#if the seller can't accept that they have to pay a measly couple bucks to sell multiple dozens of dollars worth of merch

[askshivanulegacy]

Anyway, @ sellers who want to get around fees by making people send money via "friends and family" on Paypal: step on Legos.

I don't know you from a hole in the wall. There is NO WAY I'm going to send you a good chunk of cash with zero protection. You're already getting paid in advance, you don't get to get off Scott-free without the buyer having some kind of safety net if you decide to swindle them. You have no word to rely on and "proof of shipping" means nothing until (if!) things arrive.

So no, "friends and family" is exactly for who it says, and you are neither.