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Entropay=instant PayPal limitation?
 

As in the title. I add an Entropay card to my PayPal account and everything is fine until I get payment... then within 4-10 minutes my account gets limited! With the explanation "It's been a while since you last used your account. So, we just want to make sure that you authorised some recent transactions."

Has anybody else got this? It's pretty damn frustrating.

Use e/p frequently without issues, latest was last Friday.

how old was the account and how long did it lay dormant for?

It's on brand new PayPal accounts, and the card is added straight away, and I get paid about a day later. That is why the message is really strange.

P.S.: Has anybody been able to get an Entropay VCC to confirm their address?

If you are talking about the Validate your Account Information step then you can't use Entropay to confirm your address, you will need a prepaid card where you can register an address or you could supply a Utility Doc?

is this pp acct attached to an ebay?

is the payment from and ebay transaction?

I wonder if EP is getting burned in the UK too.

No, I know that it will not work for that. I am talking about confirming your address, so that on the PayPal order details for example, it says "Confirmed".

Yes, it is. And yes the payment is from eBay sales.

right

have u tried again with no issues?

Yes, three times so far with three different accounts. I always get the email after 4-10 minutes. And I'm not doing anything special other than adding the VVC, compared to my normal accounts that last for months/years/whatever until PayPal loses their tampon and freaks out.

have u tried a non entropay vcc?

Can't blame them. EP has been abused for the past 5 years....it was only a matter of time.

I set an up a new pp account today and added a new ep card and had no problems so far. Sorry if this is different from what you are meaning.

No, but a quick forum search showed others with the same issue who used non-Entropay VCCs.

But read what I said... it's all fine until I get paid.

these threads you mentioned

how old was the posts

recent?

They were from 2010-2011 actually.

I use e/p card to confirm address on p/p accounts at least twice a month and have never ever had any problems.

As I said earlier they are still working as of last Friday and as J1mgg has pointed out also as of today so any issues must be arising from the way the account is being set up.

BTW has the OP not had these issues with e/p cards in the recent past. I seem to recall a similar post a while back.

History repeating?

So it does work to get any address confirmd after all?

Let's see what happens once he gets paid...


Nope, not me. I never had a problem with Entropay up until to now. I remember moneyhustler saying exactly what my title says in one of his posts though.

I'm going to try letting the account sit for a bit before adding the card. I saw a post where some users were having trouble when they tried to add a card right after registering...

Never had a limitation after receiving or withdrawing funds on any account with an e/p card attached.

Thats what adding a card does, confirm your address. Nothing else really.

I use them for paying fees and also if I want to purchase something on my "buyer" accounts, without letting PayPal get their hands on my bank account or having to link accounts inadvertently by sending funds between them. It is very useful for that.

How soon do you add the card to your account?

Yes I use them to pay for things also but never to pay e/b fees, always use p/p funds for that. No funds should ever be taken from the attached bank account, that's a given.

Only add then confirm card with 4 digit code after bank account has been verified. Basic stuff really.

we will see how it goes

That was besides the point, and they will of course take funds from your bank account if you have insufficient funds in your account to pay for fees, and also to pay for any disputed amounts refunded to buyers if you don't have the amount in your account (lol). But what I meant was that I use them for paying fees WITHOUT a bank account, and am therefore protected from this.

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Anyway, I can confirm that leaving the account for about an hour before adding the card, helps you to evade the problem entirely. I just leave the account in that time and then add the card from the "money" section of the account once it is time.

Same here.

So Entropay is still good then?

Yes, just added one today, no issues.

Great, had me sweating for a minute...

Read the last part of my most recent reply. I said that it is all good so long as you follow what I said.