Social Security SS# EIN - will PayPal learn details of whose SS# / EIN it is? YES.

[anotherebayhater]

ok well I had mt PP acct limited about a month ago. I dont want to leave 300 dollars sitting in it especially since holidays are comming and we all need $$ or most of us do except the guy who has to move 100K you can move it this way if you want, anyway, i decided to try and see what would happen if you entered in your real SS number and I got a message like an error message that my number was already associated with a personal and a business acct. and i couldnt input that number. so modee said he knew a work around and now i think hes going to tell us. he wanted me to share with you so he could helpus all benifit from my pain.....

[Modee]

You are allowed only one premier or business account. If you already have one of those, AND a personal then there is no work around this.

But if you are trying to add a second business account and you already have a premier one, you can phone PP and ask them to downrate the premier to personal, THEN add the business.

But - bottom line - one social can correspond to no more than two PP accounts, period.

[Jack]

Hence the advantage to not giving your SS#

[Modee]

At the point that your account is limited and a social is requested, you can provide or just leave the account frozen.

[Jack]

True, but that's if. "If" you stay under the radar and "if" the account doesn't get into trouble, you can exist for a long time with multiples. But we've already been there as I recall.

But as long as we're in the "if" territory, what is likely to happen if you change your bank information at paypal just before (matter of hours anyway) you initiate a transfer to your bank account--in this case savings? Do you expect no problems with that or do you tend to stay away from same day changes-transfers? Can you track back to a time when you were limited that might be related to such a change?

[Modee]

If you can confirm the bank account instantly and the transfer amount is not enormous, it should fly.

But what I found was that PP would limit the account and then ask for a copy of the bank statement even on some account that had been confirmed for months. They would do this, obviously, to establish that the account holder name is the same as that on the PP account.

Listen, the general rule about PP is:
1) Create it only under the name of someone whose SS # you have, and whose permission you have - i.e. YOURSELF, a relative, an employee, but all on the up and up
2) Everything else requested you can provide if you have the connections or know how.

If you skimp on rule #1 you will pay dearly eventually.

[Jack]

Modee, please define "enormous" We're looking at about 3 payments, totaling about $3000, to be transferred within the span of 48 hours. I could try all at once but thought better of it, especially since one account is still under the $500 to be upgraded...the first tranfer will likely be something under $500 and then on from there.

Would I likely have better luck with this over a weekend rather than weekday or does that not seem to matter?

[Modee]

A few grand will not result in PP's asking for a copy of your bank statement, but if this is the first time you have withdrawn that amount it might limit the account IF the source (the PP sale that brought it in) for the funds is very recent AND the source is for some sort of item you have not sold recently.

Example: You have been selling $50. $60. pieces of collectible quartz. You've never pulled more than a few hundred from your account. And the account is somewhat new. Then all a sudden you sell a $3000. oil painting and the cash comes in. You try to withdraw the whole three grand plus whatever else is in the account.

Bam! limited until you provide social, maybe delivery confirmation on the painting, etc. etc.

[Jack]

Hmm... In that case, would you have a suggestion on a better way maybe to distribute the cash? Maybe sending some temporarily to another account? Making the withdrawals as partials rather than the whole thing at once? (remember I already planned on sending out the first $500 separately before upgrading the account). Might this be looked on as less of a potential hazard than a grand at a time for instance?

And assuming this is all automatic, I guess that doing this over a weekend--example holiday weekend for instance--wouldn't matter in the least over the regular work week??

[anotherebayhater]

only thing that stinks is that every time you send your own money to another of youe own accounts you loose more money to ebay.

[DogFacedBoy]

I guess this is why I plan on setting up a bunch of PPs and never letting the amount get above $500 and moving it regularily to my verified for withdrawal.

Quick ? If you do a DBA and set up a PP could you get their debit card sent to the DBA's PO box?

[yoko07]

yep that's right, with the threat of being suspended imminent and the newly threat of having pp accounts limited (eww), I just send all the money I make to my verified primary PP account. Might lose $5-$15 here and there but, it's worth it. Never log on to that one without a brand new IP either.

[DogFacedBoy]

Originally Posted by yoko07

yep that's right, with the threat of being suspended imminent and the newly threat of having pp accounts limited (eww), I just send all the money I make to my verified primary PP account. Might lose $5-$15 here and there but, it's worth it. Never log on to that one without a brand new IP either.

You can PM the answer if you'd prefer, but how many PPs do you funnel into the verified account and what $ amount are we talking about?

I don't want to jeopardize the one that I have that has been verified and up and running for years.

[yoko07]

About $50 a transaction, send it right to the primary. Explained more in detail in PM.

[anotherebayhater]

yoko you should really check out google

[DogFacedBoy]

Do you mean check out Google Checkout?

[yoko07]

lol I know imma sound stupid for this but...google has an auction site? @_@ all I know about google is google checkout...and i'm not even sure about that lol.

[DogFacedBoy]

I think he means using GCO for accepting payment vs PP

[yoko07]

oh, I didn't even know ebay allowed that. But the problem is PP has a monopoly on most users. I guess if the buyer was willing to use GC without whining or questions I would think about it. Is GC just like PP?