When sending payments, can the sender see what the fee for the receiver is?

[euroq]

Hi.  When I send a payment through PayPal, I am not charged any fees.  However, the receiver has asked me to add 3% to pay for his payment fees.  When I complete the transaction, it does not list any fees and says the full amount was sent.

I believe that the receiver does have to pay a 3% payment fee, but I don't know what it is.  It's not that I don't trust the receiver or feel like I am being cheated, but I would feel more comfortable knowing exactly how much money the receiver actually receives.  Is there a way to know this?

[chosun79]

There's a 3% fee for transfering money from paypal to your bank account ..

Needless to say I'm going to stop using paypal!!!!

[profdata]

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@chosun79 wrote:

There's a 3% fee for transfering money from paypal to your bank account ..

Needless to say I'm going to stop using paypal!!!!

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There is no fee to transfer funds to your bank account.

[profdata]

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@euroq wrote:

Hi.  When I send a payment through PayPal, I am not charged any fees.  However, the receiver has asked me to add 3% to pay for his payment fees.  When I complete the transaction, it does not list any fees and says the full amount was sent.

I believe that the receiver does have to pay a 3% payment fee, but I don't know what it is.  It's not that I don't trust the receiver or feel like I am being cheated, but I would feel more comfortable knowing exactly how much money the receiver actually receives.  Is there a way to know this?

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The standard paypal fee is 30 cents plus 2.9%. 

If this is for an ebay purchase It is against Ebay and Paypal rules for a seller to charge the buyer the Paypal fee.

If it is not for an ebay purchase all the seller does is add in the 3% to the total cost.