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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon
Steve? No, you certainly can pay for them with paypal. The problem is paying directly with a card. $2.50 falls below the minimum I can do on a transaction on the credit card (and I won't use my debit card, because it charges me £1 for foreign transactions, if either the transaction processor or the recepient are foreign...)
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That's so weird! I wonder why they do that? While PayPal fees aren't bad at all ($0.30 plus 3.9% for an international transaction), they're not the cheapest on transaction fees.
Most credit card merchant accounts hit the hardest on the monthly fees (which do not exist with PayPal's standard account) and early termination fees on merchant/processor contracts, not the transaction fees. The transaction fees for most credit card merchant accounts tend to be cheaper than PayPal. Why credit cards would refuse charges as low as $2.50 is beyond me!
The only thing out of which I can make sense is your point that your bank charges you £1 for foreign transactions for debit card purchases. That kind of fee I've heard before, although they're more rare here in the U.S.