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This prohibition prevents sellers from passing PayPal's processing costs to customers through additional charges at the point of payment.
As a user accepting PayPal payments, you are prohibited from adding any surcharge or fee to transactions because PayPal is the payment method.
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This prohibition prevents sellers from passing PayPal's processing costs to customers through additional charges at the point of payment.
As a user accepting PayPal payments, you are prohibited from adding any surcharge or fee to transactions because PayPal is the payment method.
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