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Bozzy
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Posted: 13th Nov 2007 18:38
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Hi,

Can somebody else, who doesnt have PayPal, pay money (£60) into my PayPal account, through a credit card, and if so how long will it take?

I posted here, because I dont entirely understand the website and I know I will get a quick answer (or I always have in the past)

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Bozzy

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KeithC
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Posted: 13th Nov 2007 18:46
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I've had people using CCs at my store (going through PayPal) before, it usually posts right away.

-Keith



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Bozzy
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Posted: 13th Nov 2007 18:47
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Is there a way to do it directly from the PayPal website? Or is that from the website... I'm confused

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Raven
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Posted: 13th Nov 2007 18:49
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Money going in is instant, going out is only instant to another PayPal account or using a PayPal creditcard.
Otherwise it will take 5-7 working days, unless you're account is setup specifically for merchant purposes then it's 2-5 workings days.

Atleast that's how it works for me, and I generally get paid for freelance work via PayPal as it's easiest for everyone (plus no exchange charges)

Although I'd recommend taking it out in <£50 chuncks cause they charge far more for withdrawls over that amount at one time.
I tend to take out in £50 chunks, takes longer but it's better getting that 3% rather than 8% transfer fee.

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Junkrock
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Posted: 13th Nov 2007 18:51
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Im pretty sure you can only have a credit card paid into your account with one of the higher memberships...not to sure tho.

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Hobgoblin Lord
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Posted: 13th Nov 2007 18:53
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when someone goes to pay you through paypal there are 2 options that appear, one to log into their paypal account, and one to make a payment using ccard only. I have had people pay me many times with ccard without having a paypal account.

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Bozzy
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Posted: 13th Nov 2007 18:54
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But is that over your website, or from the actual PayPal site (I want the actual PayPal site)

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KeithC
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Posted: 13th Nov 2007 19:47
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Quote: "Im pretty sure you can only have a credit card paid into your account with one of the higher memberships...not to sure tho.
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You can use the free membership (as I do) to get CC payments, you just get charged a small percent of the sale(s).

As far as withdrawing your money, you do it from the PayPal site (after you log into your account); choosing the regular option (giving PP a small percent) will get your money deposited in a few business days.

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Digital Awakening
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Posted: 13th Nov 2007 21:15
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I just want to alert people to the fact that there's a movement against Paypal because they can freeze your account without proper cause. They are not a bank so you don't have the same rights. IIRC that sums it up.

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Jeku
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Posted: 13th Nov 2007 21:37
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Yes-- if you're using Paypal, make sure to cash out as frequently as you can. If you get screwed and, say, do a credit card chargeback, Paypal will freeze your account and you'll be unable to do anything.

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Bozzy
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what is a chargeback?

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tha_rami
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Posted: 14th Nov 2007 01:17 Edited at: 14th Nov 2007 01:17
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Jeez Bozzy:

http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=us&rlz=&q=chargeback&btnG=Google+zoeken&meta=

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I love that site.

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Grandma
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Quote: "Google is your friend!"


Why do people keep saying that? Google is certainly NOT my friend.

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GatorHex
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Posted: 14th Nov 2007 03:46 Edited at: 14th Nov 2007 03:55
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PayPal sux but I not found anything better.

Yes you can take credit card payment, you might need to confirm your address/bank account first. If the buyer don't have paypal, or their paypal is empty, it will offer them a card service.

Problem is you need to make sure PayPal confirms that it is the real address of the card holder. I found about 50% of the time this wont work and PayPal says it doesn't recommend you deny the sale. But then it contradicts it's self and says to be protected from fraud you have to send only to a confirmed address and use recorded delivery to get a signature make yer mind up PayPal!

I've got problems at the mo with PayPal. I sent a game. Within 5 days, during a mail strike, the buyer raised an item not recieved dispute. I was suspicious so proved it was sent with proof of posting certificate and asked the mail service to investigate. Then buyer admitted he had it but then changed his mind to say item was damaged instead. Ebay took my money and refunded it to this bogus idiot stating that I didn't use recorded delivery.. BUT HE ADMITED IT ARRIVED stupid PayPal! It is crazy they havn't read the ebay messages for the dispute! It's probably automated. The buyer changed his ebay name recently, buys broken items from germany and also sells a lot of stuff on private auctions. So I'm assuming he's doing the buy and swap scam but will ebay/paypal listen?

PayPal have directe debit access to your bank account and I've heard stories of people having it plundered because they move their PayPal money out during a dispute!

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KeithC
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Posted: 14th Nov 2007 13:06
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My wife works in the Accounting department at our Bank. She is the one that issues the debit/check cards, so she sees these types of things all the time. We have a separate account just for PayPal; once money is received from PP, it gets moved to a different account immediately.

Paypal and EBay won't stop the abuse of sellers, until there is an alternative resource that people can move to. Companies tend to pay more attention to the bottom line, then individual customer complaints and problems.

-Keith



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Digital Awakening
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Posted: 14th Nov 2007 15:25
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KeithC:
And they don't realize that that's exactly what will make competitors come, nor how many customers they actually lose.

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Exactly; I look forward to that day.



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GatorHex
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Posted: 19th Nov 2007 10:21
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Another problem I'm having with PayPal is...

I closed my account, I killed my website, but still people are picking up the button from cached pages and ordering! It makes me look bad, and I cannot refund the people who ordered because I have no access to the account anymore! Doh!

Paypal is stupid.

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bitJericho
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Posted: 19th Nov 2007 16:52
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Quote: "I closed my account, I killed my website, but still people are picking up the button from cached pages and ordering! It makes me look bad, and I cannot refund the people who ordered because I have no access to the account anymore! Doh!"


Who orders from a cached website. I call it user error


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