I am trying to send something to a friend, and she wants to use paypal to send me money to cover the cost of mailing it to her. When I try to fill out the form for receiving money, it asks if the payment is for goods or services. It's neither....I'm just receiving money from someone, not in business. It won't let me get past that without selecting either option, then the next page says paypal will charge me a fee. I saw somewhere on paypal's site that they don't charge a fee for a personal transfer. So, how do I find where to fill out a form to receive money as a personal transfer? Thanks.
Have your friend initiate the send money process and pick the personal option. Hope this helps.
That is correct. KUDOS FOR YOU! The funds you send must be from a bank account or PayPal funds in order to not have a fee. Or you can choose to pay the credit card fee so the receiver doesn't have to pay it.
SteveHogan and liuchess - Thank you both for providing great answers!
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How do I get my fees reversed if I sent an invoice already? I had no idea that Paypal charged these kinds of fees for invoicing. The transaction was supposed to be that the payer was giving me money back.
Well you will pay a fee but if I were you I would use Money Gram as it's the least expensive (Walmart) or Western Union (Drug stores , everywhere) Paypal is owned by Ebay and they need to charge enough to make enough profits for the share holders of the common stock.
