How to tell if a Paypal payment was a gift or not

IXionI · Oct 17, 2016

thanks for the info
it's helpful

bomxg · Feb 2, 2017

thanks for this info

EagerToEarn · Jun 4, 2017

Thanks for the info. Really useful.I was starting out.

fmdsocial · Nov 17, 2017

Thanks for the info, this will help me a lot!

JJSerrault · Mar 12, 2018

http://forums.watchuseek.com/f2/beware-paypal-gift-chargeback-fraud-will-defraud-sellers-784828.html

Seems like there's still a problem even with paypal payment as gift. Even worse, the seller cannot provide proofs against the scam buyer if the payment is a gift. Making trades with gift payment also breaks paypal's policies so don't expect paypal to help you if this happens.

TwinWake · Sep 17, 2018

Can I recieve gift payments outside US? Also, How about sending a payment form to the email of the buyer and as Seller and should i write: "I agree this won't has chargeback in the future." for security of both?

chegueva01 · Nov 13, 2018

When it says you received payment it's not a gift. when it says you received money it's a gift. Easy peasy

Tony and Friends · Jun 3, 2021

EpicNPC said:
Once you have received payment, click on details. If the fee was $0.00, that is your first indication it was a gift. However there are other methods to send with no fees, for instance mass payment so this one indicator doesn't prove it was a gift.

To make sure it was a gift, click the "issue a refund" link.

If it was indeed a Gift, under "Refund Amount" it will say:
(Partial refunds are not available for personal payments or for transactions marked as pending)

As long as it's not a pending payment, it was a Gift. If you're able to make a Partial Refund it was NOT a gift payment.

hello, do you know its gift or not? first time i received such kind of payment

but fee is 0 from me

when it will arrive i must check by refund method?

Epic 1NPC · Jun 3, 2021

echecks can't be gifts. I'm not sure why the fee is $0. Maybe the fee will update once the echeck clears.

Tony and Friends · Jun 3, 2021

EpicNPC said:
echecks can't be gifts. I'm not sure why the fee is $0. Maybe the fee will update once the echeck clears.

i found same type of payment from last yer, and it walso was proceed without fee

Epic 1NPC · Jun 3, 2021

I checked some echecks we received in the past and they all had fees. Try sending a payment as F&F and using an eCheck. If it allows you, then that's why it has no fee. I thought eChecks could not be F&F, but I could be wrong.

iMakeLivin · Jun 3, 2021

I have received eChecks in the past but they were all direct "goods and services" payments (they weren't intended as friends & family anyway) - but I agree with EpicNPC, I don't think an eCheck can be f&f payment, and I think the fee might potentially update after the payment has been cleared.
In any case, to be honest, if I were you I wouldn't deal with $395+ single payment through a sketchy Paypal 3-5 days eCheck to begin with, I'd try to negotiate another payment method for that kind of amount. Just my two cents.

Tony and Friends · Jun 3, 2021

iMakeLivin said:
I have received eChecks in the past but they were all direct "goods and services" payments (they weren't intended as friends & family anyway) - but I agree with EpicNPC, I don't think an eCheck can be f&f payment, and I think the fee might potentially update after the payment has been cleared.
In any case, to be honest, if I were you I wouldn't deal with $395+ single payment through a sketchy Paypal 3-5 days eCheck to begin with, I'd try to negotiate another payment method for that kind of amount. Just my two cents.

that one was proceed long ago, without any fees, current one is fo 2000+ usd in single payment i will refund when it will arrive (i am sure it will be also with 0 fee)
client will pay with another method

he told he have not linked any credit cards to paypal and have 0 paypal balance, only bank acc linked
thats why even if he pick F+F option it go thru e-check

EpicSenpai · Feb 16, 2022

I prefer Wise or crypto, way more convenient and no stress about any chargebacks.

Also no crazy fees compared to greedy Paypal's nearly 6% fee for international transfer and scammy custom conversion rates.

Wunderkind · Aug 20, 2022

MrFoX said:
I prefer Wise or crypto, way more convenient and no stress about any chargebacks.

Also no crazy fees compared to greedy Paypal's nearly 6% fee for international transfer and scammy custom conversion rates.

Not to mention the silly account closures that can occur with PayPal.

NightLight7 · Aug 26, 2022

Was trying to use search option but sadly got no results so maybe someone could help me here. So my question - Im using smartphone, is there any way to check if payment was made via family and friends option or not?

Wunderkind · Aug 30, 2022

NightLight7 said:
Was trying to use search option but sadly got no results so maybe someone could help me here. So my question - Im using smartphone, is there any way to check if payment was made via family and friends option or not?

It's pretty much the same through smartphone as well. Your way of checking this, is just clicking on the receipt, either through your email or PayPal, if there are no seller fees applied on it, then it means that it was sent as a Gift. Also, as the administrator stated, if you click on the "refund payment" option on the receipt and it allows you to issue a partial refund, then it means that it was sent via Goods and Services, if it does NOT allow you to issue a partial refund, it means it was sent as a Gift.

I hope this helped!

NightLight7 · Aug 30, 2022

Wunderkind said:
It's pretty much the same through smartphone as well. Your way of checking this, is just clicking on the receipt, either through your email or PayPal, if there are no seller fees applied on it, then it means that it was sent as a Gift. Also, as the administrator stated, if you click on the "refund payment" option on the receipt and it allows you to issue a partial refund, then it means that it was sent via Goods and Services, if it does NOT allow you to issue a partial refund, it means it was sent as a Gift.

I hope this helped!

Thank you for information

maasha · Jan 6, 2023

EpicNPC said:
Once you have received payment, click on details. If the fee was $0.00, that is your first indication it was a gift. However there are other methods to send with no fees, for instance mass payment so this one indicator doesn't prove it was a gift.

To make sure it was a gift, click the "issue a refund" link.

If it was indeed a Gift, under "Refund Amount" it will say:
(Partial refunds are not available for personal payments or for transactions marked as pending)

As long as it's not a pending payment, it was a Gift. If you're able to make a Partial Refund it was NOT a gift payment.

Thanks for that details bro

Ace · Jan 6, 2023

Back then it was surely better to receive payments through PayPal f&f.
Nowadays though, there are many people who do chargeback scams by telling their credit card company that the purchase was unauthorized so be careful whenever you use paypal anyway.

Tony and Friends · Mar 29, 2023

you knew paypal prohibits game RMT now? its new to me

EpicNPC · Mar 30, 2023

I'm not surprised, but I'm not sure when the policy was changed.

How to tell if a Paypal payment was a gift or not

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