Seller charging me extra for Goods and Services?

[night-mares]

I am trying to buy something from an online merchant and his email states that buying it as a Goods and Services costs more than sending it as friends. Is this allowed by PayPal?

[kernowlass]

@night-mares 

NO, if reported they would get their account suspended.

Firstly its against paypal rules to ask buyers to pay using the friends/family option as per link.

https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/useragreement-full?locale.x=en_US#accepting-payments

If you use your PayPal account to receive payments for the sale of goods or services or accept donations, you must:

• Pay any applicable fees for receiving the funds.
• Not ask your buyer to send you money using the “send money to a friend or family member.” If you do so, PayPal may remove your PayPal account’s ability to accept payments from friends or family members.
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Secondly its against paypal rules to surcharge.

https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/useragreement-full?locale.x=en_US#accepting-payments

No surcharges

You agree that you will not impose a surcharge or any other fee for accepting PayPal as a payment method. You may charge a handling fee in connection with the sale of goods or services as long as the handling fee does not operate as a surcharge and is not higher than the handling fee you charge for non-PayPal transactions.