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 gc2
 
posted on July 25, 2002 08:33:23 AM
Am I misremembering, or has Bidpay gone down on their basic fee?

I have been having a rash of Bidpay payments lately, some for auctions under 20.00, and had wondered why so many all of a sudden.

I was just helping to walk a buyer through the process, and it said a 15.00 money order was only 2.95 now.

Wasn't the minimum 5.00 before?

Edited to add: Hey, Maaarrrrekkkkk...we need you down here.

[ edited by gc2 on Jul 25, 2002 08:35 AM ]
 
 kiara
 
posted on July 25, 2002 08:38:54 AM
BidPay.com Fee Schedule
Money Order Amount
BidPay.com Fees

$30 and under
flat rate of $2.95

$30.01 to $100
flat rate of $5.00

$100.01 to $700
2.25% + $5.00

http://www.bidpay.com/pricing.asp


[ edited by kiara on Jul 25, 2002 08:39 AM ]
 
 gc2
 
posted on July 25, 2002 08:50:36 AM
Kiara, do you remember my begging for a lower rate for low-dollar auctions? At the time, it was 5.00 up to 100.00.

I tried to convince them that they could sell so many more if they broke that rate down.

The 5.00 was a bit prohibitive for small payments. But 2.95 isn't bad at all. Didn't post office money orders go up 6/30...over a dollar now? Plus a .37 stamp..and time to go buy a m.o.

But my banner from AW has never worked; don't know why.

(Oh, Marek...)


 
 kiara
 
posted on July 25, 2002 09:13:38 AM
gc2, the lower rates have been around for awhile now but I can't remember how long.

And I haven't seen gomarek wandering the AW corridors in a very long time now.

Edited to say that I just did a search and I don't see him here since October of last year. Maybe he doesn't want to give his CC to post?



[ edited by kiara on Jul 25, 2002 09:18 AM ]
 
 kiara
 
posted on July 25, 2002 09:20:46 AM
Also didn't another company take over BidPay? Maybe Marek lost his job like so many others did?

 
 gc2
 
posted on July 25, 2002 09:35:00 AM
Kiara, I was gone for about six months...from late December '01 until May, so I don't know what all happened during that time. But before that, there was something with Bidpay and Western Union...can't remember what exactly. Maybe someone else does.



 
 tfs13
 
posted on July 27, 2002 05:38:40 AM
PayingFast fee's have also gone down. This might have happened along time ago and I just didn't notice but PayingFast was like 4.79 for a money order before.

Payingfast Fees
Transactions up to $20 $ 2.99
Transactions from $20 to $100 $ 3.99
Transactions over $100 $ 3.99 + 2.25% of money order amount


All the better for me! I like getting BidPay and PayingFast buyers.



tfs13
http://www.tfstudios.com
 
 twinsoft
 
posted on July 27, 2002 08:49:11 AM
Well that is great news.


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