So I just finished the deal with a guy, buying his 150w 20" Sunpod, and sent the payment. It turns out....

I am an UNVERIFIED member on paypal. I don't understand this, but it doesn't sound good...

To become "verified" I need to either link up paypal to my bank account or get a PayPal credit card. My parents don't want to do this because they don't like the sound of a website pulling money out of their bank account, which is understandable.

So is there anything I can do, or am I cursed to never use paypal ever?

Thanks!

barrel roll.

Dont do it!!!
Paypals are hacked easily. mine was hacxed and it was ugly...
oh yeah and dont forget about the charges they make you pay...
i dont use it anymore... i try to just send or receive cash or check.
oh and if people make a big deal about giving you cash, dont buy from them.

wut?



Great. But it seems like paypal is the only way people do it on these forums? You ask them to send you a check?

boredom....


dont worry about not-verified, it doesn't matter much.

Oh okay. So, is there anything else I need to know to prevent me from more headache?

dont use them.
like i said, anyone thats going to fuss over sending you a check, isnt worth dealing with.

What a idiot. You don't know shet. You are 15 years old you can't even have a Paypal account. I have had a Paypal account before you were out of diapers. Mine has never been hacked. Who wants to wait for someone to mail them a money order thru the mail for a coral? How do you get cash from another reefer when you are hundreds of miles apart?

Easy... be gentle.

this.

Alright.... so, back on topic! I sure hope this goes well then.

You could always have Him send you a invoice though paypal and then just pay it with a debit card dont even think you have to have a paypal account to pay a invoice hope this helps.

Hmm. Well if it gets confusing I will do this then. And in the future also. Thanks.

paypal is the only way to do online transactions for personal or even business since it is the most secure way to pay and dispute if there are any problems. Its hard to purchase anything without it. Try to explain to your parents that the 1.95 they take out is just to make sure they are the owners of the card, and in a few days itll be refunded.

Being paypal verified means they have verified you thru your bank account. If you don 't plan on selling things don't worry about it. Alot of us like paypal because it is FAST and SAFE. You will be fine. I can understand your parents not wanting to hook there bank account up because they don't know much about it. It is about the same as doing online banking. You will be fine.

Alright... so this all sounds okay. Good.

Haha

Do a barrel roll!

ra ra ra ra read this
i was fooked over by this guy to

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=213492

Is this a teen reefer thread?

Eh. I guess that's what it's turning into.

My bad, Dhaut just made me laugh, a lot.

I never said it was safe as in someone you send money to might not send you the item. I was saying it was safe asin if someone hacks into your account.Pick who you send money to carefully.

@jacob.

^ agreed

I made sure he had good feedback. I'm not worried about that, I just don't want to deal with any confusion.

I think you will be fine. Unless you send them a envelope of cash thru the mail like Nate suggest.

ya nate i have to say wtf sure send 200$ cash to a person you dont know thats smartz for ya lolz

i would pay cash to someone that was local though

lolz its fine give nate a break ( i made a ryhme )

I will give him a break if he gives the Emoticons a break.LOL

nate likes to express himself even if the emoticons make the post he makes seam as quier as a 3$ bill lol

racist, imo.

racist ?

Take it easy on Nate guys. He was just trying to help.

Very True.

a lot of people don't like to take checks or money orders because those can be forged too

Where's kraylen he was awesome!!!!!

RIP kraylen 4eva

Lounge rats

This makes post 92 for the day for you.



Sitting next to me telling me what to type.

We smell garbage.

Did SDT post in this thread?

Yo.

Oh hai SDT.

ROFLMAO

Rawr!

in on thread hijack.

PayPal Employee Earns His GED
Omaha, Nebraska -- It took six years, but PayPal fraud detection agent Jacob J. Snuggles earned his GED. Mr. Snuggles has been an employee at PayPal's service center in Omaha, Nebraska since December 2001.

Why does his name have to be Jacob...

Epic failure

LMAO I didn't even think about that, that was a straight copy and paste.

So, to return to the subject

I'm pretty sure unverified on Paypal means that they haven't confirmed your identity. They can confirm your identity by either a bank account (personal information, basically), and I believe you can go to one of those 'Ebay' stores in the city and do it there (with some photo ID or something).

On a side note, this thread went waaaay off topic... good ole NR

EDIT: Just realized that you need to have a bank account, credit card, etc. with the name matching the name on the PayPal account. So you need to be the age of majority (18 in Canada) and stuff.

No, just make a payment as an unverified, and the recipient will take it. It isn't a big thing. Most paypal accounts are this way, outside of Ebay it doesn't matter at all. Paypal accounts don't get hacked, people fall for phishing scams, and the like. I think the reason these people target paypal users is because paypal is used by more people online , (rather than say Bank of America), and since these scams are done through bulk advertising/email they go for the most common type.

For a safe paypal experience, shop at stores that actually exist, (dont buy from pop up companies unless you can somehow prove they have some sort of legitimate tie to the world other than that pop up screen). never give out your password, especially by email, and make sure you are actually at paypal when you login, not just a website that copies paypal logos, color scheme etc...check your browser bar.

After that you should be fine. Paypal gives you an added layer of protection over your credit card, and as long as you don't go around giving your password out and protect your computer from scammers you will be fine.

My Lord I guess Paypal doesn't have dental coverage for there employees.