snoogly
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- Oct 14, 2007
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I guess almost everyone here has a PayPal account, and at some point it's likely they will use it to buy bike bits ... so perhaps this post isn't so off-topic after all
Today I was shocked to learn in an email from PayPal that I could only use PayPal to buy another $40 of goods, and after that my account would be frozen! Turns out that some time this year they decided you could only buy $1000 worth of goods (not per month ..... For ever!) unless you verify your account.
I had to upload scans of my alien card to PayPal, then I got an email telling me to log in and change my address so it exactly matches what's on the card. Then I had to call them to change my registered name so it exactly matches my card! Oh, and you have to call them from the same phone number tied to your PayPal account!
Finally I have to wait two weeks for them to make sure I am really me, then they will send me a postcard containing a code number. then I have to log in again and enter the number online! If I am lucky I will then be able to use PayPal again
Sorry for the rant, but this has really got my goat!
I think this only effects Japanese PayPal accounts, so some of you will probably be OK. But if you have a Japanese account, log into your account and see if there is a little link asking you to verify your account. I advise doing it before you are down to your last $40!
A relaxing afternoon has been ruined by PayPay making me go postal ...
Anyways .... Happy new year!
Today I was shocked to learn in an email from PayPal that I could only use PayPal to buy another $40 of goods, and after that my account would be frozen! Turns out that some time this year they decided you could only buy $1000 worth of goods (not per month ..... For ever!) unless you verify your account.
I had to upload scans of my alien card to PayPal, then I got an email telling me to log in and change my address so it exactly matches what's on the card. Then I had to call them to change my registered name so it exactly matches my card! Oh, and you have to call them from the same phone number tied to your PayPal account!
Finally I have to wait two weeks for them to make sure I am really me, then they will send me a postcard containing a code number. then I have to log in again and enter the number online! If I am lucky I will then be able to use PayPal again
Sorry for the rant, but this has really got my goat!
I think this only effects Japanese PayPal accounts, so some of you will probably be OK. But if you have a Japanese account, log into your account and see if there is a little link asking you to verify your account. I advise doing it before you are down to your last $40!
A relaxing afternoon has been ruined by PayPay making me go postal ...
Anyways .... Happy new year!