When sending money via PayPal...

[MikeW]

PLEASE SEND IT AS A GIFT!

Lol.

Im not trying to take money away from them but I hate having to either calculate overages so i dont get hit by the fee or having to accept less money than i planned due to the fee.

If you dont know how to send it as a gift, when you're at the "Send Money" screen and you're entering the amount, there's a tab under the AMOUNT box that you can click and "GIFT" is an option. Check that box.

Thank You.

[JoshM]

Who's this "pal" you speak of? Is he a nice enough guy to send him a gift?

[MikeW]

........

I would certainly like to think so.

[LoDollar92LX]

trouble with doing that when you are buying something from someone you dont personally know is i dont think you can file a dispute if you dont get your item(s)

[Makaveli2k]

trouble with doing that when you are buying something from someone you dont personally know is i dont think you can file a dispute if you dont get your item(s)

True, n the event something does happen, you can't dispute the claim. It's kind of like forgoing insurance.

Want to send me a gift?

=p

[GeoffM]

start, run, calc, amount * 1.03

send new amount.

Tada! And you still get insurance

[cp[mike]]

no insurance, and it does not include your shipping address.

[Ralphie]

Ya silly mike, sending it as a gift is good for donations or things like that.

When your doing bidness deals you need that insurance and also the claim status.

Can't claim shit for a gift lol.

[Joshy]

You also can't print their stamp that way. There are ways around it, but the effort alone makes you wish you hadn't gotten that measly 3%.

Especially if the transaction isn't that much.

[Gemini]

to send as a gift it has to come from a bank account or paypal balance not a debit/credit card.

[MikeW]

Boy, everyone's out to stiff ya these days, huh?

[GeoffM]

to send as a gift it has to come from a bank account or paypal balance not a debit/credit card.

Really? I've never tried but that seems like a funky rule.

[BadgerType]

I always send money as a gift on forums, but when you get scammed, you have no legs to stand on to get your money back

[Gemini]

Really? I've never tried but that seems like a funky rule.

When i was donating to Deev last month i couldnt send as a gift because i was using my debit card and i refused to add my bank account and didnt have a paypal balance so i had to send it normal so they charged the 3% fee

[The_Head]

Does paypal charge a fee now for transactions from a bank account?