How do you tell if payment was send as "Friends or family"?

[Wheresmycar]

Just wondering? How do you tell the difference between a normal payment as a payment send as "Friends or family"

Thank you!

[snowshoe]

From which perspective, the sender or the receiver.   As the sender, you choose the option.  As the receiver, they are only told that someone has sent them money.

[Wheresmycar]

If I was to get a payment from someone I mean, Would there be any way to point out how it was sent?

[PayPal_paula]

Hi Wheresmycar, 

If you receive a payment from a friend or family member or even as a gift it will show as a personal payment. When you receive a payment for something you sold, it will show as a payment received. The payment does show slightly different to help you differentiate between them.

I hope this helps and thanks for posting 

Paula 

[jaredping]

Can you be more exact on how is it slightly different ? 

[AndroidVageta]

I think I can help!

The best way to tell how money was sent is to click on the transaction and check the fees.

If you were charged no fees ($0.00) then it was sent via Gift/Family and Friends.

If the money you were sent does have fees taken out then it was NOT sent as a Gift/Family and Friends but rather as Goods and Services.

That's the best way to check.

So, to recap:

No fee's taken out = Gift

Fee's taken out = Not Gift

Hope this helps!

[Anssi]

AndroidVageta: That's wrong. There are fees even for gifts if the payment is from another country.

[Christine37]

Actually if you have your bank account linked and send friends and family you are not charged a fee.  You are only charged a fee if using a linked card. 

[Keneuren]

That's not true. I only have my account linked and every transaction has had a fee. Even though not one thing has been bought or sold. I am sick of PP stealing from me.

[440ydsHurdles]

How can I tell if a paypal payment was "as a gift"