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MBNA Cash Fee?

jazzy
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I carried out one transaction on last month's MBNA credit card which was a PayPal transaction and I have been charged an additional cash fee which was for a few pounds. This has never happened before. Is this a new MBNA fee? 

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  • Nasqueron
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    You would be better to ask MBNA why they charged this - was the PayPal classed as a cash payment?

    Were you paying a company via PayPal?

    Sam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness: 

    People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.

  • jazzy
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    It was a "friend and family" paypal transaction.
  • DullGreyGuy
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    jazzy said:
    It was a "friend and family" paypal transaction.
    It's been noted previously that some cards treat Friends and Family as a cash advance as it shouldn't be used for a commercial transaction and thus is cash. It does vary by card issuer though, as does the "cash like" transaction in general. 

    If its a one off then a complaint MAY get a guesture of goodwill but dont expect them to do it again in the future if you repeat it.
  • Nasqueron
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    edited 3 October 2024 at 11:20AM
    jazzy said:
    It was a "friend and family" paypal transaction.
    Basically you're paying cash from your credit card via PayPal so it's being treated as such by the provider. Use a debit card for future or even just bank transfer

    Sam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness: 

    People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.

  • Superhoopza
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    First transaction of this nature using an MBNA card is treated as a cash advance, future payments aren't (in my experience).
  • born_again
    born_again Posts: 21,735 Forumite
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    Friends & family is a cash transaction.
    It is not for making purchases.
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