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General Topics => All things that have nothing to do with Turkey => Topic started by: nichola on December 22, 2013, 13:08:42 PM

Title: PayPal now charging to send money as a gift
Post by: nichola on December 22, 2013, 13:08:42 PM
PayPal now charging to send money as a gift which is extremely annoying and may be worth noting for those sending money to the 3C's and Animal Aid and also for the fundraisers that sometimes take place on the forum.

It does calculate the amount for you - for example I was going to send £46 and it would have cost just under 50p.
Title: Re: PayPal now charging to send money as a gift
Post by: Highlander on December 22, 2013, 13:50:41 PM
Forgive my ignorance but does that affect "Send Money" :(
Title: Re: PayPal now charging to send money as a gift
Post by: nichola on December 22, 2013, 14:03:07 PM
Yes John - I often used as a means of sending money to friends and family who aren't set up on my bank transfer list which is a pain (virtually impossible) to set from abroad.
Title: Re: PayPal now charging to send money as a gift
Post by: stoop on December 22, 2013, 14:11:45 PM
Not sure if this is up to date but just got it off the web.


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Title: Re: PayPal now charging to send money as a gift
Post by: Somerset Simon on December 22, 2013, 14:12:40 PM
There is an option to transfer for free but you have make a payment from your bank account to your paypal account and then pay from your paypal balance. It is straight forward if you use internet banking and the funds appear immediately in your paypal account, so you can then make the transfer. If you opt to use the "receiver pays" option, PayPal then request a payment from your bank which can take 2-3 days.
Title: Re: PayPal now charging to send money as a gift
Post by: stoop on December 22, 2013, 14:38:09 PM
I thought that's how I read it.
Title: Re: PayPal now charging to send money as a gift
Post by: Highlander on December 22, 2013, 15:46:08 PM
So to be clear - if I have sufficient balance in my paypal account to cover the amount of money I want to send, then I can send it for free.

Sorry to be thicker than normal.  :)
Title: Re: PayPal now charging to send money as a gift
Post by: Supacabby on December 22, 2013, 18:07:19 PM
Correct John.
Title: Re: PayPal now charging to send money as a gift
Post by: Highlander on December 22, 2013, 19:08:13 PM
PHEW ! thanks supacabby  :)