment owed under the personal tad and save the rest.