Paypal recommendations

MICHAELDIXON

For those of you with Paypal accounts, let me make some common sense recommendations that I DID NOT follow.
1. When you change internet service providers, change it on Paypal.
2. When your credit card information changes, the company sells the account to another bank, change it on Paypal.
3. When you close one bank account and open another, take the closed one off Paypal.
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If I would have followed those easy steps, I wouldn't be having problems today. I didn't do either of the three and did them all at once this weekend after I withdrew the majority of the funds that were in my account. Today, I tried to make a refund and they won't take the money out of my new checking account for 3-4 days. It's a minute amount of money, but it makes me look bad.
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So...do yourself a favor and update everything as it happens!

eagle7

Thanks for the excellent recommendations.

Russ

<< <i>Today, I tried to make a refund and they won't take the money out of my new checking account for 3-4 days >>



Actually, on a refund, if the money isn't in the PayPal account it's handled like an eCheck regardless of whether or not the checking account is new. In other words, the three to four days is normal.

Russ, NCNE

Dog97

I tell you what I did 1 time. I paid with PayPal and thought all was well but I didn't have that much $$ in my PP account so it took the rest of the payment from my checking account and I didn't know it. Guess what? I didn't have that much $$ in my checking account either. Bank made it good but BOOM!! $30 nsf charge from my bank. BOOM!! Another $30 nsf charge for a check that bounced because bank let PP took $$ out of my checking account.
I'm not complaining because I'm well aware that's the way it works & I'm a sloppy accountant anyway but one should be aware of what their available balance is too.

BAJJERFAN

I wasn't aware PayPal ever asked or cared who your ISP was/is. Please explain that one.

Dog97

<<<I wasn't aware PayPal ever asked or cared who your ISP was/is>>>
Apparently Dixon was using his isp email account with PayPal.

BAJJERFAN

k thanks fer splainin that Dog

Bikingnut

One thing that I found out back in January is that Paypal and ebay are not very user friendly when it comes to changing account info. After I moved, I changed my account info to reflect the new address, but when I sold some stuff on ebay, the invoices had my previous address even though I had already changed it some time before. There are hidden areas where you have to go and change the address as well. You would think that a company like ebay could have their system set up so that when you change your account info on the main page, it would also change it everywhere else.