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ailsagirl

(23,935 posts)
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 01:48 AM Wednesday

Does anyone here use PayPal?

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?

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Does anyone here use PayPal? (Original Post) ailsagirl Wednesday OP
Is it very recent? TommyT139 Wednesday #1
Yes, I would say so. ailsagirl Wednesday #2
Tommy T is right. I use it still and my account once credited quickly transfers to my bank account. hlthe2b Wednesday #5
I closed my claudette Wednesday #3
Thiel has not been involved since 2002. Musk was likewise ousted in a sale more than two decades ago. hlthe2b Wednesday #6
Anything claudette Wednesday #7
"Anything connected..." hlthe2b Wednesday #9
Last summer my credit union was hacked ailsagirl Wednesday #18
DU accepts Paypal Phentex Wednesday #13
That's great claudette Wednesday #14
is DU poisonous to you because of the connection? Phentex Wednesday #15
Absolutely not claudette Wednesday #20
Check your bank transactions as well. I've had excess funds automatically transfered w/PayPal. eppur_se_muova Wednesday #4
I've never had a problem of getting the refund back to my bank. sinkingfeeling Wednesday #8
Use Pay Pal ONLY for my DU membership /contributions. Fla Dem Wednesday #10
Used it once XanaDUer2 Wednesday #11
OMG!! Did you recover it?? ailsagirl Wednesday #16
Yes it was a rigamarole XanaDUer2 Wednesday #17
It really is creepy. n/t ailsagirl Wednesday #19
Message auto-removed Name removed Wednesday #12

TommyT139

(799 posts)
1. Is it very recent?
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 01:51 AM
Wednesday

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

hlthe2b

(107,226 posts)
5. Tommy T is right. I use it still and my account once credited quickly transfers to my bank account.
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 05:56 AM
Wednesday

claudette

(4,777 posts)
3. I closed my
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 02:14 AM
Wednesday

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

hlthe2b

(107,226 posts)
6. Thiel has not been involved since 2002. Musk was likewise ousted in a sale more than two decades ago.
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 06:01 AM
Wednesday

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

(4,777 posts)
7. Anything
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 07:41 AM
Wednesday

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

(107,226 posts)
9. "Anything connected..."
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 09:05 AM
Wednesday

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

(23,935 posts)
18. Last summer my credit union was hacked
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 03:05 PM
Wednesday

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,

eppur_se_muova

(37,885 posts)
4. Check your bank transactions as well. I've had excess funds automatically transfered w/PayPal.
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 02:23 AM
Wednesday

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

sinkingfeeling

(53,426 posts)
8. I've never had a problem of getting the refund back to my bank.
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 08:25 AM
Wednesday

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

XanaDUer2

(14,831 posts)
17. Yes it was a rigamarole
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 03:03 PM
Wednesday

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

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