Today I made Paypal personal account (the one which is for free) and I gave them my VISA card info too. After 3 hours I deleted this account. When I checked my VISA I found out that they have taken one british pound from me. But I didn't buy enything or use this account at all. Why did they took money?
English is my second language and maybe I didn't understand something in agreement but I'm pretty sure that personal account is for free. How can they take money and for what, if I never used that account? The account existed only for 3 hours!
Please help!
2007-07-09 12:18:33 · 5 answers · asked by ASK 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
no it wasn't business or premier account.
I made just a simple Personal Account For Online Shoppers!
Oh and I'm not in US I'm in Europe!
2007-07-09 12:31:11 · update #1
They were trying to test the account to see if it was legit. If you had waited a little while longer, the money would have been credited back to your account. In the worst case it would have been returned the next business day.
By closing the account in the middle of the process you'll probably lose the £1 and be barred from opening another one as a fraud risk.
You should have read the instructions on the site and the terms of service first. It explains the process in detail.
2007-07-09 12:30:47 · answer #1 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm... I too use paypal all the time. I do not recall that happening to me in the beginning. Unless some things have changed, you might need to contact customer service and ask what happened. I recall signing up for some new accounts but they always made small deposits for me to verify... like 25 cents or 50 cents. But they were deposits not debits.
Definitely find out what happened to your money though!
Good luck!
2007-07-09 19:28:35 · answer #2 · answered by skittles8553 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please, be very careful with Paypal, they hijack customer's money so they can day-trade it and put the profit in their own pockets. So they usually use "Money on hold" or "suspicious activities" as an excuse to use their customer's money.
Please check this out, and please notice that they advertise another product. Since I don't know this product and I don't know anyone who does you should distrust it too.
Write your complaint here:
http://www.paypalwarning.com
http://www.paypalsucks.com
Former Paypal employee speaks:
http://paidpal.blogdrive.com/
Good luck and please let other's know about these obscure practices. Probably a congress person would be able to help.
Hopefuly somebody in the congress will help the people who are being affected by this monopoly.
2007-07-10 23:41:12 · answer #3 · answered by bricktop002 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They take out a little money to confirm your checking account or card. You can sen it back to your card, once it's confirmed.
2007-07-09 20:10:30 · answer #4 · answered by welcomethenight 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its not fraud they just take money away on certain accounts, maybe you didn't get the free account and got a diffrent type of account.
2007-07-09 19:27:28 · answer #5 · answered by whatever_yahoo_user 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋