It’s not wrong, per se just not addressing my case. When someone comes on a forum having exhausted all other avenues, it’s annoying to see the cut and paste info about general policies that don’t apply and miss the point of the post. Kind of like if someone asked me “how to I get to downtown from the beach” and I said “you can get to the mall from the grocery store this way”. It’s not wrong but it’s not what was asked or needed so it is not correct information. I had thought I’d been clear in my post that it was international and friends/family and my personal account. I’ve had a lot of trouble with the replies quoting the same information I already have access to and referenced as not answering my question. I.e does the 5% fee apply to international, personal account, friends/family payment? It happens whether my mom pays in £ or $. Each time on my end I get 5% fee deducted after the currency conversion and poor exchange rate. I don’t have a problem paying the 5% (or choosing not to use PayPal for the transaction) if it’s clear that it’s a correct fee, it’s just nowhere gives me a straight answer as to whether it is correct. And it seems everyone in the forum is as confused as me. So I was hoping someone on here would have practical experience of having send personal account friends/ family payment internationally and could vouch for whether there is a fee and maybe confirm how much it should be. I’ve only tested it with low amounts but if my mom wants to send me $500 then I really don’t know if it’s going to be even more than 5% because neither of us get to see how much the fee is when sending the payment. Which seems wrong.
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