Hello everyone, well my efforts to cut costs a little and help you all out has again been thwarted. As of this posting there will no longer be any payments accepted using the Paypal Personal Transfer "Payment Owed" option. It would appear that the sneaky little bastards at Paypal have been rummaging around in my account and afterward they sent this friendly warning which you can read below.
Dear Brian Arnone,
Thank you for using PayPal to accept money with your PayPal account. We recently changed our pricing structure so that you can receive money from friends and family for personal payments within the US for free. Personal payments are for sending a gift, splitting a lunch bill, paying your share of the living expenses, and everyday exchanges of money between friends and family.
If you receive money as a payment for a purchase or service, you will continue to incur fees.
We've noticed that some of your customers are sending you personal payments for purchases of items or services. Unfortunately, this is against our rules, and we need your help correcting it. Please don't ask or allow your customers to use personal payments to pay for their purchases.
If we continue to see such activity, we may have to disable your ability to receive free personal payments, and then you will pay fees for all money received through PayPal.
Here's how you can find more information about payment types and fees:
1. Click ""Fees"" at the bottom of any PayPal page
2. Click ""Legal Agreements"" at the bottom of any PayPal page, and then click ""PayPal User Agreement."" Sections 4 and 8 refer to receiving money and fees.
If you have any questions, concerns, or think we may have made a mistake, please contact us at P2P@paypal.com.
We value your business and appreciate your cooperation.
Sincerely,
Ken
Personal to Personal Team
PayPal
Sorry about this but from now on we will be back to the normal way of sending money with the Paypal fee included. The price has been updated on Page 1 to $168.00 shipped. If you have any questions just let me know.