I cannot recieve a payment from a friend due to an error he sees: "Sorry, this reciepient can't accept personal payment." Yet, I've recieved other payments from other people this week.
Paypal is 'country specific' so advice often depends on what country you are in. As you have not added your country to your community profile or said in your post then we can't help at the moment.
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