lifting £1900 limit on paypal

chambo · #1 11-01-2011

Hi

When opening a new paypal account should i go ahead and be creative and fax of the documents to get the £1900 limit lifted straight away? or wait until the account has took in £1650 before faxing info off ?

Are the documents you send paypal checked by computer or someone working in paypal?

Thanks in advance

oompaloompa · #2 11-04-2011

that would be SOME computer that could check docs! no its human check.....

as for do at beginning or at 1650, lots of opinions on that

johnnyleeds · #3 11-05-2011

As far as I know you wont even get asked to fax or upload these documents until you are over the £1650 amount, so unless you are selling £1000 of pounds worth of stuff per week then you will probably be waiting for a while.

resilient · #4 11-15-2011

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Originally Posted by johnnyleeds

As far as I know you wont even get asked to fax or upload these documents until you are over the £1650 amount, so unless you are selling £1000 of pounds worth of stuff per week then you will probably be waiting for a while.

That's not true. If you decide to lift your limits at anytime (even on a brand new account) they will ask you for these documents if they can't verify your address. The questions is, do you wait till you reach the £1650 or are you better off lifting the limits as soon as you open the account(although you don't really need it at this time)?

ingle92protege · #5 11-15-2011

Might as well just fax in the documents before they ask...

It won't stall your sales then, if paypal demand them

will123 · #6 11-15-2011

How creative however can you be, as im sure there must be something against edited passports etc - do they check these with a government data base? x

ingle92protege · #7 11-15-2011

No, they just check that the name, address and d.o.b on the passport or driving licence match on your paypal

They go through hundreds a week. It would cost them time and money to look up every single persons records.

will123 · #8 11-15-2011

I opened a business PayPal account, however I cannot even remember typing in my DOB.. do they ask for this?

ingle92protege · #9 11-15-2011

wups, well they need to see a date of birth on your ID...

I'm not sure what to do if you have forgot it... Hopefully someone with a little more knowledge than me can tell you about that

GrannyT · #10 11-15-2011

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Originally Posted by will123

I opened a business PayPal account, however I cannot even remember typing in my DOB.. do they ask for this?

When you say a business account - was it a limited company or a T/A?

will123 · #11 11-15-2011

A trading as name, I actually just looked at opening another one similar and no dob was asked?

ShadyOne · #12 11-15-2011

In terms of whether you should lift the £1900 limit straight away or wait until you have actually received more than £1650, the best advice is to just open multiple PayPal accounts. Leave the limit in place on some and attempt to lift the limit on some.

Imakemoney · #13 11-15-2011

I prefer to lift them straight away now but thats personal preference.

Shadys back...back again

ShadyOne · #14 11-15-2011

Hey man!

I also lift the limit straight away now but for the majority of new stealth members it is their biggest sticking point, especially when they may only currently have one or a few accounts. They do not want to risk losing them.

dburnside · #15 06-25-2012

Just a quick question on this as have a few paypals to lift limit on, do they now look at what your supplier sells to what u been selling? I've been selling lots of diff stuff on one

GreenBean · #16 06-25-2012

More often than not yes paypal check suppliers.

dburnside · #17 06-25-2012

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Originally Posted by GreenBean™

More often than not yes paypal check suppliers.

Thought that, best solution for multiple items? Multiple supplier info?

GreenBean · #18 06-25-2012

Aye, and make it UK based

Ebayorbust · #19 06-25-2012

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Originally Posted by dburnside

Just a quick question on this as have a few paypals to lift limit on, do they now look at what your supplier sells to what u been selling? I've been selling lots of diff stuff on one

Is your account limited due to risk or are you trying to lift the £1900 receiving limit? Two totally different things.

To lift £1900 limit only photo ID and utility bill is needed (assuming you do not pass the online ID check).

For many other limitations pp may ask for supplier information / invoices etc etc.

dburnside · #20 06-25-2012

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Originally Posted by Ebayorbust

Is your account limited due to risk or are you trying to lift the £1900 receiving limit? Two totally different things.

To lift £1900 limit only photo ID and utility bill is needed (assuming you do not pass the online ID check).

For many other limitations pp may ask for supplier information / invoices etc etc.

no not limited just to lift it, havent done this recently so thought they may ask supplier info, if not then happy days

cortex · #21 06-25-2012

They don't ask for ID with DOB. A passport doesn't have a DOB. (subtle hint)

Ebayorbust · #22 06-25-2012

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Originally Posted by cortex

They don't ask for ID with DOB. A passport doesn't have a DOB. (subtle hint)

Are you sure about that? My new UK passport has a DOB on it, as did the old style one I had previous to it.