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Activity: 10% Longevity: 6% | | Is it safe to ship to a different address than your PayPal address?
Can PayPal limit your account for sending an order to a different address than your account address?
I have a stealth PP account from the UK. I plan to buy something from an EU country, where I'm currently staying, will there be any risks?
I'll use the same UK phone number and pick it up at a locker. But even if you choose a locker delivery, you'll still need to type in an address, and when I made a test with my personal PP account, the address in the EU country showed up in the PP payment box, so they'll see the address.
Has anyone done this before?
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Activity: 10% Longevity: 6% | | Re: Is it safe to ship to a different address than your PayPal address? Quote:
Originally Posted by agent006140 It should be your seller who should care where he ships your order,he must ship to a confirmed ship to address in your paypal account
So you need to add this address as one of your ship to address.
someone may come along and shed more lite . | I forgot to mention. It's not a private person, but I'm buying from an online store.
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Activity: 10% Longevity: 6% | | Re: Is it safe to ship to a different address than your PayPal address? Quote:
Originally Posted by agent006140 Then it is up to the online store,if they care about Paypal seller protection. | I don't understand? This isn't about seller protection, but about risk of limitation.
Is my stealth paypal account at risk of getting limited buy adding an address from another country? I'll use the same name and phone number.
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Activity: 10% Longevity: 6% | | Re: Is it safe to ship to a different address than your PayPal address? Quote:
Originally Posted by agent006140 I am sorry,I dont understand what you mean by adding?
You have an UK paypal account,your local currency is GBP,YOUR ADDRESS IS UK YOU have linked an UK bank account.
I am not aware you can add another address, | You can add additional shipping addresses with a business account.
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Activity: 36% Longevity: 92% | | Re: Is it safe to ship to a different address than your PayPal address? Quote:
Originally Posted by romancelife You can add additional shipping addresses with a business account. | You should have no problem as long as you don't reuse an address from previous accounts.
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Activity: 63% Longevity: 40% | | Re: Is it safe to ship to a different address than your PayPal address? Quote:
Originally Posted by romancelife You can add additional shipping addresses with a business account. | she does not want additional shipping address,she wants to change her registered address with PAYPAL from UK to an EU country locker number !
As for shipping address,I am not sure if she can add one which is not in UK?
Does anyone know?
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Activity: 94% Longevity: 85% | | Re: Is it safe to ship to a different address than your PayPal address?
I have added different addresses for receiving things on PP but never "outside the country" addresses...
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Activity: 63% Longevity: 40% | | Re: Is it safe to ship to a different address than your PayPal address?
if she wants to change country,she could open a new account in that country and add that locker address to that new account/
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Activity: 10% Longevity: 6% | | Re: Is it safe to ship to a different address than your PayPal address? Quote:
Originally Posted by rsot I have added different addresses for receiving things on PP but never "outside the country" addresses... | I'll give it a shot.
Last edited by romancelife; 04-02-2026 at 01:49 PM.
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Activity: 63% Longevity: 40% | | Re: Is it safe to ship to a different address than your PayPal address?
She is buying from an online store,if the store does not mind,she could ask them to ignore her Paypal shipping addr and ship anywhere!
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Activity: 10% Longevity: 6% | | Re: Is it safe to ship to a different address than your PayPal address?
It actually worked. But on the payment detail the shipping address is displayed, which is not the same address or even the same country that the PP business account is based in. I hope PP doesn't see this as a red flag, or am I just being paranoid?
I tried to pay for gold on ebay last year, but without the locker option, and the paypal denied the payment. I assumed it was because of the address mismatch.
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Activity: 63% Longevity: 40% | | Re: Is it safe to ship to a different address than your PayPal address?
WHO ARE you buying the gold from?
It could be the seller ,not the address.
When your seller,you said it is an online store,received an email that they have received payment from you,it should say something like ship to this address,if the store decides to ship to a different address,it loses Paypal seller protection.
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Activity: 94% Longevity: 85% | | Re: Is it safe to ship to a different address than your PayPal address? Quote:
Originally Posted by romancelife It actually worked. But on the payment detail the shipping address is displayed, which is not the same address or even the same country that the PP business account is based in. I hope PP doesn't see this as a red flag, or am I just being paranoid? | Wait some time and hope for the best.
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Originally Posted by rsot Wait some time and hope for the best. | lol, what's that supposed to mean?
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It is not Paypal,it is the seller who should be paying attention where he is shipping to.
Paypal is just the conduit.
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Activity: 25% Longevity: 83% | | Re: Is it safe to ship to a different address than your PayPal address?
If you send many items to a different address than what's on your account then you can expect a call from Gaypal or some issues purchasing but just one here and there should be fine. They take in other factors into consideration, like whether it's a new account, how long ago you received the funds in the account etc
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Activity: 10% Longevity: 6% | | Re: Is it safe to ship to a different address than your PayPal address? Quote:
Originally Posted by sax4 If you send many items to a different address than what's on your account then you can expect a call from Gaypal or some issues purchasing but just one here and there should be fine. They take in other factors into consideration, like whether it's a new account, how long ago you received the funds in the account etc | I see, thanks for the info. This business account is a bit more than a year old. I've processed more than 10k usd without a single chargeback.
I'm just trying to figure out ways to spend my money. I can only find crypto traders who're willing to do F&F and from what I've learned you shouldn't abuse it, so I'm constantly looking for ways to maximise expenses.
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Activity: 94% Longevity: 85% | | Re: Is it safe to ship to a different address than your PayPal address? Quote:
Originally Posted by romancelife I see, thanks for the info. This business account is a bit more than a year old. I've processed more than 10k usd without a single chargeback.
I'm just trying to figure out ways to spend my money. I can only find crypto traders who're willing to do F&F and from what I've learned you shouldn't abuse it, so I'm constantly looking for ways to maximise expenses. | Solid plan - when I wrote about "only time will tell", it meant that over time, you will see if PP considers the activity a red flag - or not.
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