posted on November 1, 2000 03:57:41 AM new
OK, PayPal has gone international. Great news!!!
I sign up, np problems.
However to send or receive money my credit card has to be verified.
Again the form is easy to fill out and I've got no problem with that.
BUT!!!!!!!!
PayPal do not have any system in place to verify a credit card that is not issued in the US.
They now send me a message saying that they will no longer recognise the credit card number I have tried repeatedly to register and I must provide them with another valid credit card.
How dopey is that?
I've got one credit card, it's valid and thats all I want.
What mental giant at PayPal came up with this one.
What it means is that international users can sign up, must register a credit card as that's the only way we can use the system, but because PayPal can't verify their card if it was issued outside of the US, none of us can use their services.
Gimme a break. This is pathetic!
posted on November 1, 2000 12:33:38 PM new
Has anyone been able to sign up with a non-US credit card?
I tried three different (Norwegian) cards, with two different financial institutions, all in good standing, with matching billing addresses, resulting in a restriced account and Paypal accusing me of "possibly" committing a fraud! I've waited 12 hours since my mail asking them to lift the restriction, and no answer yet.
posted on November 3, 2000 03:30:34 PM new
Join the Club. This has happened to me. i only have 1 credit card and I have had the same happen. So I have got a new card issued. and now it tells me it is unable to verify my card and that I should contact the
Customer services dept of my credit Card Company. It would have been easier to stick with Bidpay. At least i did get on to A very competent customer service officer who said that she would refer the problem on to their headquarters. So hopefully something happens. She did say that they had quite a lot of complaints about this problem but said it did not happen in all countries.
posted on November 3, 2000 10:03:28 PM new
Totally true. I had a bidder, and she tried paying with Paypal. She has paid me before with Billpoint, so I know her card works, but Paypal just wouldn't accept it! Stupid. And I was so excited when I heard it was going international too.
posted on November 5, 2000 06:56:32 PM new
WELL I HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN...I HAD A MASTERCARD AND TRIED PUTTING IT ON FILE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNT...I GOT LOCKED OUT ,,IT TOLD ME THAT I COULD NO LONGER USE THAT CARD ON PAYPAL...I KEPT GIVING THE WRONG ADRESS AND IT WAS THE RIGHT ONE...I CALLLED PAYPAL AND THEY TOLD ME THE CARD COULD NO LONGER BE USED IN THE PAYPAL SYSTEM FOREVER...THEN SHE TOLD ME THEY WERE GOING TO TRY TO FIX THIS SOON, BUT SHE HAD NO IDEA WHEN...SO THEN I TRIED MY VISA ...IT SAID IT WAS ALREADY IN THE SYSTEM WITH ANOTHER ACCOUNT...THIS WAS TRUE IT WAS IN MY AMERICAN ACCOUNT...CANADIAN VISA IN AN AMERICAN ACCOUNT ??? I DID IT A WHILE BACK SO DO NOT ASK HOW I DID IT ...I AM NOT EVEN SURE HOW I DID IT !!!! SO I TOOK OU THE VISA ON THE AMERICAN ACCOUNT AND TRIED TO PUT IT IN THE INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNT ...FORGET THAT DOES NOT WORK...SO ONE LAST THING I TRIED ...I HAVE AN AMERICAN ACCOUNT THAT I OPENED TWO WEEKS AGO TO BECOME VERIFIED FOR PAYPAL...THEY GAVE ME A VISA ...IT IS REALLY NOT A VISA , IT DOES HAVE THE VISA SYMPOL ON IT BUT IT WORKS MORE LIKE AN INTERECT CARD OR BANK WITH DRAW CARD .....I TRIED IT AND GUESS WHAT IT WORKED ...SO NOW I CAN TRANFER FUNS FROM MY AMERICAN PAYPAL ACCOUNT SEND IT TO MY VISA CARD ON MY INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNT ...THIS IS REALLY MY BANK CARD IN ONE DAY ...THIS IS GOING TO BE FASTER THEN SENDING FROM MY AMERICAN ACCOUNT THREW MY CHECKING ACCOUNT ELETRONICALLY ..I GUESS I LUCKED OUT !!!!
posted on November 6, 2000 09:51:35 PM new
What did anyone expect? Did you really think that Paypal would work on the international level? It can't even handle normal transactions! Of course it will have major malfunctions! It always has and always will! Until they can straighten out their everyday problems, they will never be able to handle anything new. What is the use in even trying?!? I have given up on them ever becoming an organized well run company. I only use them when my customer insist. Perhaps in the future, when they get their act together (if that will ever be possible), I will use them on a regular basis. It is a shame for them, as they are losing out quite a lot of revenue. But, meanwhile, I would rather give my money to a service that runs like a well oiled machine, rather than on that runs like a clunker that should have gone to the junk yard years ago!
posted on November 8, 2000 08:03:30 PM new
One week later and still no answer from Paypal. The silence is deafening!
Have they thrown in the towel and all quit? What a way to run a business.
Bob, Downunder but never down.
[ edited by bitsandbobs on Nov 8, 2000 08:06 PM ]
