Skype and paypal ripoff

pyro · 27 Feb 2006 at 11:55

Sure, I pay those ****s when someone buys my item on ebay, fair enough, then there are listing fees and more ebay fees, but what can you do? Stay away from ebay would be one, but since when is paypal stealing 15% of my credit? In order to credit my skype account £10 I need to pay £11.50, £1.50 to paypal? For taking my money?

This is ludicrous! Anyone knows how much time it takes to top up with a debit card?

Basher · 27 Feb 2006 at 11:57

£1.50 is 13% of £11.50 not 15

Le_Petit_Lapin · 27 Feb 2006 at 12:05

and people complain about Credit Card charges.

Paypal is simply raking in the cash.

pyro · 27 Feb 2006 at 12:06

Basher said:
£1.50 is 13% of £11.50 not 15

Rite, it's all good then!

Beansprout · 27 Feb 2006 at 12:07

Don't use Skype then, use something like dialwise.co.uk, which is actually cheaper

Desmo · 27 Feb 2006 at 12:08

Basher said:
£1.50 is 13% of £11.50 not 15

But it is 15% of £10. Hence they are charging 15%.

pyro · 27 Feb 2006 at 12:10

Desmo said:
But it is 15% of £10. Hence they are charging 15%.

Shhh, he thinks he is smart

Beansprout said:
Don't use Skype then, use something like dialwise.co.uk, which is actually cheaper

Nice one!

k++ · 27 Feb 2006 at 12:15

it is however, 15% of £10

edit: too slow

Karl

Basher · 27 Feb 2006 at 13:27

Desmo said:
But it is 15% of £10. Hence they are charging 15%.

Ahh sorry misread the OP silly me. I'm sure this is not normal, I used PayPal to pay for some skype credit using my credit card and received no surcharge at all.

Wrathamon · 27 Feb 2006 at 13:47

The 15% on Skype charges is VAT, and is mentioned on the payment pages. (They are registered in Luxembourg). Hence why 10 euros of SkypeOut credit comes to 11.50 euros etc.

It is not a charge for Paypal.

pyro · 27 Feb 2006 at 13:58

So I will be paying 15% on any kind of transaction? No more skype for me I guess.

Murf · 27 Feb 2006 at 22:12

pyro said:
So I will be paying 15% on any kind of transaction? No more skype for me I guess.

You're just paying the vat. It's still works out ludicrously cheap in all fairness.

pyro · 27 Feb 2006 at 22:14

Not compared to some other companies...

fini · 27 Feb 2006 at 22:16

voipcheap for the win

fini

Al Vallario · 27 Feb 2006 at 22:18

Skype are great and all - I love their approach to business, their website is great and they've certainly helped bring VoIP to the media's attention - but there are far better, cheaper alternatives out there