Can ANYONE Clarify the email I received from Paypal Canada today regarding an INCREASE in FEES

[nowthenandagain1]

Just received this from Paypal Canada..

https://www.paypal.com/ca/webapps/mpp/ua/upcoming-policies-full?locale.x=en_CA

Does this mean that as a seller for every cross border sale I make with an American customer I am going to have to pay the $2.99 Cross Border Fee? Or, as I am hoping, the person using Paypal has to pay the fee? If its me that has to pay then this is highway robbery and I've had it with selling on eBay once and for all. 

Just another cash grab as far as I'm concerned. 

[thestuffofchris · Accepted solution]

From my understanding of what I'm reading, the new flat fee is on "Personal Payments", which are separate from receiving payments for goods sold. It would only affect you if you are sending money to a family member/friend/colleague/etc. in another country.

According to the PayPal User Agreement:

"Personal Payment" means amounts sent between two individuals (not to or from a business) without a purchase. Examples of Personal Payments include sending a gift to a friend, or paying a friend back for your share of a lunch bill.

https://www.paypal.com/ca/webapps/mpp/ua/useragreement-full?locale.x=en_CA

[reallynicestamps]

Closes the door on merchants using personal payment to avoid fees.

I've been asked a few times to bill that way , with the customer's benefit being a demand for a lower price on their purchase.

Which I personally take as a red , or at least pink, flag for a sketchy customer.

[momcqueen]

The part about classified sales applies to Local Pickups.

The part about $2.99 applies to sending money, not buying or selling.

At least, this is as I understand it. http://community.ebay.ca/t5/Seller-Central/Paypal-Changes-User-Agreement-Canada/m-p/383057

[esclyons]

i don't believe this applies to ebay auctions, it states classified ads..

[nowthenandagain1]

I sure hope so esclyons...I sure hope so....Thanks for taking the time to comment...