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> Paypal rejected the receipts (I forget the reason) This reminds me of when PayPal told me I needed to send them a scan of my drivers license, then rejected i

> Paypal rejected the receipts (I forget the reason) This reminds me of when PayPal told me I needed to send them a scan of my drivers license, then rejected it as fake. ??? The upside is that my account isn't allowed to hold a balance, and they transfer any funds immediately to my bank, which... I dunno that seems like my account has been improved?

thephyber 6y ago
I've tied credit cards to PayPal, but not checking/savings accounts. The company historically has had very loud users who post about all of the bad experiences of having their bank account frozen by PayPal, who then proceeds to slow step their way to investigating. Having a personal bank account frozen for 6 months isn't something I'm prepared to tolerate for a moderate amount of retail convenience, even if the probability is extremely low. Somewhat related funny: a friend of mine lived/s on "Isis Court". His Venmo transfers were always delayed/held for review for what we suspect are obvious reasons that the implementation of the State Department sanctioned persons list seems to be a substring match, ignoring that there are extremely relevant semantic differences between Isis that can show up in a street address in the USA and an employer/organization name in Western Asia.
- thelittleone 6y ago
  PayPal has frozen people's personal accounts? How does that work? Paypal fraud team contacts bank fraud team?
  - thephyber 6y ago
    I actually don't have independent verification that this is what actually happened. It's possible that the description of what happened was inaccurate. That said, there are enough posts on PayPalSucks.com to scare a person away from using PayPal without lots of redundant/protective measures.
raverbashing 6y ago
Saying your license is fake sounds to be grounds for a lawsuit
- onetimemanytime 6y ago
  and after 4 years (if you have the six-seven figure cash), you win what?

thephyber 6y ago

I've tied credit cards to PayPal, but not checking/savings accounts. The company historically has had very loud users who post about all of the bad experiences of having their bank account frozen by PayPal, who then proceeds to slow step their way to investigating. Having a personal bank account frozen for 6 months isn't something I'm prepared to tolerate for a moderate amount of retail convenience, even if the probability is extremely low. Somewhat related funny: a friend of mine lived/s on "Isis Court". His Venmo transfers were always delayed/held for review for what we suspect are obvious reasons that the implementation of the State Department sanctioned persons list seems to be a substring match, ignoring that there are extremely relevant semantic differences between Isis that can show up in a street address in the USA and an employer/organization name in Western Asia.

thelittleone 6y ago
PayPal has frozen people's personal accounts? How does that work? Paypal fraud team contacts bank fraud team?
- thephyber 6y ago
  I actually don't have independent verification that this is what actually happened. It's possible that the description of what happened was inaccurate. That said, there are enough posts on PayPalSucks.com to scare a person away from using PayPal without lots of redundant/protective measures.

raverbashing 6y ago

Saying your license is fake sounds to be grounds for a lawsuit

onetimemanytime 6y ago
and after 4 years (if you have the six-seven figure cash), you win what?