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I always thought PayPal's fee calculator was lying... turns out I was just bad at math
For like 2 years I'd send invoices through PayPal and wonder why my deposits were always a couple bucks short. I kept blaming it on some random hidden charge or a glitch. Then last month I actually sat down and used their fee calculator on purpose and... yeah. I was just doing the 2.9% plus 0.30 wrong in my head every single time. Felt real dumb but at least now I add that into my quotes. Anybody else have a facepalm moment with fees like this?
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drews552mo ago
Did you ever try just charging a small flat fee on top of your quotes? I started adding a buck or two to cover that gap and it saved me the headache.
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lisab322mo ago
I read somewhere that a contractor was doing this and calling it a "materials handling fee" so customers didn't think it was random... it worked for him. A flat dollar amount is probably easier to explain than a percentage too. Might be worth trying for the next few jobs to see if anyone pushes back.
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rowanw912mo ago
Oof, I've been there too. It's embarrassing how long it took me to figure out I was the problem, not the calculator.
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