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Greendot to pay fees on stealth account?
 

Hello guys I just purchased a greendot to pay my ebay fees. Do I use the stealth info to register the card and what about the social security number do i use my real number?

You should not lie on these. It should be treated as a bank account

You need to use a real social security number and your real address on file as they check to see if its real. Don't lie about any prepaid card or you could be banned from the service. Stealth is only for ebay/paypal/amazon/and other websites.

Yeah u cant not use a greendot card w/o a ssn and they check the ssn's now so it has to match the info u used to make the account. Back when greendot first launched i was able to open one under a made up ssn cause they didnt check but now they do for sure. The card fianly got shut down many months later they radmon checked i guess and caught onto it but i used the heck out of it in the meantime :D

So in other words if i wanna use greendot with a stealth account, I open the greendot with my real info and social and use it to pay me fees on ebay and this wont link me to my old suspended accounts?

You just need a Greendot Moneypak, not the Visa or MasterCard.

No info at all is needed for the moneypak, and it loads right into your pp.

Only thing is u can only load $250 max on a paypal then u will need a ssn. Only way i see u could add the card to Pp as a bank then put funds from the card to your pp then use them to pay the fee's

Yeah $250 a year before they require SSN.

OR even easier just pay your fees with a prepaid card..

Ok but i thought the idea was to not pay my fees with paypal if i add the money to paypal and pay want that be paying my fees with paypal which is not recommended by some?

@ lakeman which prepaid card?

I dont bout now but use to u could even pay by money order which to me that would be the way to go cause u can use the return address on the envople as ur stealth address and even the stealth name on the money order.

Lol my fees are due tomorrow i dont have time to mail a money order.

Any prepaid card pp accepts. Vanilla Visa is one. I use pp all the time to pay my fees. I know it's not recommended by a couple but it works fine for me.

Ive always paid mine with paypal i never new that was a bad idea lol i never had a problem with it.

Dam looks like i just need to pay with paypal i have the money in there i just didnt want them to link them like some recommended not to, they have it set up to deduct the fees automatically, should i change that. Trying to pay fees outside of paypal seems to be too much of a hassle.

i got mine to pay auto cause it sucks when u forget to pay or something happens and u dont pay then they lock your account till fees are paid then even after u pay it takes a few days to get reinstated where u can sell again

ok d boy thanks so why is there a big fuss about paying fees with paypal?

First post here http://www.aspkin.com/forums/ebay-di...do-safely.html by HWGA explains it.

I read that so why do people still pay with their paypals is the things mentioned in that post not true or something or do some people just take the risks involved?

@lakeman why do you pay fees with paypal especially if you know about that post?

Because it has worked fine for me for a few years now. Why change what works? :noidea:

I'm not worried about either of those two scenarios happening to me.

I pay my auto as well.

Never had any of those items happening to me.

Like Lakeman, I will run with something if it is not broken.

The link above is an awesome piece of info but it does not apply to a few of us who have had a great run without any problems.

A newbie should consider the link and what it states for sure because all it would take is one mistake and something go wrong.

If I were you I would pay it with pp this time and if you decide to not do it change the auto pay to a greendot or something when you have more time. Just make sure you take off pp as the form of payment.

You dont have much choice if you are out of time. You do not want to miss paying your fees.

The post HWGA posted was from 2008 maybe it needs to be updated :)

Yeah d boy maybe it needs to be updated and i have this unopened greendot sitting here lol i tried to go get a return they said no way lol i dont know if i should go ahead and keep it or try to get a refund thru the 1800 number, i would use it just to spend the money i have on it but i dont want to give them my social if its not necessary.

Giving your ssn to a prepaid card like greendot or moneypak is not a problem. The problem is giving you ssn to paypal that is all.

You can still use the greendot card get it actvatied then use it as long as u can on paypal as a bank account to w/d funds to. it might last a week and then again it might last as long as the paypal account.