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pay pal send money as friends and family?

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Seller asked to send money through pay pal as friends and family not goods and services? Anyone have experience with this. Pros cons...etc

Matthew
 
As far as I'm concerned, you are stealing from Paypal if you make a gift payment (friends and family) and it is not actually a gift. Paypal makes their money and pays their employees by those fees, so such actions are not victimless.
Also, you put yourself at risk if you do so and something goes wrong with the transaction, because such transfers are not subject to Paypal Buyer Protection (You cannot open a case in Paypal against the other party if, for instance, they do not send you anything).
 
Got ya. That was what I was thinking. Havent bought off Fauna classifieds in a long time...so I was just curious.

Thanks, Matthew
 
I replied that I would prefer to send to money as goods and services. Seller was ok with it so shouldn't be a problem. Thank you all for your responses!

Matthew
 
Also they get a small fee i believe, so they probably wanted to avoid that. But i think that comes with the responsibilities of being a breeder and selling
 
I'm curious. I send money to a friend of mine on a regular basis as friends and family and it always charges me on my end. I would never use it to but something as it gives up any recourse you may have had. I'm just not sure about it being stealing from PayPal as they always get their money when I deal with them.
 
Samuel, are you sending the money from your bank account or balance?
I send money to my sons from time to time, I am never charged a fee.
 
I will not send money friends and family, if it is a big deal I will just pay the 3% on top of what I'm sending. I have asked one person to send me money friends and family, I was not in a good situation and couldn't risk it. I payed the fees to PayPal associated with that transaction. I choose to use PayPal and don't mind paying for it.
 
The fees are the sellers responsibility. If they want payment, they need to eat the cost associated with that payment method. It's no different than going into a grocery store and using a credit card and having the credit card fees added to the price.
The seller needs to figure in the fees, cost of packaging, etc when pricing an animal.
Any seller who violates the TOS of Paypal by asking for the fee to be added or asking for payment to be sent as a gift, should be avoided.
 
I never ask one of my customers to send me money through "friends and family" but i have had 2 customers do it before out of their balance that didnt cost them or me a fee. I never asked them to they just did it. I have a regualar customer that pays that way every time now.
 
I did have to ask for a refund on that deal as there were shipping issues...It got resolved so no hard feelings. Since then I have had more and more transactions where people ask for money to be sent as friends and family. It seems to me that if you accept paypal for the sale of goods then you should be willing to accept paypals terms and charges. If a business accepts credit cards they also have to pay a fee for doing so...this is no different.

IMO

Matthew
 
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