ISpyForYou Wrote:
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Charging a fee for using PayPal is actually against PayPal's terms and conditions. They have a page for reporting this violation. You justcopy/paste the terminology or the URL or whatever you have and PayPal will do the rest.
You are partially right. Don't anybody rush to report an MSC. It is against PayPal's terms and conditions for a SELLER to charge the BUYER a PayPal fee when a purchase is being made. But when PayPal is used to make personal payments, such as the payment of a MSC to a shopper, the payer is allowed to charge a fee. Here's PayPal's fee statement:
"Fees are based on whether you are making a Purchase Payment or a Personal Payment.
For Purchase Payments, the recipient of the payment will always pay the fee.
For Personal Payments, the following applies:
The fee depends on the Payment Method you use.
The fee is paid by either the sender or recipient, not both.
The sender of the payment determines who pays the fee at the time the sender makes the payment.
What is the difference between a purchase payment and a personal payment? This important distinction will determine whether or not it is against the rules to charge the buyer the paypal fees. The ToS clearly state that the fees of a PURCHASE PAYMENT must be paid by the recipient, however, for a PERSONAL PAYMENT the fees can be paid by either party with the sender choosing who pays the fees."
I wish it wasn't so as I prefer PayPal to direct deposit, but I have selected direct deposit for those MSCs who charge for PayPal payments.