I recently made a sale through EBay and received payment for the item in my PayPal account. It was then I realized these two entities were in a collaboration by having the seller hold his/her ankles while they ring up their charges for services rendered. Ebay stuck me for $18.70 and PayPal violated me even further with a $6.10 fee. My total fees, approximately 13% of the sale, were on the shortside of $25.00. With everything done electronically, these fees strike me as exhorbitant. It is no wonder and now apparent to me, how and why they make so much money with so little effort. There has to be other service providers out there that accomplish the same tasks for a more fair and reasonable cost. Unfortunately I will be hurting myself by not using these two services any longer unless substitutions are found. Just my poignant thoughts on this topic.
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