today i bought usd200 from a seller in lowyat forum here
but i was charged a fee of usd7.10 by paypal upon receiving the payment.

this wasn't the first time i bought paypal fund, I have a personal verified acc and i wasn't charged a single cent for my past 8 transactions.

i check the paypal website, it does state for personal transfer, there is no fee if fund from paypal balance or bank acc.
except a fee will be charged if from debit card or paypal credit.

any idea? where to find the detailed term on paypal website? it is hard to navigate

NOTE: just realized the charge is 3.4% + USD0.3 ; anyone know what is this fee for?

This post has been edited by citrus887: Jun 9 2009, 01:47 PM

okay, i asked the seller, he said is probably due to my personal account, got limitation like 5 times free payment receive.
but i don't think so, and that isn't stated in paypal website.

btw, my past experience with paypal customer support thru help center/email is bad.
still, have go to go thru paypal cs if cannot resolve with the seller.

p/s: anyone know about the 3.4% + USD0.3 charge?

@y_owez:
mine is verified personal acc with PB debit card.
btw, this issue is nothing to do with the card.

now i know what is the charge about, pls refer to below attached image



Conclusion:
Paypal has imposed some sort of receive limits (total amount/no. of transactions), which i am yet to find out from paypal website.


p/s: waiting reply from paypal cs.

the problem is mine just personal account
not premier/business/merchant acc


will update here if got reply from paypal

mind showing the url? You might misunderstood the terms.

by the way, the paypal cs replied me 2 days after my inquiry.
Basically, paypal was upgrading their system few days ago, and they were adding a new feature "Personal Transfer"


Under "Send Money", you can choose either the payment is for "Purchase" or "Personal"

So, mystery solved. The payment was sent to me when Paypal had this new system in their backend. But obviously they haven't update the send options in the paypal frontend. Thus Paypal assumed it was for purchase payment and incurred the 3.4% + 0.3 USD charges.

For those using personal account and kena the charges when receiving fund.
Please contact the sender and refund the amount u received.
And ask the sender to send with "personal transfer" option.