Anyone use paypal?

• teamcoco

  I havent used my account for a little while and I logged in today and I got a notice saying I need to provide some additional information in order to validate my account
  
  

  Aug 5, 2012: As of April, 2012, new Federal Regulations require Money Service Businesses, such as PayPal, to verify the identity of a customer before we can provide various services or product offerings. As a result, PayPal must ensure we have collected and verified important data such as customer name, address, date of birth, and national tax ID or social security number. Because we were not able to fully confirm your identity based on your current account information, we need to request additional supporting documentation from you.

  That was copied from their site so it must be legit. Just wondering if any of you have had to do this.
  
  Kinda feels weird to have to send a copy of my license in (for photo id), provide a proof of address, or a proof of SSN.
• karen lotz

  

  Used it today and I don't think i've ever had to send anything to them. Do you have a verified bank account on your Paypal account?
• teamcoco

  Yeah I do.
• karen lotz

  

  Weird that they would need more verification than that.
• wildcats20

  

  Does the web address have http or https?
• teamcoco

  https
• wildcats20

  

  Send them an email asking what's up
• said_aouita

  

  teamcoco;1240652 wrote:I havent used my account for a little while and I logged in today and I got a notice saying I need to provide some additional information in order to validate my account
  
  
  
  That was copied from their site so it must be legit. Just wondering if any of you have had to do this.
  
  Kinda feels weird to have to send a copy of my license in (for photo id), provide a proof of address, or a proof of SSN.

  I'm betting it has to do with the 1099 tax forms. * Google "1099 paypal tax form"
  
  If you've ever used Paypal to collect money for online sales. Guessing has to do with the 1099 form.
  
  (Paypal want you to provide more info so the IRS can get their $$, if you qualify.)
• I Wear Pants

  I avoid Paypal like the plague.
• teamcoco

  I havent really used paypal for online sales.... I may have transferred some $$ to people but not for a company as to say.
  
  Has anyone else had to do this?
• Automatik

  

  I use Paypal pretty regularly and never heard of that type of authorization. I would call. Their customer service is quality.
• Enforcer

  

  I got the same message in an Email about a month ago , so I contacted paypal, They said it was a scam.
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  I Wear Pants;1240698 wrote:I avoid Paypal like the plague.

  why?
• Steel Valley Football

  I avoid plagues like Paypal.
• O-Trap

  

  I use it on an almost daily basis. I did this morning. Didn't get that message.
• I Wear Pants

  Raw Dawgin' it;1240940 wrote:why?

  Because it's an awful service and company that acts like a pseudo bank but doesn't have to follow most of the rules that a regular bank does. It's pretty common to hear of them freezing people's money and such for really arbitrary reasons.
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  I Wear Pants;1241009 wrote:Because it's an awful service and company that acts like a pseudo bank but doesn't have to follow most of the rules that a regular bank does. It's pretty common to hear of them freezing people's money and such for really arbitrary reasons.

  didn't know that - i use it all the time to pay for things, so much easier than entering my credit card info everytime i want something
• O-Trap

  

  I Wear Pants;1241009 wrote:Because it's an awful service and company that acts like a pseudo bank but doesn't have to follow most of the rules that a regular bank does. It's pretty common to hear of them freezing people's money and such for really arbitrary reasons.

  This is definitely true, but it's almost always the result of either an unusually large transaction or an unusually large number of transactions. Being in digital marketing, you can imagine that most the guys I do business with have had run-ins with them on product launches and such.
  
  Still, for day-to-day stuff, I've never once had an issue with them.
• I Wear Pants

  Raw Dawgin' it;1241010 wrote:didn't know that - i use it all the time to pay for things, so much easier than entering my credit card info everytime i want something

  I prefer Amazon or Google's service when it's an option. I'll use Paypal but not if anything else is available.
• Steel Valley Football

  Apparently, "avoiding like the plague" means still using something when it's convenient lol.
• I Wear Pants

  Steel Valley Football;1241051 wrote:Apparently, "avoiding like the plague" means still using something when it's convenient lol.

  Well I mean, we have medicine's for bubonic plague now. I'd rather not get it but if it comes down to either getting the plague or not getting an item I want off the internet then I'm definitely getting the plague.
• Steel Valley Football

  I Wear Pants;1241060 wrote:Well I mean, we have medicine's for bubonic plague now. I'd rather not get it but if it comes down to either getting the plague or not getting an item I want off the internet then I'm definitely getting the plague.

  
  Medicine's what?
• I Wear Pants

  Steel Valley Football;1241121 wrote:Medicine's what?

  Reps. I phone typed that.
• Charles

  I don't have a problem with paypal.