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Friends sending me money here in the UK get this message. It seems to have started when I changed to a paypal/me account. I contacted customer service who had no answers except to say that I had an active money pool and to delete it. I didn't think so but they were insistent that was the problem. Well I checked and I don't. All the answers on the internet are to do with resetting seller tools but I can't find any of those settings on my current paypal account. Unless someone can come up with the answer all I can think to do is to try deleting my account and setting up a new one. Any ideas?
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Hello @katybee3,
Welcome to the PayPal Community! I'm sorry to hear your senders are receiving that error when trying to send you money. Normally that error means that sender is not able to send funds as Friends & Family. PayPal functionality varies from country to country. I would recommend having your friends try the transaction as Goods & Services, that should do the trick. Be advised, sending funds as Goods & Services will be accompanied by a fee.
Have a great day!
- Jon K
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Hi @katybee3,
I can imagine how frustrating this is! If your buyers and you are all in the UK, it shouldn't be a country restriction. If there also isn't currently a limitation requiring your action in the Resolution Center, this would require some investigation by a representative in order to get to the bottom of what's happening. If they're unable to find a reason for the issue, they can also look into whether or not it might be a technical issue and take steps to let our technicians know about it.
To contact customer service, please click Contact at the bottom of the PayPal website for available options, or reach out by PM on Facebook or DM on Twitter.
I hope this can be resolved quickly!
Olivia

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