Comments on: PayPal Is Not My Pal http://girtby.net/archives/2009/01/26/paypal-is-not-my-pal/ this blog is girtby.net Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:44:34 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9-rare hourly 1 By: Kevin http://girtby.net/archives/2009/01/26/paypal-is-not-my-pal/comment-page-1/#comment-3600 Kevin Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:53:11 +0000 http://girtby.net/?p=3781#comment-3600 <p>Stupidity makes me tense.</p> Stupidity makes me tense.

]]> By: alastair http://girtby.net/archives/2009/01/26/paypal-is-not-my-pal/comment-page-1/#comment-3506 alastair Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:09:05 +0000 http://girtby.net/?p=3781#comment-3506 <p>Kevin, you sound a little wound up. Do they have free massages at your work? Maybe you should get one.</p> Kevin, you sound a little wound up. Do they have free massages at your work? Maybe you should get one.

]]> By: Kevin http://girtby.net/archives/2009/01/26/paypal-is-not-my-pal/comment-page-1/#comment-3504 Kevin Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:23:38 +0000 http://girtby.net/?p=3781#comment-3504 <p>Dude, you opened your account while you are in US right? And you have been using it for your eBay transactions for a while in USD there right?</p> <p>So you expect them to do what? Some how dig into the customs record on government systems. Realise now you live in Australia. And change your default currency bank to USD?</p> <p>If you want your money in AUD now, of course they have to converted it back again. Is Paypal now suppose to operate some internal forex market and cross the spread for you?</p> <p>It's your fault. You forgot. Shit happens.</p> <p>You sucked.</p> Dude, you opened your account while you are in US right? And you have been using it for your eBay transactions for a while in USD there right?

So you expect them to do what? Some how dig into the customs record on government systems. Realise now you live in Australia. And change your default currency bank to USD?

If you want your money in AUD now, of course they have to converted it back again. Is Paypal now suppose to operate some internal forex market and cross the spread for you?

It’s your fault. You forgot. Shit happens.

You sucked.

]]> By: alastair http://girtby.net/archives/2009/01/26/paypal-is-not-my-pal/comment-page-1/#comment-2324 alastair Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:23:36 +0000 http://girtby.net/?p=3781#comment-2324 <p>OK, I've switched from Akismet to <a href="http://defensio.com/" rel="nofollow">Defensio</a> for spam filtering. Let's hope the false positive rate decreases.</p> <p>I hate false positives :(</p> OK, I’ve switched from Akismet to Defensio for spam filtering. Let’s hope the false positive rate decreases.

I hate false positives :(

]]> By: alastair http://girtby.net/archives/2009/01/26/paypal-is-not-my-pal/comment-page-1/#comment-2323 alastair Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:46:44 +0000 http://girtby.net/?p=3781#comment-2323 <p>Martin, <strong>again</strong> you've been relegated to the spam bin! I have no idea why Akismet is treating your comments so badly, but I'll look into it.</p> <p>As for the 10% figure, well this is basically the standard 3.4% rate plus a ~6.5% rate on currency conversion - it's my observed figure rather than a stated PayPal charge.</p> Martin, again you’ve been relegated to the spam bin! I have no idea why Akismet is treating your comments so badly, but I’ll look into it.

As for the 10% figure, well this is basically the standard 3.4% rate plus a ~6.5% rate on currency conversion – it’s my observed figure rather than a stated PayPal charge.

]]> By: alastair http://girtby.net/archives/2009/01/26/paypal-is-not-my-pal/comment-page-1/#comment-2314 alastair Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:13:21 +0000 http://girtby.net/?p=3781#comment-2314 <p>Mr Rohan: No, this is just a one-off "screw you". To fix it, you go to "Manage Currencies" or similar in your profile. I'm pretty sure that screen didn't exist back in Feb 2006 when my account was converted over, but I can't be sure.</p> Mr Rohan: No, this is just a one-off “screw you”. To fix it, you go to “Manage Currencies” or similar in your profile. I’m pretty sure that screen didn’t exist back in Feb 2006 when my account was converted over, but I can’t be sure.

]]> By: Mr Rohan http://girtby.net/archives/2009/01/26/paypal-is-not-my-pal/comment-page-1/#comment-2311 Mr Rohan Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:42:25 +0000 http://girtby.net/?p=3781#comment-2311 <p>So do you have a tip for confirming the currency settings are correct? Or is this a permanent "screw you" from PayPal?</p> So do you have a tip for confirming the currency settings are correct? Or is this a permanent “screw you” from PayPal?

]]> By: Martin http://girtby.net/archives/2009/01/26/paypal-is-not-my-pal/comment-page-1/#comment-2307 Martin Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:14:08 +0000 http://girtby.net/?p=3781#comment-2307 <p>10% sounds a little excessive. Are you sure you don't have something mis-configured in your profile somewhere?</p> <p>According to the paypal faq (<a href="https://www.paypal.com/au/eBay/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-receiving-fees" rel="nofollow">here</a>), for received payments less than AUD$5K, the fees are 2.4% + $0.30 AUD per transaction, and that matches the fees I've been paying on $AUD payments received.</p> 10% sounds a little excessive. Are you sure you don’t have something mis-configured in your profile somewhere?

According to the paypal faq (here), for received payments less than AUD$5K, the fees are 2.4% + $0.30 AUD per transaction, and that matches the fees I’ve been paying on $AUD payments received.

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