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@bartermaniac hmmm, the $ 1.18 is more like 4.4% plus the 30 cents. I know international sales are higher than US sales but not sure if that applies since you are based in the US ... was this a domestic or international sale?
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Okay, I think I solved the mystery ... PayPal announced and implimented new rates earlier this year, went in to affect March-ish. Pic below shows them. Anyway, if your sale was international the pic below supports the 4.4% I came up with plus 30 cents to get to the $ 1.18. Its funny I saw this thread because I was just reading one or a post about the different %s for different type sales. Look down in the smaller print, they show 4.4% for International sales. I also found in the PayPal Community, at least in the UK, there is a 1.18% adder for "cross boarder" sales on top of their 3.9%, but again that's the UK not here.
@bartermaniac wrote:It is a Seller Protection Florida address but it is unconfirmed. It also says "the sender of this payment is non-U.S. verified. " Both names and addresses are the same for buyer and receiver so I'm stumped.
I've never heard of te "Seller Protection Florida" term but the message that "sender of this payment is non-US Verified might lean towards an international buyer using a forwarding company here in the US ... I think both eBay & PayPal probably know the Buyer's PayPal account is registered in another country so they are technically making an international purchase just that the ship to is US. I've had a few Buyers use Forwarding services but I never bothered to check the PayPal Fee ... not much I can do about it anyway. It might be worth posting on the PayPal Community complaining that true international purchases WITH an international ship to should be charged the extra % but International Purchases with US address should NOT.
@bartermaniac wrote:The Seller Protection address in Florida is what I meant. So if I'm to understand you correctly, this is the way an International buyer can get around my "not selling outside the U.S." But Paypal goes ahead and charges me for an International sale although the item is plainly going to Florida. Wow. There's always something new for sellers to learn here.
There's always something changing, raising, policy updates...
It's defect, it's not a defect. INAD is better than out of stock, my head spins.. 
It's a miracle we can keep it straight & often it's a collective effort of sellers, sharing their knowledge right here on the boards, that save the sellers hiney! (And answer questions)
CHEERS lol
@bartermaniac wrote:The Seller Protection address in Florida is what I meant. So if I'm to understand you correctly, this is the way an International buyer can get around my "not selling outside the U.S." But Paypal goes ahead and charges me for an International sale although the item is plainly going to Florida. Wow. There's always something new for sellers to learn here.
Actually foreign Buyers use the forwarding company to accumulate a number of items before sending them overseas so save on shipping costs. The UP side for US seller is tracking only goes to the Forwarding company and you are done. If the item gest smashed, lost or stolen between Forwarder & Buyer its not your problem. eBay has no issue with Buyers doing this by the way but yes, Sellers pay a little more in fees for this arrangement. I think out of just over 1,000 sales maybe 4 or 5 were to foreign Buyers doing this.
