Paypal gift getting people banned?

[Wymers Auction]

I saw a posting on facebook that people are being banned by paypal for using the gift option of payment when sent to the same person in a short period of time. The people mentioned were using facebook to raffle cards, but would we not be next?

[CardTarget]

You dont' get banned from paypal. They just prevent you from receiving gift money and charge a fee for all sales.

We were accepting over $10k a month in "gift" payments a month and got busted for it....

As long as you keep it under a reasonable limit I bet there won't be a problem.

[Sean1125]

keep # under 8k and MAKE sure they leave the fields blank

[Wymers Auction]

Thanks guys I think it probably had mostly to do with the fact they do not support raffles. I do not partake in the raffles. I would rather pay full price for a card than throw away money at the chance of a card.

[Leon]

I tried to send 5.2k recently and the system wouldn't let me. So, I sent 2600 as gift and 2600 as an e-check and still didn't get hit with fees. It worked. While I used to be against sending gift payments I am not anymore. It's a different product with less assurances. I have no problem with it now.