A question about Paypal.

[Domo Arigato]

Why are you afraid to upgrade your account?

Too many nightmare stories about the craptacular way in which Paypal is run. I figure the less financial information they have, the better. And I don't do enough business through them to worry about the cash back.

[Not*Sure*]

Well the funny thing is I guess we got "grandfathered in" because we have had PayPal for so long. We got our debit cards before they required more info. But I had to give the info out anyway when I opened a website to set up automatic payments.

 

If you seriously wanted to get a premier account without giving away your primary banking info you could always open up a free savings account somewhere and use it as your official info.

 

Between my husband and I we have 6 different PayPal debit cards under different accounts. I like to keep my business seperated out. The hard part is remembering what names on the card goes with wich account so I use the card with the money on it

[Domo Arigato]

If you seriously wanted to get a premier account without giving away your primary banking info you could always open up a free savings account somewhere and use it as your official info.

 

Between my husband and I we have 6 different PayPal debit cards under different accounts. I like to keep my business seperated out. The hard part is remembering what names on the card goes with wich account so I use the card with the money on it

Thanks for your help, Not*Sure*...but I think my problems been solved.

 

I've had a bank account and a debit/credit card linked to my Paypal account for a long time. But I thought I had read somewhere on the site that Paypal required your social security number to upgrade you to a Premier account. I just logged onto my Paypal account and hit the "upgrade" link to see what it told me. It asked me if I would like to upgrade and I clicked "yes".

 

Done. It automatically upgraded me to a Premier account with no further action or information required.

Sorry for wasting everyones time.

[Forbush-Man]

If you seriously wanted to get a premier account without giving away your primary banking info you could always open up a free savings account somewhere and use it as your official info.

 

Between my husband and I we have 6 different PayPal debit cards under different accounts. I like to keep my business seperated out. The hard part is remembering what names on the card goes with wich account so I use the card with the money on it

Thanks for your help, Not*Sure*...but I think my problems been solved.

 

I've had a bank account and a debit/credit card linked to my Paypal account for a long time. But I thought I had read somewhere on the site that Paypal required your social security number to upgrade you to a Premier account. I just logged onto my Paypal account and hit the "upgrade" link to see what it told me. It asked me if I would like to upgrade and I clicked "yes".

 

Done. It automatically upgraded me to a Premier account with no further action or information required. Sorry for wasting everyones time.

 

Premier account my foot; looks like they'll take anyone.

[DrWatson]

If you seriously wanted to get a premier account without giving away your primary banking info you could always open up a free savings account somewhere and use it as your official info.

 

Between my husband and I we have 6 different PayPal debit cards under different accounts. I like to keep my business seperated out. The hard part is remembering what names on the card goes with wich account so I use the card with the money on it

Thanks for your help, Not*Sure*...but I think my problems been solved.

 

I've had a bank account and a debit/credit card linked to my Paypal account for a long time. But I thought I had read somewhere on the site that Paypal required your social security number to upgrade you to a Premier account. I just logged onto my Paypal account and hit the "upgrade" link to see what it told me. It asked me if I would like to upgrade and I clicked "yes".

 

Done. It automatically upgraded me to a Premier account with no further action or information required.

Sorry for wasting everyones time.

If you want the account downgraded, you will have to call, and I use the term loosely, customer service.

 

I strongly recommend having both a premier and personal account.

[8milemax]

I have a question, does paypal send you a w2 at the end of the year? Do you have to pay taxes if you are not a business?

[Domo Arigato]

If you seriously wanted to get a premier account without giving away your primary banking info you could always open up a free savings account somewhere and use it as your official info.

 

Between my husband and I we have 6 different PayPal debit cards under different accounts. I like to keep my business seperated out. The hard part is remembering what names on the card goes with wich account so I use the card with the money on it

Thanks for your help, Not*Sure*...but I think my problems been solved.

 

I've had a bank account and a debit/credit card linked to my Paypal account for a long time. But I thought I had read somewhere on the site that Paypal required your social security number to upgrade you to a Premier account. I just logged onto my Paypal account and hit the "upgrade" link to see what it told me. It asked me if I would like to upgrade and I clicked "yes".

 

Done. It automatically upgraded me to a Premier account with no further action or information required. Sorry for wasting everyones time.

 

Premier account my foot; looks like they'll take anyone.

No kidding. As Groucho Marx once said..."I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member."

 

Maybe I should have listened to him.

[Domo Arigato]

If you seriously wanted to get a premier account without giving away your primary banking info you could always open up a free savings account somewhere and use it as your official info.

 

Between my husband and I we have 6 different PayPal debit cards under different accounts. I like to keep my business seperated out. The hard part is remembering what names on the card goes with wich account so I use the card with the money on it

Thanks for your help, Not*Sure*...but I think my problems been solved.

 

I've had a bank account and a debit/credit card linked to my Paypal account for a long time. But I thought I had read somewhere on the site that Paypal required your social security number to upgrade you to a Premier account. I just logged onto my Paypal account and hit the "upgrade" link to see what it told me. It asked me if I would like to upgrade and I clicked "yes".

 

Done. It automatically upgraded me to a Premier account with no further action or information required.

Sorry for wasting everyones time.

If you want the account downgraded, you will have to call, and I use the term loosely, customer service.

 

I strongly recommend having both a premier and personal account.

Now you tell me.

 

Ok...so why do you recommend having both types of accounts?

[DrWatson]

Because.

[Domo Arigato]

 

I figured that might be the reason.

 

Damn! Looks like I'll have to sign up for an additional Personal Account now.

 

 

[Boozad]

Paypal suspended my account until I upgraded to a Premier Account because I'd recieved too much money in the space of a year

 

And it was nowhere near as easy as 'click here and it's done'.

[greggy]

If you seriously wanted to get a premier account without giving away your primary banking info you could always open up a free savings account somewhere and use it as your official info.

 

Between my husband and I we have 6 different PayPal debit cards under different accounts. I like to keep my business seperated out. The hard part is remembering what names on the card goes with wich account so I use the card with the money on it

Thanks for your help, Not*Sure*...but I think my problems been solved.

 

I've had a bank account and a debit/credit card linked to my Paypal account for a long time. But I thought I had read somewhere on the site that Paypal required your social security number to upgrade you to a Premier account. I just logged onto my Paypal account and hit the "upgrade" link to see what it told me. It asked me if I would like to upgrade and I clicked "yes".

 

Done. It automatically upgraded me to a Premier account with no further action or information required.

Sorry for wasting everyones time.

Dork

[Not*Sure*]

Domo if you do it you will have to use two different addresses, phone numbers and back up funding sources. If you try to make a new account with the same email or other info they will kick it back and tell you you can't do it.

 

I have so many because we like to keep things seperate. I also like to spread my Ebay sales over different accounts that way if there is a problem with one account I have other options while it's being worked out. I also sell different items under different IDs on Ebay it also gives me the luxury of using one account over another if there is an Ebay problem I am waiting to be resolved.

 

Say I have a sticky buyer who is mad because (no joke) there was a piece of hair stuck in the tape on the outside of his priorty mail box. So he files a paypal complaint that I have poor service because there was a hair in the tape. Then he threatens me to leave a neg and report me to Ebay as a bad seller over a stupid strand of hair. I try to work it out explaining when your hair is over 5 feet long yeah sometimes a strand gets stuck when I am taping up a box. Not like the tape is in his comic book bag or taped to the issue. I pleasantly refuse to offer him any refund etc.

Meanwhile I have a $800 comic I need to sell to make some quick cash.

I don't want to list it on the id the guy is threatening to neg. I don't want anything that would detract from the allure of the book. I also don't want to use my PayPal account where there is a claim open against me and part of my funds are in limbo over picky guy who hates hair.

 

So I list under one of my back up IDs block the picky so and so on all my IDs and change my paypal payment address to a "clean" account.

 

I wait until the matter with picky guy is settled until I use the other account.

 

I also use a seperate account for selling in adult catagories. It helps me to seperate adult item, comic books, toys, and the other variety of items I sell. So that if someone interested in comics doesn't have to sift through five pages of topper toys or issues of Gent to get to the books.

 

 

[slym2none]

It depends. Was the book pressed?

 

I don't think Paypal offers a dirtbag account option.

Yes.

Greggy...a little help here.

Hell yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

-slym

[nearmint]

If I have a premiere account, and I send someone payment via Paypal from a bank account balance, do they get hit with fees, or is that only when a credit card is used?

[Boozad]

If I have a premiere account, and I send someone payment via Paypal from a bank account balance, do they get hit with fees, or is that only when a credit card is used?

 

I don't think they do. My Premier account is linked to my bank and nobody has ever complained to me about fees (thumbs u