Sure, PayPal are pretty brutal when it comes to protecting their sellers to the point of coming off like they don't give a damn but asking for payment as a gift is not a solution for a few reasons. Apart from it being a hallmark of scam sellers (which i'm certainly not saying is the case here) it also opens you up to additional risks as a seller. A buyer could purchase from you, receive the goods then cry foul to PayPal, plead ignorance and straight up link this thread to customer support at which point PP will likely still hit you up for the refund & suspend / close / freeze your account for knowingly demanding payment for goods as a gift (this happens to also be an end run around their transaction fess, something they take very seriously). Its also not a perfect solution in that whilst their buyer protection doesn't apply to gifts there are enough scammers out there who have made claims along the lines of "I sent the money to the wrong email address" and successfully gotten their money back. Lastly, whilst PP's seller protection policy is weak af if you receive payment for goods as a gift your giving up what little protections from scammers that they do offer. I would suggest tracked post so you can prove the item was delivered but PP likely wouldn't give two sh!ts and side w/ the buyer regardless so not really a solution there either.