Paypal send as gift option
- Thread starter vijesh
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In the US the wording has been changed to either "I'm paying for goods or services" OR "I'm sending money to family or friends".
The seller pays the fees if you use the first one. If you use the second one it tells you what your cost will be if you pay via your paypal balance, as well as if you pay using a credit or debit card. This all depends on the recipients location I believe.
The seller pays the fees if you use the first one. If you use the second one it tells you what your cost will be if you pay via your paypal balance, as well as if you pay using a credit or debit card. This all depends on the recipients location I believe.
Absolutely Not
I added something to an order already paid thru Paypal and sent the seller $45 as a gift to simply things and save them the Paypal fee. The order was already shipped and this was okay with me since Paypal already collected fees on my prior payment completed as a purchase ($486.45).
But using Paypal gift option to buy a pool cue because the seller didn't want to pay the Paypal fee or the buyer was trying to save himself money, well, that's just wrong. For that matter, what I did was also not right but in my defense, the seller didn't ask me to that and I just figured Paypal had already been adequately compensated on my purchase.
Keep in mind you have no Paypal protection if you send money as a gift payment. If the cue purchase were to go sour or you wind up with a cue that's not what you were buying, you're screwed. You can't go back to Paypal and say....."Hey, I clicked the wrong box when I sent payment. Can I still get Paypal protection?".........Duh.
You can send money thru Paypal as a gift internationally. But it is really wrong to do that, or for a seller to request that, for pool merchandise. I just bought a Lizard Case....a big one.....and I insisted to the case maker that Paypal fees be included. Originally the case maker asked for payment via Paypal as a gift. It cost me more money to handle it as a purchase because the case maker added Paypal fees to my purchase but it's the legitimate way to conduct business.
If anyone wants to try saving money, then negotiate a better price for what you've purchased beforehand. Don't try to accomplish it on the back end of the transaction by defrauding Paypal of its fees. It's just dishonest and wrong.
I am neither accusing you, nor implying, that was an underlying motive for your question about International Paypal gift payments. As I earlier wrote, you can still do that because I did it less than a week ago. And hopefully, none of the readers of my post will incorrectly infer I was condemning or criticizing you for trying to do that. For all I know, you just want to send money to a nephew as a birthday present which you can do using Paypal's gift payment option. The post was really meant for those who think they're clever when they try to scheme Paypal out of its rightful entitlement to fees on purchases......just my 3 cents (adjusted for inflation).
I added something to an order already paid thru Paypal and sent the seller $45 as a gift to simply things and save them the Paypal fee. The order was already shipped and this was okay with me since Paypal already collected fees on my prior payment completed as a purchase ($486.45).
But using Paypal gift option to buy a pool cue because the seller didn't want to pay the Paypal fee or the buyer was trying to save himself money, well, that's just wrong. For that matter, what I did was also not right but in my defense, the seller didn't ask me to that and I just figured Paypal had already been adequately compensated on my purchase.
Keep in mind you have no Paypal protection if you send money as a gift payment. If the cue purchase were to go sour or you wind up with a cue that's not what you were buying, you're screwed. You can't go back to Paypal and say....."Hey, I clicked the wrong box when I sent payment. Can I still get Paypal protection?".........Duh.
You can send money thru Paypal as a gift internationally. But it is really wrong to do that, or for a seller to request that, for pool merchandise. I just bought a Lizard Case....a big one.....and I insisted to the case maker that Paypal fees be included. Originally the case maker asked for payment via Paypal as a gift. It cost me more money to handle it as a purchase because the case maker added Paypal fees to my purchase but it's the legitimate way to conduct business.
If anyone wants to try saving money, then negotiate a better price for what you've purchased beforehand. Don't try to accomplish it on the back end of the transaction by defrauding Paypal of its fees. It's just dishonest and wrong.
I am neither accusing you, nor implying, that was an underlying motive for your question about International Paypal gift payments. As I earlier wrote, you can still do that because I did it less than a week ago. And hopefully, none of the readers of my post will incorrectly infer I was condemning or criticizing you for trying to do that. For all I know, you just want to send money to a nephew as a birthday present which you can do using Paypal's gift payment option. The post was really meant for those who think they're clever when they try to scheme Paypal out of its rightful entitlement to fees on purchases......just my 3 cents (adjusted for inflation).
