fidgec94 Posted December 10, 2003 Report Share Posted December 10, 2003 I signed up to use paypal today cos im fed up of sending personal cheques. I signed up fine, so i went to complete an auction but it says that the amount (£20.02) is over my spend limit. According to the paypal site, my limit is zero! Do i have to do that 'Get Verified' and pay $1.95? It says that getting verified will allow unlimited spending, which seems odd cos i dont have ANY kind of a limit at the mo. What have you guys done? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratpaulguy60 Posted December 10, 2003 Report Share Posted December 10, 2003 I signed up to use paypal today cos im fed up of sending personal cheques. I signed up fine, so i went to complete an auction but it says that the amount (£20.02) is over my spend limit. According to the paypal site, my limit is zero! Do i have to do that 'Get Verified' and pay $1.95? It says that getting verified will allow unlimited spending, which seems odd cos i dont have ANY kind of a limit at the mo. What have you guys done? Chris Did you add a credit card number to the site? You have to show a major credit card for (E Bay,Pay Pal)to draw your funds from..I signed up a long time ago and it might be probable that you'll have to do that last step as a verified user..I Know I'm shown as a verified user.. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fidgec94 Posted December 10, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2003 its only $1.95 (one off payment?) so its not really a big deal.....but then no point spending money i dont need to to! I registered my debit card (Visa Delta), could it be that cos ive registered a debit card and not a credit card that i have to get verified? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexVDL Posted December 10, 2003 Report Share Posted December 10, 2003 Just pay the 1,95 to get verified. Paypal will pay you back the money. It's just to check if the credit card is valid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fidgec94 Posted December 10, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2003 ah cheers, i'll do that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bingo328 Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 To be verified your paypal account should also be linked to a bank account. You give them your bank account numbers and they will make 2 small deposits of around 20 cents each. You have to go to your bank a few days later and find the amounts of the deposits and report back to paypal. One word of advice. Set up a new bank account just for paypal and only keep in a little money for purchases. It's well worth the aggrevation of transferring money between two accounts. Paypal had a lot of trouble in the past with scams where people would get messages asking you to confirm your password in a certain amount of time or your account would be deactivated. Many people did this and got their bank accounts wiped clean and the banks weren't responsible. The emails looked exactly like the paypal sign in screen. Be sure to check the address bar anytime you enter passwords for anything involving money, it shoud start with HTTPS:/ the "S" is for secure. This hold true for anything on the internet. Also a lot of companies and ebay sellers will only ship to verified or confirmed addresses because thats the only way paypal will cover a product. Sorry about the novel but its all sound advice. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fidgec94 Posted December 12, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2003 Much appreciated Scott...theres alot of online banking fraud in the uk recently. Ppl get emails asking to confirm details, just like the Paypal thing i guess. Filthy thieving swines (shakes fist) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syxxstring Posted December 12, 2003 Report Share Posted December 12, 2003 I took my banking info away from Paypal because they would always debit my account and not my credit card like i told them too. It was quite aggrivating losing the credit card perks. Other than that I have had no problem with them. Many of my co-workers appreciate them crushing c2it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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