Wonder Why the US Mint Dumped PayPal?

Old_Collector

"This correspondence is to inform you that PayPal will no longer be available as a payment method until further notice."

jessewvu

My guess is no cc verification and potentially prone to abuse of HH order limits. Who knows.

jessewvu

It sure made quick checkout possible though.

Rc5280

@Old_Collector said:
"This correspondence is to inform you that PayPal will no longer be available as a payment method until further notice."

Happy April 1st.

Copperindian

Impossible to know as they didn’t explain. There does seem to be the possibility the restriction may be temporary by the “until further notice”.

HATTRICK

Almost everything in life was always "subject to change" or "until further notice". Its just that now it happens far more often.

zeesh

using my CC through paypal was the only way I could get cash back rewards from mint purchases. hopefully they bring it back!

cheezhed

I got the same email

jmlanzaf

@zeesh said:
using my CC through paypal was the only way I could get cash back rewards from mint purchases. hopefully they bring it back!

Why can't you use the CC directly?

zeesh

@jmlanzaf said:

@zeesh said:
using my CC through paypal was the only way I could get cash back rewards from mint purchases. hopefully they bring it back!

Why can't you use the CC directly?

their rewards program excludes us mint purchases (elan financial) so my guess is they block the merchant code from the US Mint directly but they don't block paypal. time for a new card!

Old_Collector

I've got my CC saved on their website so checkout is fast> @Rc5280 said:

@Old_Collector said:
"This correspondence is to inform you that PayPal will no longer be available as a payment method until further notice."

Happy April 1st.

Yeah I probably should have thought that with an email from the mint that started with:

Dear Valued Customer,

Old_Collector

@zeesh said:

@jmlanzaf said:

@zeesh said:
using my CC through paypal was the only way I could get cash back rewards from mint purchases. hopefully they bring it back!

Why can't you use the CC directly?

their rewards program excludes us mint purchases (elan financial) so my guess is they block the merchant code from the US Mint directly but they don't block paypal. time for a new card!

I get the 2% cash back rewards on my CapitalOne SPARK Business VISA. And interestingly, when I refund an EBay purchase they charge it to that card and I get the 2% but all payments come to me through a bank transfer, so I make a small amount on refunds.

ProofCollection

The email did state it was temporary. I wonder if they are dealing with a lot of cancellations for this reason which I experienced several times: At Paypal, for US mint purchases I specified which payment method to use. However, when I placed an order at USMint website using Paypal, it took the funds from my bank account rather than using my CC which I was not prepared for. I hope they are fixing this.