Need help with pay pal , please

[daywane]

I am trying two purchase 2 crossbows from EBay .
My Father  in law has a pay pal account.
he has 2 credit cards show up on his profile.
At the auctions we hit buy now. paypal
we have to log in.
no problem there.
problem starts : pay pal asks for card ( select card )
I hit master card
Card #
security #
and confirm address

Pay pal switches screens and says this card is  registered. 

NO KIDDING!!!! now pay the guy.  we are stuck here
what happened? used to be it was very simple now I am stuck.
I have tried to contact pay pal but I only get pop ups with pre determind Q and A's

[quarterback]

Try a difft browser?
Maybe a difft machine?

I don't know.  Sounds weird to me.

[daywane]

Good Idea.
I shall Try My PC at home latter. for now I deleted cookies and all Temp files
Off to see if any thing is differant now.
Never thought of this attack on the problem
I just thought of pay pal was doing something funny

Damn.   No good still

[shmokes]

Paypal's Telephone #

[daywane]

Thanks. You are the man
I looked for anything like that on there web sight. I must have missed it some were.
I do not like there web sight.
not very user friendly.

[pointdablame]

If he has cards on file, you won't have to put in a CC number and Security code.


Just hit the "Send Money" tab up top, put in the address of the seller, and then the amount.  On the next page, it will show you where the funds are coming from (which credit card), and you can change it if you need to.

[NightGod]

Their number is super easy to find:

Scroll to the bottom of any page, click Contact Us. Then on the next page under the Help by Phone, click Service Center

[Texasmame]

Try using a CC that's not stolen. 

[daywane]

If he has cards on file, you won't have to put in a CC number and Security code.


Just hit the "Send Money" tab up top, put in the address of the seller, and then the amount.  On the next page, it will show you where the funds are coming from (which credit card), and you can change it if you need to.

I just got off the phone with father in law.
Man was very concerned!
He is 71 and gets excited fast.
some thing about, He has to activate his account.  first credit card he used has expired.
Then he said some thing about daywane's account?
daywane is me?! I am not to sure about this one since I have no credit cards.
I told him to relax. Nothing has been paid out as of yet. tomorrow I will call the above PH# and let them talk to the both of us.
get rid of any daywane account!
get his account going.
he just got lost with what the operator was saying.
plus the cross bows were under my name on eBay
That is the hold up. i think

we do not use pay pal but 1 or 2 times a year
some times I get excited and do a Buy it Now on eBay before I check for money orders as a option ( not often but I think I have done this like 3 times in 5 years)
and every now and then some items we want are pay pal only
Like my Daughters collage books
( she just started nursing school, Midway collage in Midway KY, I about died on what you guys pay for books!!!! *Its a Blankity blank RIP OFF! )
$150 for 1 stinking book!!!!!!
and we had 7 more to go 
well I am babeling sorry,,,,
I will post tomarrow how things went.
thanks for the PH #
It might have been EZ for some of you to find...... now try it with a 71 year old half deaf retired marine gunny sargeant yelling in your ear  
see if you do not get a twitch in your left cheek and scream for help 
thanks even if it was a simple fix. I still was swamped and bogged down.

[daywane]

Called paypal....
Rep was rude as heck.
best explanation I got was Paypal will not do any auction that is a weapon.
knives,crossbows etc...
This was BS because collage books are not weapons .
I tried to explain this to the other person on the phone a he said a big ho-ray for you and hung up?
I gave up and sent money order.
I did find a spot on paypals web sight to send a email
I explained my problem
also about the RUDE person on the phone
and Help desk should not try to second guess the customer all the time and deal with the publick ( you know the people who pay you)