----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted E. Baer" <wickedsky@sbcglobal.net> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 3:33 PM Subject: [CR]PayPal problem
>
> I am writing to ask you guys some questions regarding
> PayPal. (Yes, I wrote to PayPal....but they are not
> responding.)
>
> I have been having some strange difficulty when I pay
> for items. Instead of the payment being an "Instant
> Transfer" (like it has been for the past 5+ years,)
> PayPal is now sending "eChecks" to the sellers when I
> buy things. The eCheck requires a 3-day "clearing"
> period.
>
> So the first problem is:
>
> How or why did my PayPal start sending eChecks instead
> of Instant Transfers? (There is money in my account
> at all times.) I DON'T WANT TO SEND E-CHECKS. How do
> I change it back to "Instant Transfers?"
>
> The second problem is this:
>
> Then last night I found a guy selling an old "<C>"
> chrome steel HS; (see this item: 7164191742.) Buy it
> now was/is $34.00. I pushed "Buy it Now" and it said,
> "This seller requires immediate PayPal payment for
> this item." Then the PayPal "Log-In" window came up.
> I logged in and PayPal said I needed to update my
> credit card on file. The page looked like it was from
> PayPal. So like a fool, I entered my credit card
> number and all other info (name, address, etc.) but NO
> passwords. I pushed "next" to go to the next page and
> it said: "This card is already on file."
>
> To make a long story short, PayPal in conjunction with
> this seller would NOT let me purchase the item.
>
> You should have seen how mad I was! I was swearing at
> the computer in the middle of the night! I felt like
> one of those filthy, tattooed, losers on COPS. I took
> a few Klonopin and that put me at ease for the night.
>
> Ted Baer
> Pay-Pal, Pay-Pal.
> What cha gonna do?
> What cha gonna do when they come for you?
> Palo Alto, CA
Ted,
I had this problem (and had a buyer from me later had the same issue) and in both cases our credit card expiration dates on file had expired. Once the credit card info was reentered with a valid expiration date, my too-frequent purchases went back to instant payments rather than e-checks.
Frank Phillips
McAlester, OK