"provide invoices/proof of ssn/business information"

blockhead · #1 08-17-2014

business acct, limited for "some atypical account activity."

invoices of... the merch i sold to my pp buyers? wondering what that means

"business information" is this where EIN type stuff falls into?

and lastly "proof of ssn" are they guaranteed to check the ssn against a credit report?

thanks

JamesNorth101 · #2 08-17-2014

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invoices of... the merch i sold to my pp buyers? wondering what that means

They want invoices from your suppliers.

If you bought say 100 red kettles and sold them via EB to people who paid via PP, PP want to see the invoice for the 100 red kettles.

blockhead · #3 08-17-2014

Yep that's what i thought. Even though the stuff I'm selling is stuff that doesn't involve invoices. PP is dumb.

jeffweico · #4 08-17-2014

Are you selling digital items or sending PayPal invoices for a service? That could be considered atypical activity on a new account. It could also be an IP address not being in the same general geographic location as the street address, or many other things.

With the SSN, they are not GUARANTEED to run a credit report, but they CAN validate the SSN, somewhat. They can verify the year of issue and the state it was issued from. So, you could have a problem if the year of issue does not match the year of birth. State of issue is a different story, because people DO move.

Also, PayPal CAN run a credit report on you, it is stated in their TOS, which you agree to when you sign up for an account. You didn't say what your volume is, but if it is high, they MAY have tried to run a credit report on the stealth name and came up empty with the credit bureaus. Contrary to popular belief, you do NOT have to have an SSN when running a credit report. They will all try to match on name and address if an SSN is not submitted.

**SaiJin** · #5 08-17-2014

Hmm the OP is not a VIP and the thread has been moved in here, so we can't ask him questions nor can he read this.

We should suggest him joining us.

rsot · #6 08-18-2014

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Originally Posted by SaiJin

Hmm the OP is not a VIP and the thread has been moved in here, so we can't ask him questions nor can he read this.

We should suggest him joining us.

Tough for the OP but we can hope...

gonzoman · #7 08-19-2014

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Originally Posted by jeffweico

Are you selling digital items or sending PayPal invoices for a service? That could be considered atypical activity on a new account. It could also be an IP address not being in the same general geographic location as the street address, or many other things.

With the SSN, they are not GUARANTEED to run a credit report, but they CAN validate the SSN, somewhat. They can verify the year of issue and the state it was issued from. So, you could have a problem if the year of issue does not match the year of birth. State of issue is a different story, because people DO move.

Also, PayPal CAN run a credit report on you, it is stated in their TOS, which you agree to when you sign up for an account. You didn't say what your volume is, but if it is high, they MAY have tried to run a credit report on the stealth name and came up empty with the credit bureaus. Contrary to popular belief, you do NOT have to have an SSN when running a credit report. They will all try to match on name and address if an SSN is not submitted.

Unless they weren't born in the USA.