RE: Surcharge Paypal users

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[quote="XtremeCarAudio"][quote="rseigel"][quote="CatHerder"]If a person was selling an item for $100 which they bought for $90 (total cost including shipping, taxes, etc) they "assume" they are making $10.[/quote]

Only one comment on this one. It takes a poor merchant to only realize a $10 profit on a $100 item. I personally won't touch anything I can't [i]at least[/i] double my money on. I'm not interested in giving my stuff away.  :wink:[/quote]

you must not sell any highly competitve things like Electronics

Plus the avg, retail Markup (from dealer cost to MSRP) in the US for Electronics is 50%,  the Avg "discount" selling price for most electronics is 30-35% markup, and online vendors avg 5-15% markup for electronics

the days of "doubling" your money in electronics are gone, the market is too competitve. 

In myfeild (car audio) I avg 10%-20% on online sales[/quote]

I'll remember that and stick to gifts and novelties which can be marked up anywhere from 100% to 500% and still be competitive.