# Why do some in BST request F&F only? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [April 23, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-do-some-in-bst-request-f-f-only/423638 "2025-04-23T17:29:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
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Lots of discussion over this topic > [@Friends and Family only.. compiling a list\>](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/friends-and-family-only-compiling-a-list/376397): > > I scroll down the Board just about every day. I’m always looking for something interesting. As often as not, what turns out to be ‘more interesting’ than the yo-yos for sale, is the increasing number of people selling yo-yos that specifically state ‘friends and family only’. I have noticed the subtle change. First it was goods and services. Then, goods and services or friends and family, g and s preferred. Then…. Friends and family preferred or buyer pays the g and s fees. Then, friends and f… > [@PayPal friends and family(again)](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/paypal-friends-and-family-again/310864): > > This has been mentioned like an ‘annual topic; I know. It I am just bringing it up again because I have noticed an ‘uptick’ in the suggested use in BST posts recently. We are obviously a community’. But that being said; most of the people on this forum are not friends. Most of us may be on friendly terms with one another. But we are not necessarily friends. Many guys know each other more by screen names than real names. And just as many have limited knowledge of the age of others or even wha… > [@Why F & F only?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-f-f-only/408618): > > Some ‘thoughts/concerns’ on this subject, come up several times a year, but the puzzlingly curiosity prevails, so here we go again…\> There was a time a few years back, when the IRS tried throwing a big wrench into the transmission by suggesting that people making over a certain amount of money on internet transactions would be subject to paying taxes on the capital they generated. ….At the time it seemed somewhat understandable. Seems they are perpetually focused on Squeezing money out of us. … > [@Friends and Family only.. compiling a list\>](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/friends-and-family-only-compiling-a-list/376397/15): > > @yoyodoc I also want to reiterate that F&F is not free, the Friend sending the money pays the fees so the Friend or Family member who is broke and needs that scratch can recieve the full amount. My speculation is that this current F&F trend over G&S won’t be substantial and F&F abusers will be reported or picked up by a data algorithm and get on the IRS radar for fraud. Especially users that have a lot of transactions. Again there is alway risk with any transaction. I wouldn’t be surprised that… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-do-some-in-bst-request-f-f-only/423638)._