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Re:Stripe migrates Stripe Subscriptions users to more expens... by TAForObvReasons on Thursday November 12, 2020 @02:19PM (#25073721)
They've been chipping away at the grandfathered accounts this year.

What bothered me the most was earlier this year when they stopped refunding fees when issuing refunds. They rolled out a feature during the early days of the pandemic, and in the same week they started charging older accounts for refunds https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22371330

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Re:Stripe migrates Stripe Subscriptions users to more expens... by dawnerd on Thursday November 12, 2020 @02:36PM (#25073912)
Is there anyone left that refunds fees? Paypal stopped last year and AFAIK all of the other processors also keep the fee.
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Re:Stripe migrates Stripe Subscriptions users to more expens... by TAForObvReasons on Thursday November 12, 2020 @02:38PM (#25073935)
Amazon payments apparently does: https://pay.amazon.com/help/201212280

> If a refund takes place, you will also be refunded the following transaction fees:

> - The domestic processing fee (for example, the 2.9% fee)

> - The cross-border processing fee (for example, the 3.9% fee)

> Note that the Authorization fee and Disputed chargeback fee are non-refundable.

So it looks like Amazon Payments holds onto the 30 cents but refunds the variable part. It's obviously not zero, but for a $100 domestic charge Amazon's 30 cents is much less than the $29.30 that Stripe pockets.

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Re:Stripe migrates Stripe Subscriptions users to more expens... by thebean11 on Thursday November 12, 2020 @03:03PM (#25074197)
> $29.30

God I hope the decimal is just in the wrong place there

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Re:Stripe migrates Stripe Subscriptions users to more expens... by fphhotchips on Thursday November 12, 2020 @03:41PM (#25074689)
It is, but as they also added the extra 0, it indicates they were actually out by a factor of 10 in their math, it wasn't just a typo.
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Re:Stripe migrates Stripe Subscriptions users to more expens... by Cieplak on Thursday November 12, 2020 @03:01PM (#25074179)
> but for a $100 domestic charge Amazon's 30 cents is much less than the $29.30 that Stripe pockets

Is this true?

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Re:Stripe migrates Stripe Subscriptions users to more expens... by ceejayoz on Thursday November 12, 2020 @03:55PM (#25074864)
No, it'd be $3.20. 2.9% + $0.30/transaction.
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Re:Stripe migrates Stripe Subscriptions users to more expens... by ddispaltro on Thursday November 12, 2020 @03:01PM (#25074181)
$2.90 + $0.30, you mean?
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Re:Stripe migrates Stripe Subscriptions users to more expens... by _kyran on Thursday November 12, 2020 @05:39PM (#25076184)
Braintree only takes the $0.30 and refunds the percentage.
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