YMMV: Free $10 from PayPal for lapsed users.

Zantra

Zantra

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I received an email yesterday saying, "Hey, you haven't used us in a while. Here's $10 for your next qualifying order using PayPal." So, a free $10, that they basically get to decide what you spend it on. I tried buying something earlier using PayPal after getting this free $10. Hoping that it would work, and they took all of the money out of my bank account. It didn't even try to use the $10, or tell me that the $10 wasn't eligible for the purchase. So, YMMV on getting it to actual work. As of now, it is just sitting in my account, mocking me.
 
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anotherpoorgamer said:
Man, I haven't used Paypal since they got rid of their reload gift cards. I bet I still won't get that $10.
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According to them I hadn't used my account since 2013. Honestly, I had totally forgotten that I even had a PayPal account. The $10 states that it will automatically come out of a qualified purchase. But, I bought something for $10, and it took it all out of my bank account, so I guess PayPal gets to decide how and when the $10 is used.
 
Zantra said:
According to them I hadn't used my account since 2013. Honestly, I had totally forgotten that I even had a PayPal account. The $10 states that it will automatically come out of a qualified purchase. But, I bought something for $10, and it took it all out of my bank account, so I guess PayPal gets to decide how and when the $10 is used.
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It shows the $10 on your paypal page? Make sure you dont have your bank selected as your prefered way to be charged. Just because you choose to buy something with paypal doesnt automaticaly mean its coming from your paypal balance. I've overdrafted my bank account because of this thinking I was using my paypal balance but instead ot charged to my bank when I didnt have enough in my bank account.
 
It wouldn't even let me attempt to buy anything without my bank account attached to the PayPal account. I tried buying something with the $10 first by itself, and it demanded either debit or credit card info.
 
Zantra said:
It wouldn't even let me attempt to buy anything without my bank account attached to the PayPal account. I tried buying something with the $10 first by itself, and it demanded either debit or credit card info.
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Try this:

1) Go to your PayPal account

2) Click on the gear looking thing in the upper right corner (Settings)

3) Click on Payments

4) Scroll down to "Your preferred way to pay"

5) Make sure "Online purchases" is set to "Balance"

6) If not then just click on "Change" to select it

This should work

 
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