Transferring money between friends in different countries

[allymackers7]

My friend lives in Ireland and I live in the UK. She is going to send me £1000 Is there any way to avoid transaction fee and / or exchange rate? A tad confused by all this Any help would be lovely Thanks

[sharpiemarker · Accepted solution]

@allymackers7 

Fees cannot be avoided where applicable, sorry. PayPal is providing you two a service.

https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/paypal-fees

https://www.paypal.com/ie/webapps/mpp/ua/useragreement-full#r017