Quote Originally Posted by realreplica View Post
Honestly I don't see the reason to post on a thread where the seller asks payment as gift.
It is the duty of the buyer to be aware that the payment as gift has risks and he will not be able to open a dispute or ask for a refund from PP for a gift payment. This is stated repeatedly in many areas of the forums and if you don't read it then its your problem really.
I understand that you're only trying to look after newer members that might have not read the recommendations of the admin team but also some sellers might not see a post like that very well, perhaps instead of posting it in the open a PM to the seller recommending that he changes his payment method might work better. Not sure.

I recently bought a bracelet from a trusted member and he requested the payment to be sent as gift over PM, as I stated on the thread that started this all I will not accept any more payments as gift on my sales nor will I pay as gift to anyone no matter what their feedback is. I kindly told the seller that I would pay the 4% fees and pay it as goods instead of gift to what he agreed.
Because I think we should discourage its use, and this would be a very diplomatic way of doing so, while educating those who may have simply been unaware of the policy. Of course the seller and potential buyers can just ignore the comment, that's up to them.