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    worldpease's Avatar always annoying
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    Ok, there is this Mexican site that is currently asking for donations,
    and since I do get some great 'stuff' from there, I think it is worth it to give something back, and Pay Pal seems like a good way.

    So, how expensive is it?
    cus I try searching their site and the web, and they always came up with terms like a 'fee', 'minimum fees'.
    Do they charge for only having an account?
    or do I get charged for sending & receiving money?
    and if so, can some one give some numbers, at least an educated guess?
    gees, cus I don't want to suddenly find that I don't have any money left in my bank , and without me actually buying something.

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    Paypal charges a tiny transaction fee if I remember correctly. Something like 3% of everything.

    So if you Donate $20 to a site, they charge you like 65 cents.


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    worldpease's Avatar always annoying
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    Oh !,
    well, that doesn't seem that bad at all,
    I mean, they are making all the transaction and all that stuff.

    actually, I kinda remember investigating about it,
    but that was some time ago and I don't even know why.

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    It's always free to send payments using your PayPal account. Personal accounts can receive a limited number of credit or debit card funded payments per year and are assessed a transaction fee. To view your Personal account limit, log in to your account and click the View Limits link.
    Look here also:

    https://www.paypal.com/helpcenter/ma...024&isSrch=Yes


    yo

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    Busyman™'s Avatar Use Logic Or STFU!
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    Yeah I've been thinking of using Paypal for collecting money from friends for the trips that I set up.

    Some a dem motherfuckers live to far fuh me ta be goin around collektin checks en shit.

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    I use paypal a lot for online transactions, and 3% sounds about right, though since the exchange rate for canadian to american dollars is always changing, I can't say for sure. I always thought of it as 2, since it seemed that when the dollar was at 89 cents, paypal would say I'd only get 87 or so.

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