# PayPal - is there a minimum payment amount?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-is-there-a-minimum-payment-amount/159250>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 5, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-is-there-a-minimum-payment-amount/159250 "2003-03-05T15:21:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-is-there-a-minimum-payment-amount/159250/1 "2003-03-05T15:21:12Z")

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I was just looking at my PayPal account and it occurred to me that since they charge me (£0.20 + 3.4%) to receive CC payments, if somebody were to send me a payment of value less than £0.20, the transaction would net out as a charge. Is this possible?

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-is-there-a-minimum-payment-amount/159250/2 "2003-03-05T15:25:50Z")

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Why not try it yourself & see what happens? Pay yourself some money 🙂

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**Author:** ![GeekinTexas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@GeekinTexas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GeekinTexas)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-is-there-a-minimum-payment-amount/159250/3 "2017-12-02T16:16:18Z")

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What a thoroughly unhelpful response.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-is-there-a-minimum-payment-amount/159250/4 "2017-12-02T16:25:52Z")

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I have no idea why you wanted to comment on a 14 year old post by a banned poster. This is closed.