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Old Jan 20, 2010, 9:08 am
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Originally Posted by cliff9973
For other VISA/MC/AMEX gift cards, can you just use paypal to pay a friend with a credit card? I think the fee then is just 3% + 30 cents. I haven't tried this so I don't know if it actually works but I've been thinking about doing it with some VISA giftcards I have.
If you send money to a friend thru Paypal as a non-business transaction, there is no Paypal fee: hopefully you can fund it with a giftcard, but I have never tried.
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