{"id":657,"date":"2010-02-17T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2010-02-17T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2010\/02\/17\/paypal-payments\/"},"modified":"2010-02-17T12:00:59","modified_gmt":"2010-02-17T12:00:59","slug":"paypal-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2010\/02\/17\/paypal-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"Paypal Payments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve come across Paypal on three occasions in a short space of time which raised a question I wanted opinions on<\/p>\n<p><strong>If someone offers PayPal as a payment option, who should pick up the payment charges?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first time I got thinking about this is because AMITPRO now offers PayPal as a payment option for our subscriptions<\/p>\n<p>Guy and I figured it was a quick and easy way of providing the ability for members to make credit card payments and if it encouraged just one person to pay quicker i would be worth more than the potential time and effort trying to chase payment later down the line<\/p>\n<p>I then had to pay for two sets of services, both of them gave me the option to pay by cheque or PayPal<\/p>\n<p>One of them swallowed the costs, one of them added the charge on top of what I was paying for<\/p>\n<p>I asked the question on Twitter and got the following  responses <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>@AndyParkes &#8211; how we see it is that the PayPal charges covers the wages of the credit control \/ money chaser person we don&#8217;t have to employ!<\/p>\n<div class=\"gwt-HTML\" __eventBits=\"52\" name=\"AndyParkes\">@AndyParkes depends<\/div>\n<div class=\"gwt-HTML\" __eventBits=\"52\" name=\"AndyParkes\">&#160;<\/div>\n<div class=\"gwt-HTML\" __eventBits=\"52\" name=\"AndyParkes\">\n<div class=\"gwt-HTML\" __eventBits=\"52\" name=\"AndyParkes\">@AndyParkes if its the only method given &#8211; then the seller should.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"gwt-HTML\" __eventBits=\"52\" name=\"AndyParkes\">&#160;<\/div>\n<div class=\"gwt-HTML\" __eventBits=\"52\" name=\"AndyParkes\">The first quote there is actually from the person who swallowed the costs so it was interesting to see the thinking behind their policy<\/div>\n<div class=\"gwt-HTML\" __eventBits=\"52\" name=\"AndyParkes\">&#160;<\/div>\n<div class=\"gwt-HTML\" __eventBits=\"52\" name=\"AndyParkes\">I guess there isn\u2019t a right or wrong answer, each business does things differently which is of course their prerogative and the person actually making the payment still ultimately has the choice to proceed or not<\/div>\n<div class=\"gwt-HTML\" __eventBits=\"52\" name=\"AndyParkes\">&#160;<\/div>\n<div class=\"gwt-HTML\" __eventBits=\"52\" name=\"AndyParkes\">As the final quote above says, if it was the only method available I\u2019d have been a bit miffed<\/div>\n<div class=\"gwt-HTML\" __eventBits=\"52\" name=\"AndyParkes\">&#160;<\/div>\n<div class=\"gwt-HTML\" __eventBits=\"52\" name=\"AndyParkes\">As always any thoughts and opinions gratefully received! <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve come across Paypal on three occasions in a short space of time which raised a question I wanted opinions on If someone offers PayPal as a payment option, who should pick up the payment charges? 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