Sending Funds Through Paypal As A Gift

[jiveSEVEN]

So has anyone done this before? I should have thought twice about it, but there is no way to dispute if funds are sent as a gift right?

 

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[Oakleynerd]

if you send it as gift than you have no protection . . .

 

[jiveSEVEN]

sigh...that's scary. I guess I will just cross my fingers and hope for the best.

 

[Oakleynerd]

it's an option to send money to people you know . . .
that's why you doesn't need the protection at all.

i'm crossing my fingers as well dude!

 

[doowutchyalike]

Yeah, I have a buddy I send funds to as a gift all the time. He doesn't get charged any fees either, that's one upside to it.

 

[jk-27]

If you know and trust the person then sending money as a gift isn't a problem. If you don't know them you could come unstuck.

 

[thatoakleyguy]

I do it all the time on another forum I'm on, as long as they have substantial feedback.

I'll always accept payments as gifts though. No risk on my side

 

[Zax]

I've done it twice through here without any problems. The other time with Eyespy, I just covered that percentage that paypal takes. Best of luck!

 

[Batwolf]

I would only do it with people I know well, but be warned that if you use PayPal a lot like I do, they will contact you and threaten to suspend your account if you don't cease receiving and sending gift payments. I now just ask buyers to add 3% when sending me payment.

 

[thatoakleyguy]

@batwolf - I haven't had that contact yet. I've probably sent/received over 3000 in the last year via gifting. I did however get an email that said they would be freezing any funds received via ebay for 21 days. Apparently a new policy or something...