Paypal protection for a non Ebay purchase
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This DOES NOT concern an Ebay transaction. I have been asked to send money to someone as a 'friend' transaction, for a purchase outside of Ebay. If something goes wrong, will I be able to claim my money back?. Will my transaction be protected?
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NO.
A friends / family (or gift payment) is intended as a transfer of funds from family or friends to one another. For this reason, there is no processing fee when payment is made with bank or PayPal balance.
However as it is a gift payment, there is also no Buyer protection as no goods or services should have been exchanged.
If he was not a close mate or family member you should never use that option as it enables the seller to evade paying his paypal fees and negates your buyer protection at the same time.
You would also not be able to open a dispute apart from one citing an unauthorised transaction but that would be automatically closed as you did authorise the initial payment.
Be careful as using that option for purchasing goods is against Paypal rules and can lead to account limitation.
Advice is voluntary.
Kudos / Solution appreciated.
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