PayPal non-Business Account Fees Charged on F/F Transfer

[MooseDog]

Anyone else experienced this? I have a personal, non-business PayPal account and it used to be I couldn't accept any non-Friends/Family transactions without converting to a business account.

This past month I have had two sales and two payment (the buyers said they send F/F) and both times eBay charged a fee for the transaction. Also the transaction came up differently on my Activity, showing buttons for printing a shipping label or Refund.

I assume this is new and was spelled out in one of the "we've changed our terms of service" emails I routinely delete without reading.

[Jim65]

Originally Posted by MooseDog

Anyone else experienced this? I have a personal, non-business PayPal account and it used to be I couldn't accept any non-Friends/Family transactions without converting to a business account.

This past month I have had two sales and two payment (the buyers said they send F/F) and both times eBay charged a fee for the transaction. Also the transaction came up differently on my Activity, showing buttons for printing a shipping label or Refund.

I assume this is new and was spelled out in one of the "we've changed our terms of service" emails I routinely delete without reading.

Was there evidence that it wasn't actually F&F? Like putting something in the description that might indicate it was a sale?

[rats60]

It sounds like they made a mistake on how they sent it. I can still get F&F for free. The only time there is a fee is when it is funded by a credit card and in that case the fee is paid by the sender.

[hcv123]

I just received $$ on Friday no issues no fees. Likely a sending error.

[MooseDog]

Address was included, which may have triggered something.

[danf19]

I haven't experienced what you have but I have seen another random fee coming up periodically as a fee for "cash advance" when Im paying using paypal. still cant figure out why since al else is the same.
anyone else ?
Dan

[Jim65]

Originally Posted by MooseDog

Address was included, which may have triggered something.

Its possible, it also means they could look at all your transactions much more closely.