I'd like to clarify the fees charged on international payments. Someone in the Czech Republic sent me US$50, and PayPal's fees took it down to US$47.75, working out to a total fee amount of 4.5%. By my understanding of PayPal's fee structure, I should be charged a $0.30 flat fee plus 1.0% for a cross-border transaction, so the fee was a lot more than I was expecting. This is a transfer between individuals, or at least it should be. I will ask him if he used the "Personal" type instead of "Purchase", but for now I'll assume it was a Personal transaction. How should my contact send me money so we are both charged a minimum of fees? Additional information: The email address I use ends in .es even though I am in the US; would that affect anything?
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