I don't understand why people don't just send the money as a gift on PayPal? u can't do a charge-back on gifts so why not just do that...
you can still do chargebacks regardless of gift/goods/whatever
No, you can't. Gifts are irreversible and are just that...a 'gift.'
However, Stay clear of paypal on this forum regardless of buyer or seller.
I've been scammed as the BUYER in paypal transactions. What the user does is open up a bogus or hacked paypal account and send you an invoice. You pay...then you never hear back from the seller again. You'll have to open a paypal case and wait almost 3 weeks before you get your money back.
Beware.
They are reversible... I have gotten a few charges reversed! There might not be an option for it on the website, but if you call in and tell them to reverse it, they will do it!
also a quick search on bitcointalk regarding this issue will yield a crap ton of people saying it is reversible