A personal/private transaction I dont think would be considered as commercial. I think they are more concerned with ebay deals then off ebay transactions. It does clearly state under the personal are for sending payments that there is a thing to click for money owed. Thanks for pointing that out.
Greg C. --- On Sun, 6/28/09, litig8nsh...@aol.com <litig8nsh...@aol.com> wrote: > From: litig8nsh...@aol.com <litig8nsh...@aol.com> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Sellers, would you like to keep more of your > money? > To: star_wars_collec...@yahoo.com, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Date: Sunday, June 28, 2009, 12:34 AM > Good evening Folks, > > In theory this method to "beat the system" makes a > lot of sense. > > One caveat, however. It is against PayPal > policy, as of June 3, and they > threaten to sanction you if they catch you. You > can presume that they will > probably have some software running that will flag > accounts with a > significant changeover from commercial payments to > personal ones. > > Here is their position on the idea: > ""Beginning June 3, 2009 PayPal user agreement is being > amended as follows: > 1. Section 4.2 of the user agreement will read as follows: > “4.2 Receiving Payments for Commercial Transactions > and Personal > Transactions. > a. Fees depend on whether you are making a commercial > transaction or a > personal transaction. A commercial transaction involves > buying and selling > goods or services, and payments received when you > send a “request money” using > PayPal. A personal transaction involves sending money > to and receiving > money from friends and family without making a > purchase. > b. If you are selling goods or services, you may not > ask the buyer to send > you a personal payment for the purchase. If you do > so, PayPal may remove > your ability to accept personal payments.”" > > Best regards, > > Paul Martyn > Savannah > > > > > In a message dated 6/27/2009 11:48:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight > Time, > star_wars_collec...@yahoo.com > writes: > > >From what I have read and understand yes, you are > still covered. > I have tested this with a couple payments I have > made, all have worked > without the fees. > > This is more for off ebay purchases with people that > are reputable and you > (or anyone else) has bought from in the past. I know > I will be offering a > portion of what I will save to the buyers who use > this method. This way, > Its not so one sided and will benifit both parties. > As with any transaction, make sure the person is > reliable with this method > or the normal one, but for payments to guys like > Greg/Adam Hupe and others > (just as examples)- who you know are honest and > reliable, this method > would be good option to use and the seller may offer > a portion of the cost is > price reduction like I am going to do. Sure it may > just come out to a few > dollars here and there, but over time it adds up. > > Greg > > > > > > > > > > --- On Sat, 6/27/09, Mark Grossman <mar...@westnet.com> > wrote: > > > From: Mark Grossman <mar...@westnet.com> > > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Sellers, would you > like to keep more of > your money? > > To: "Greg Catterton" <star_wars_collec...@yahoo.com>, > meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > > Date: Saturday, June 27, 2009, 10:49 PM > > Yes, but does the buyer get the > > PayPal protection that is advertised on the > listing if the > > money is sent to an individual instead of to a > seller as a > > purchase? > > > > Mark Grossman > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Catterton" > <star_wars_collec...@yahoo.com> > > To: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > > Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 6:50 PM > > Subject: [meteorite-list] Sellers, would you like > to keep > > more of your money? > > > > > > > > > > I have found a nice way to "beat the > system" when it > > comes to getting money with paypal. > > > Instead of sending money with the purchase > tab, use > > the personal tab and you will not have to pay the > paypal > > fees when you recieve the money. > > > This can add up to substantial savings over > time. > > > > > > Dealers, all you need to do is ask the > person buying > > from you is for them to instead of clicking the > purchase > > tab, click the personal tab on the paypal send > money page. > > > You will pay NO FEES on the money you recieve! > > > Again, this will add up to nice savings > over time. > > > > > > Hope this will help some of you out there, > in tough > > times (and good ones) every little bit helps. > > > > > > Greg C. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > **************An Excellent Credit Score is 750. 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