PayPal UK has created yet another layer of security for PayPal users in the UK by giving them the option to double lock their PayPal account with the SMS security key. Users who would like to use this feature will have to register their mobile number with PayPal and get it activated. Once done, each […]
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How The PayPal & Skype Divorce Affects Users
Many of us have a PayPal account. Many of us have both a PayPal and Skype account. But with the PayPal and Skype divorce (PayPal sold off Skype for US$2.75 billion recently), I read about cases, quite a few to be alarming, that PayPal users who also use Skype have been mysteriously charged for Skype […]
Hidden PayPal Fees On Personal Accounts
Back in June, 2009, a friend told me that Buy cheap Viagra online PayPal charged fees on her incoming monies through her PayPal personal account. She asked me if there has been any announcement and I told her that as far as I know, there had been none and that it was still free to […]
PayPal Global Service Outage
Earlier this morning, a friend frantically messaged me saying that she couldn’t make a payment on PayPal. Of course there is an option to pay by credit card but she is not comfortable leaving her credit card details on foreign servers. Normally, it would not be a problem but the deadline to pay for her […]
PayPal Withdrawal Limit [US$500 Daily] Still In Effect
Many people wrote in to me recently wondering if PayPal has so generously lifted the withdrawal limit of US$500 per day to our VISA card. Well, I don’t know which party set this limit but it sure is more than sufficient to me already but I do know that there are people who withdraw this […]
New PayPal Seller Protection
If you are a seller on eBay outside of the United States, you would probably be one of the sellers newly offered with PayPal Seller Protection like I am. Yes, this protection program has been extended to eBay Malaysia as well and I say it’s about time! To qualify for PayPal Seller Protection, sellers have […]
Hold On eBay & Non eBay Transactions
In my previous post, I mentioned that Buy cheap Viagra online PayPal has a 21 day hold on PayPal funds on transactions that they think are of high risk. Many people have been asking if this hold only affects monies accepted through eBay deals. Actually, it affects any transaction where they money goes through PayPal. […]