Does anyone here use PayPal?

[ailsagirl]

Just wondered. I returned an order and received the credit on my PayPal account. I thought, since I now have a credit balance, I could transfer it to my bank. Apparently not, because though I followed the instructions, it comes back with somethng like "There’s nothing to transfer right now. Try again when you have a PayPal balance."

Does anyone know what the deal is?

[TommyT139]

1. Is it very recent?

It can take a few days to go through. They're faster at taking money than giving it.

[ailsagirl]

2. Yes, I would say so.

I'll give it a few more days.

[hlthe2b]

5. Tommy T is right. I use it still and my account once credited quickly transfers to my bank account.

[claudette]

3. I closed my

PayPal account when I learned that Thiel was the co founder. I hated it anyway. Always a problem. I don’t trust it

[hlthe2b]

6. Thiel has not been involved since 2002. Musk was likewise ousted in a sale more than two decades ago.

If you are concerned about Trump-enabling cretins STILL involved in their commercial creations, it would be Bezos and Amazon.

Love it or hate it, using PayPal limits how many places have my credit card and bank accounts. Having been victim to a hack in the past, I appreciate that fact.

VENMO, on the other hand... A horrific threat and ongoing risk.

[claudette]

7. Anything

connected to Thiel in any way is poison to me. You think he doesn’t still profit from it? I detest him and do NOT trust PayPal from experience

Most banks offer secure ways to shop online with a credit card

[hlthe2b]

9. "Anything connected..."

Whether Bezos' Amazon or any other online retailer, these cretins are invested in everything. It is foolish to think otherwise. They are getting your money regardless. And banks in general are the worst crooks and the least likely to fully back you if a problem develops. Credit Unions only, for me-- for decades now...

[ailsagirl]

18. Last summer my credit union was hacked

Never happened before, to me or to that particular credit Union. Everything is back to normal, except there are now lots of hoops I have to jump through in order to log in--which is really how it should be,

[Phentex]

13. DU accepts Paypal

just FYI

[claudette]

14. That's great

But I don’t have a PayPal account and never will

[Phentex]

15. is DU poisonous to you because of the connection?

You said anything connected

[claudette]

20. Absolutely not

I don't mean people who use it. I mean people who run it.

[eppur_se_muova]

4. Check your bank transactions as well. I've had excess funds automatically transfered w/PayPal.

That may be an option you have to select/deselect.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. I've never had a problem of getting the refund back to my bank.

It takes a few days until it shows in my bank account.

[Fla Dem]

10. Use Pay Pal ONLY for my DU membership /contributions.

[XanaDUer2]

11. Used it once

Had money stolen

[ailsagirl]

16. OMG!! Did you recover it??

[XanaDUer2]

17. Yes it was a rigamarole

And haven't gone near it in years. I don't need anyone stealing what little we have. It was creepy

[ailsagirl]

19. It really is creepy. n/t