PayPal is SUCH a pain in the ass.
A friend outside of NewEgg’s shipping area wanted to buy some kit, so they contacted me to help out. I was more than willing. Sadly, Paypal decided to fuck it up. Here’s my email to PayPal about the situation:
A friend in XX asked me to buy him some kit from NewEgg because they don’t ship out of the US. Well, he used a debit card, so you folks wanted to charge me 6% to accept $500 (except he sent me $2,700), or upgrade my account to a business account. I denied the transfer, hoping we could avoid fees by him doing a bank to PayPal transfer, then transfer that to me. Didn’t work.
So you FORCED me into accepting a business account even though I’m not a business. Then when I went to use this to buy his Newegg items (and an item for another friend too), Paypal said I needed to add a card to confirm my address (even though I already had one). I add one, it says add another, and another, etc.
I tried a PP to Bank transfer so I can buy the items with my debit card, but you’ve frozen my account. I can’t prove I’m a business, because I’m not. I can’t provide shipping info until I buy his kit. My location was confirmed with my debit card. I could confirm my new phone #, by my SSN is private info.
I will NEVER give them my social security number, it’s totally unneeded. And why should I prove I’m a business when THEY are the ones who forced me into the Business account category? I hate Paypal.
AMA had this to say,
May 19, 2009 @ 10:33 pm
I HATE paypal as well. I’ve only ever had problems with it. I become irate whenever dealing with paypal. Did you ever get a reply to your email?
I agree with you. If someone gets ahold of your SSN, you’re screwed. Identity theft? HELLOOOOO. I hope everything worked out.
-Alex Martin, a fellow PayPal hater.
Gary Fletcher had this to say,
December 21, 2009 @ 10:40 am
Paypal is ridiculous.I was concerned about a fraudulent transaction on my debit card so i got a new one.I could not get paypal to give me access to my account with my new card no matter what i tried. They send me e-mails on how i can click on a link to fix my account but i always end up with the SAME OLD BULLSHIT!!!!!!!! In my book Paypal is doing everything to deny account holders their funds so that they can use those funds for their own purposes(they do this under the guise of security!)It would,t surprise me if they asked for my dogs left hind paw print to access my account!THESE PEOPLE ARE FUCKED UP AND SERVE NO PURPOSE AT ALL BUT TO IRRITATE ME! FROM NOW ON I WILL DELETE ALL OF YOUR FUCKING E-MAILS AND HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM! FUUUUUUCK OFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!!!!
david had this to say,
July 1, 2010 @ 6:51 am
NIGHTMARE!!!! i too have been screwed over by paypal and their ridiculous requirements to have an account…every year i take a trip to alaska. The outfitter does not take credit cards, only cash. This year i invited a friend that wanted to go. He wanted to use his AMEX, so he paid me through PayPal and I fronted the cash to the outfit for he and I both. I have over $6k of money stuck in Paypal (frozen) MY MONEY!!! and they’ve made me literally jump through hoops like a monkey to change my account from limited status so I can get my money. This is just a bunch of crap. Next time I’ll just use Western Union or something. NEVER AGAIN!!! There has to be another product out there better than PayPal.. absolute garbage