Sedo wants me to pay a 3% fee for a domain auction i won, are they for real?

[Makis77]

WTH...everybody is trying to suck every damn cent we have.
I won this domain for 560 euro, i went to pay for it via sedo and only saw the paypal option available. I emailed them asking where is the credit card option, they just replied saying that for amounts over $500(or euro) they use paypal.
So i went to pay through paypal instead, in the pro payment page i ve read that i have to pay a 3% fee for this kind of payment.

For what?


ps: one yr ago i won a sedo auction for $2200 way over $500 and i paid with paypal and never added the 3% fee.

[Stian]

The 3% fee they call "administration fee" is actually the fee PayPal charges them to process your payment.

[Makis77]

Paypal never charged me a fee for payments i got through them considering they sent money from their balance.

[jdk]

Ask them if you can use Paypal Masspay this way you end up only paying $1 or whatever

Paypal never charged me a fee for payments i got through them considering they sent money from their balance.

You must have a Personal Paypal account. Business/Premier Paypal accounts charge the fee regardless where the fee comes from.

[Makis77]

i sent them money without the fee, never ever paid a fee for a sedo auction i ve won i doubt i ll pay now

thank you for replying

[Carter]

Ask them if you can use Paypal Masspay this way you end up only paying $1 or whatever



You must have a Personal Paypal account. Business/Premier Paypal accounts charge the fee regardless where the fee comes from.

Agree use Paypal Masspay...