Question about TF2 Keys

Don't trade tf2 items via paypal. That's all the warning i can give you. If you want money, sell items in the market, not via paypal.

I guess Germany doesn't have the gift/pay fees option in Paypal.. You're not the first German I've seen who says he doesn't have the option :P

Its cheaper but riskier to buy through paypal, gifting option is not available in all countries.

You choose family/friends option, "gift" was removed like month ago. Also you should trade with trusted traders with decent ammout of reputation and no records on steamrep.com. Sourceop.com forums are option for trading TF2 keys in my opinion.

I've done the method mentioned above for tf2 keys before. It can blow back in your face if you don't do your homework however and don't find a trusted key seller.

The gifting option is not available for Germany. The only thing you can do is: add more money to compensate fees or clicking on the "gift" button on a website, if there is any.

It's also worth noting that $1.25 is substantially lower than the going rate these days (somewhere around $1.75 each, from what I've observed). At that price, I'd be extremely wary that you're either about to get scammed yourself, or the keys you're buying aren't legitimate ones (the seller may have scammed them, or used a stolen CC, or plan to chargeback the purchase with their CC company, etc).

Keys were selling for $1.30-1.40 just 1-2 months ago, but now they're usually around $1.80-1.90. If someone's selling them for $1.25, he's either don't know the market price for them or trying to scam you. Check his Steam profile, his SteamTrades profile, his SteamRep profile etc., then make up your mind if you can trust him or not.