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I just purchased a new PayPal account...Attached is a screenshot
With this account I will be invoicing people then buying items off of eBay.

When I try to send an invoice I get this message:
"In order to Request Money, you must first confirm your email address.
For your security, PayPal asks that you confirm your email address.
Step 1. Go to your emailWe sent an email to: xxxxxxxxxx@yahoo.com. etc etc etc"

Very clear this account is not ready to use to my needs...I have already sent an email to the seller just waiting to hear back.
My questions are:
1.Anything I can do in the mean time or if i don't hear back?ie change the email address on file etc?
2.What should I look for in the future when buying an account?

I did state above what I need it for and needless to say I can't have it get limited or anything like that.
Thanks guys!
:faint:

Why not just activate the account yourself? Just click the "request new confirmation number" at the bottom of that confirm email page to send it to the registered email.

I don't have access to the email account.

You dont have access to the email account? You are asking for trouble...just add a new e-mail and make THAT one your primary...easy.

Okay,Will do. :D
Just did not know if that would look bad or not.
Thanks.

Another option for you if you are uncomfortable changing the E-Mail address in your Paypal Profile is to get in touch with whomever sold you the account and see if you can get the login information for the Email address he used to create your account, your seller should have created an E-mail account solely for use with your paypal account, either will get the job done

Got him to change the email to an address of mine.
Thanks guys.

you have to get the email fixed or its useless

Was that paypal purchased here?

You care to define what I quoted further?

I'm reading it as doing all your activity off ebay & thinking invoices will save you grief?

Exactly what are your plans?:juggle:

Make sure you operate well with it.

Did not buy it here no.
Off of eBay odd enough.
And not really I just need a PayPal account that has no limits/21 day hold.
So,I can invoice people then do a PayPal to Paxum exchange.

You could still get limits with the invoicing. Dont try to withdraw the cash too quickly.

GreenBean,I did look on here for a PayPal account for sale without a 21-day hold but,did not find one.
:/

NO ONE sells Paypal accounts, WITHOUT 21 day holds,,,EVERYONE better get used to the idea of a 21 day hold because going foward the account with the 21 Day hold on it is going to be NORMAL, and the one without the hold is going to be the EXCEPTION,,,,the same with Amazon and its "Rolling" Reserve

Paypal does not hold 21 days.
It is eBay. I once created a new Paypal and received money from my aged eb sccount, and payments were intantly.

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that is correct that the 21 day holds are for ebay items but for any other transactions paypal can essentially hold the money for review which worse.

Before 90 days after your first sale, it is indeed eBay that the holds are down to. Any eBay holds after that period are down to PayPal putting account-wide (irrespective of transaction source) holds on the account.