Paypal overcharged for item sold on ebay

I sold an item on ebay for £165, paypal have deducted more than 3.4% should be £5.61 but been charged £8.31, surewly thats not correct. Everything else that I have been selling recently is correct.

 

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PayPal's payment processing fee is 2.9% plus 30p. It changed to that some time ago. 

 

However, it seems you used PayPal's micropayments for this transaction, which is 5% plus 5p. Micropayments should only be used for low value items (under £10). That's what it's intended for.

 

@triplexxx2070 

is the buyer overseas?

 

 

paypal charge more for overseas payments