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| Joined: | Mon Mar 26th, 2012 |
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Paypal's German terms and conditions state: "In Deutschland ist ggf. unter manchen Umständen und von manchen Endgeräten nur der Empfang von persönlichen Zahlungen möglich, nicht aber das Versenden" which roughly translates to : "In Germany possibly under some circumstances and with some sort of device you can only receive personal payments but not send them." Leaving out euphemistic talk that means: You can't. Full stop. Therefore payments from Germany can only be made non-personal, where the sender can't cover the fees.
If you do want to cover the fees, you have to add the fee (for non-personal payments!) manually. Payment fee for payment in dollars from Germany to US is 3.9% plus 0.30 USD. The Math: Final price = (Price + 0.3) / (1 - 0.039) (not Price*(1 + 0.039) + 0.3 because the 3.9% are taken from the final price not from the original one). If (and only if) the payment is made in dollars then the sender pays the currency exchange fee automatically.
It took me a while to sort that out. Maybe others find it helpful too
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