If you use the gift option in paypal does this effect the charges.

Or Why are people asking for this option????

no charges to the recepient if you send money as a gift

Thanks

There *are* charges if your PayPal account isn’t linked to a bank account IIRC.

and there’s no buyer protection (again, IIRC)

Fees

No protection for the sender if you send money as a gift.

Yeah, I’m very suspicious when people say “paypal gift only” it can mean “I don’t want to pay the charges” but it can also mean “I’m planning to rip you off”.

i only do gift to people whom i have either met … or know i could meet … ie people that do races etc …..

I’m not sure you’re right about no payer protection actually.

Fwiw, i won’t take paypal except as a gift and happily use it as a method to pay on here

by paying as gift you forfeit all protection … thats why there are no fees ….

hasn’t this just changed and now there are charges?

sent money to my self (dont ask) as a gift tonight and was no charges