Sending payment as gift

[chrissywilk]

hello i was wanting to send a friend some money so i pressed send as gift but then it says that i need to pay a charge or my friend needs to pay it but when he trys to pay there is no charge for either of us?

why has this happened?

[kernowlass]

There is no charge if you pay using funds from your paypal balance or via instant bank transfer.

If you fund the payment with a debit or credit card then you are charged.

[modsupremo]

Hello and greetings! I was trying to send money as gift to a realtive and a friend in the US. For some reason, my Paypal does not have that option. I am based in Riyadh and I guess that my Paypal defaults to the country. Is this a regional thing or am I missing something? I will be in need to send gifts in this coming month or so and I do hope that this option be available... Thanks and God bless!