PayPal Fees

[Aidan93]

I received money from a friend in a different country, he sent me $29.06 but when I looked at my account it said I only have 27.48. I looked and PayPal charged a $1.58 fee?? I'm not sure what this is for??

[sharpiemarker · Accepted solution]

@Aidan93 

PayPal charges fees for receiving domestic and cross border (intl) goods and services payments. That's how they make their money to operate PayPal. If you were sent a goods and services payment in error instead of a friends and family payment, you will be charged the PayPal fee. PayPal does not refund the fee, no matter if it is an error. The fee for cross border g&s payments is 4.4% + 30 cents while domestically its 2.9% + 30 cents.