AMEX not accepted or surcharge

[serfty]

Does PayPal in Australia now accept Amex?

It has for about 5 years ...

... there are some threads prior to that lamenting that they did not.

 

[Moopere]

Sorry, my mistake, Telstra do accept Amex but with a fee.

Is that right? The only Telstra services I use are a bunch of pre-paid mobile phones, they get an auto charge monthly and I pay with Amex ... I'm sure there is no surcharge on that ... perhaps landlines/DSL/NBN whatever attract a CC fee?

 

[Dr Ralph]

Is that right? The only Telstra services I use are a bunch of pre-paid mobile phones, they get an auto charge monthly and I pay with Amex ... I'm sure there is no surcharge on that ... perhaps landlines/DSL/NBN whatever attract a CC fee?

Fees for Telstra listed here:

https://www.telstra.com.au/support/...ng/paying-my-bill/bill-payment-processing-fee

Note:
[h=3]Debit card and credit card fees[/h][FONT=&amp]When paying with a debit card or credit card a payment processing fee may apply. The following table sets out the applicable credit & debit card fees.
[/FONT]

Credit and Direct Debit card type	Charge for payments before 1 September 2016	Charge for payments on or after 1 September 2016
VISA, Mastercard, American Express	1% plus GST	0.30% plus GST
Diners Club	2% plus GST	1.67% plus GST

&

Payment methods
PayPal™	$0.00

 

[Moopere]

Fees for Telstra listed here:

Right. wow! Enlightening. All other things being equal, I must be paying 0.3% now, and previously 1% but its somehow all invisibly wrapped up in the monthly pre-paid charge ... certainly I have, for many many years now, only been charged the whole dollar amount of the pre-payment, whether thats $30/40/50/100 or whatever it is. I run about 6 pre paid devices and they are all like this.

I suspect the surcharge is a lot more overt for post-pay arrangements then. Luckily, I don't have any other Telstra services ... and am not likely to ever have now that I've seen the list. $2.20 for a paper bill? Who would wear that? My wife does business in China and she gets statements and bills from banks and suppliers to our address over here for nix ... we get royally done over by local business it seems.

 

[Cynicor]

Prepaid probably won't have a surcharge on Telstra, those fees are for plans/post paid services. No idea who is silly enough to pay the cv surcharge when PayPal is free, though.

 

[SOPOOR]

Prepaid probably won't have a surcharge on Telstra, those fees are for plans/post paid services. No idea who is silly enough to pay the cv surcharge when PayPal is free, though.

unfrotuantely not everyone is that savy,

I didnt know amex was linakble to amex for many years to paypal

 

[Cynicor]

It wasn't, about 5 years ago. But it was like the second coming on this site when it was suddenly available. Then removed. Then available again.

unfrotuantely not everyone is that savy,

I didnt know amex was linakble to amex for many years to paypal

 

[ChrisFlyer]

Went to renew my Post Office Box via the MyPost online portal before the March 30 due date. Australia Post would only accept Visa or MasterCard via that portal (with a big SecurePay logo underneath)... so instead I exited out without payment, went to the general PostBillPay site and manually entered the bill details. Magically AMEX, PayPal and Diners all became available. Problem solved.

 

[kyle]

Went to renew my Post Office Box via the MyPost online portal before the March 30 due date. Australia Post would only accept Visa or MasterCard via that portal (with a big SecurePay logo underneath)... so instead I exited out without payment, went to the general PostBillPay site and manually entered the bill details. Magically AMEX, PayPal and Diners all became available. Problem solved.

But you won't get 50 Velocity points.

 

[drross]

i find it very weird that some Local Champion stores/restaurants levy an AMEX surcharge higher than for other credit card providers

 

[ChrisFlyer]

Kyle: not concerned as the difference between earning 1.5 points per $1 on my AMEX and earning 0.625/$1 on a different card more than makes up for it.

 

[twiningb]

But you won't get 50 Velocity points.

Yes, this is really maddening. I've complained to Australia Post about it.

They should:
-accept their own payment engine through their billing engine
-mandate acceptance of all their supported cards through both channels

 

[Mr_Orange]

[rant mode one] Why the F, do no private health practitioners take Amex? Seriously, they must have some of the largest margins of any business yet they all, IME, only take MC and Visa. It really gives me the *&%$£!!![/rant mode off]

Ah, I feel better now .

 

[twiningb]

Medibank did a few years ago, and stopped.

I currently pay NIB with Amex. It's surcharged over a bank account, but at the same level as MasterCard and Visa, IIRC.

**edit**

Sorry, I assumed you meant insurers. If you actually meant providers, then I know some that do but certainly not all.

 

[Mr_Orange]

Medibank did a few years ago, and stopped.

I currently pay NIB with Amex. It's surcharged over a bank account, but at the same level as MasterCard and Visa, IIRC.

I wasn't referring to the private health funds. I am talking about practitioners, such as dermatologists, ear, nose & throat specialist, etc.

 

[drross]

I wasn't referring to the private health funds. I am talking about practitioners, such as dermatologists, ear, nose & throat specialist, etc.

interestingly a lot of dentists accept AMEX

 

[CaviAck]

interestingly a lot of dentists accept AMEX

I must be the 1 dentist out of 10 that don't.... (If anyone gets the reference)

 

[Chicken]

no private health practitioners take Amex?

My dentist does, and only $170 for a clean!

 

[DC3]

interestingly a lot of dentists accept AMEX

Yes, mine certainly does.

 

[Dr Ralph]

I must be the 1 dentist out of 10 that don't.... (If anyone gets the reference)

I recently changed my dentist because they stopped taking Amex.