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PayPal & Walmart
 

Hello everybody I'm new here, and have a question about PayPal and Walmart.

I purchased a phone card today from walmart.com and used paypal to pay them. Walmart accepted the paypal, but now in my paypal account it's pending.

Will paypal limit your account without a SSN attached to it?

I have my bank account attached to the paypal account.

I want to purchase something else on walmart.com but I scared paypal will limit my account if I keep buying things.

You don`t tend to get limited for buying things - it`s more likely to happen when you RECEIVE money.

Gotcha will they call to verify before it clears or should I just wait for walmart to send the card to my email?

No buying on Walmart will get you limited. Thing about using Walmart and buying. While it says pending you better you have a working phone because they call to verify all the info on the paypal account not ssn but name address telephone etc. It's similar process like using callingmart or pinzoo it's a one time verification.

Damn good info!!! I always wondered why I would ALWAYS get my order cancelled when trying to get something from Walmart. Now I know!

Makes sense now.

sorry to post in this ol forum, i'm just going thru this with Walmart/Paypal battle.. long story short i used paypal to pay for Walmart item using in-store pickup.. not 2 hours later i get an email that my paypal is limited. and also an email from walmart that my order is being delayed by 48 hrs? Anyways looking at my account now, the payment to Walmart still states that it's pending. i'm wondering if there is a chance (even small) that the payment will complete and go thru. i'll update and keep posted of the outcome. damn Paypal!

Did you do what they said above? With the working phone number, etc?

yes, i had my stealth phone on, but paypal didn't call. i'm calling them tonight.. walmart also cancelled my order as i thouht they would. so now i'm left with a limited account with locked money in it!

It has been posted here tons of times that people who use pp and wal mart get limited 99% of the time.

If you think you found something that someone else has not or tried think again.

Many here have been there and done that and has posted their mistakes over and over again.

Not worth the hassle of doing all that work only to lose an account for not reading through post or using the search button for "walmart".

I think its because walmart sends paypal the shipping information once the order is processed. If it doesnt match up, sometimes the orders get canceled.
Ive had this happen last month on a paypal account.
And I say sometimes because I have had orders go through.

Placed an order on walmart, had it shipped to a PO box. Order on paypal said completed, walmart canceled the order like 20 mins later then I got limited.

Seems like Wal mart is a flag on any system

yes, agreed, Walmart definately sets off a redflag when buying, that was a stupid move on my part to think that i would get past it. Oh well tough lesson learned, now locked out of account for 180 day, thanks everyone for their replys and support!

Same thing with Sears....

bestbuy is easy and you will have no problems at all.

thats really good to know, so how many times have you used bestbuy?

One I have not tried myself.

And if you paid with pp I wonder what address you get things shipped to.

Do you have it sent to your real address then?

It is really difficult to buy from Walmart.com using PayPal to pay, still not impossible , but if Best buy is easier, that will be very good advice.

Hang on - none of this makes any sense

If every time a customer of Walmart pays with Paypal that customer is going to get grief then Walmart will drop Paypal like a hot potato. It needs its customers to have a hassle free purchacing experience. It isn't going to allow Paypal to destroy its customer base is it now?

I'm guessing that what we are talking about here is Paypal accounts that do not match the information going into Walmarts system. That to means the work around is to make sure, as we do with Ebay, that all information matches.

Insread of thinking we are doing something wrong we need to think how ordinary non-stealthers would react.

I cannot believe that every time some one uses a Paypal account to buy something from Walmart that account gets limited - makes no sense at all

:ranger:

Actually the way Paypal sees it Walmart actually helps Paypal detect fraud due to non matching information non working phone etc that's the reason the account gets limited..... Go get Paypal money and quick go to Walmart and spend it and lie to Walmart with a disconnected phone number Walmart alerts Paypal and the rest is history.....

Nope just pick store pickup, and if your paypal account is in a ⊗⊗⊗⊗ name, when your checking out just add your real name to the list of "Person picking up item."

Bestbuy does not ask any questions, and your order is ready to be picked up with 45 minutes of purchase.

They don't ask any question. They just take the money within minutes, and send you an email in about 45 minutes to pickup your items.

I've used them about 5 times in the last two weeks.

NO PROBLEMS!!!!!

I've always had the money took from my account, and then 30 minutes to 2 hours later they walmart cancels the order. But PayPal has never limited my account. I guess because it's a business account?