Did PayPal just put a new fee in place or something?

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I just got a $240 payment from a client... Ended up becoming $230. I checked the details, and it said there was a $9.66 fee taken off. I have taken much bigger payments than this before, and do not recall any such fee. Am I missing something?
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  • Profile picture of the author Martin Avis
    Probably a credit card payment: 3.9% + 30c.
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  • Profile picture of the author PlotHost
    Yes, I think it's 9.36 (3.9%) + 0.3
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  • Profile picture of the author lapeoro
    You didnt miss anything. 3.9%+30 cents is common in terms of paypal fee while paying with credit card.
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Oksa
    Also, if the other payments were sent using mass pay, or sent as personal payments, then those fees wouldn't be there.

    If you ever need to calculate fees (in either direction), then I highly recommend the following PayPal calculator.

    http://ppcalc.com/

    (I am not associated with it in any way, just a handy tool I like to use)

    All the best,
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  • Profile picture of the author Ryan Parker
    Credit card payments. Ask your client to pay using his PayPal balance or bank account next time.
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  • Profile picture of the author lacraiger
    wow paypal charges its users the credit card fees too?
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    • Profile picture of the author wizzard74
      Originally Posted by lacraiger View Post

      wow paypal charges its users the credit card fees too?
      You mean the buyers? No, the buyer has paid the amount asked, but the vendor when setting the price hasn't factored in the CC charge.

      I don't believe the buyer in this case has had to pay anything extra.
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  • Profile picture of the author markmcculloch
    I have used paypal for alot of years and never noticed this either I guess from now on I will pay closer attention. Is there any other charges that us users might need to be aware off?
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    • Profile picture of the author wizzard74
      Originally Posted by markmcculloch View Post

      I have used paypal for alot of years and never noticed this either I guess from now on I will pay closer attention. Is there any other charges that us users might need to be aware off?
      It also depends how you transfer money to someone else, not necessarily buying anything, if you want to transfer money to someone to help them out because they're in a financial pickle, send the money as a gift, paypal won't charge anything.
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