I just did this, but it tells me they cannot close the account because there's a transaction open. I bought a domain yesterday. This is with the German paypal,

I just did this, but it tells me they cannot close the account because there's a transaction open. I bought a domain yesterday. This is with the German paypal, and a German bank, which are known to be the among the most retrograde and cumbersome. Does anyone have a workaround?