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Re:If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, clo... by briholt on Saturday April 29, 2017 @02:25PM (#14227924)
Seconded. Paypal froze my account with $2K for no apparent reason. They did not reply to numerous emails. Their "upload documents to verify your identity" form literally did not work. They've deliberately made it easy to get your money frozen and deliberately made it difficult to rescue it. At every opportunity I insist to people not to use Paypal and I will use any alternative - including snail mailing checks - whenever possible.
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Re:If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, clo... by intopieces on Saturday April 29, 2017 @08:18PM (#14229529)
Simple Bank, in addition to having instant transfer to other Simple members, also mails checks to people. Haven't done it yet, but seems handy.
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Re:If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, clo... by foxylad on Saturday April 29, 2017 @10:20PM (#14229866)
Checks?!

We do business in several countries, and the US is the most backward - by far - for banking services. It's laughable that using a bit of posted paper (even if conveniently generated and sent by your bank) is even an option, let alone the recommended one.

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Re:If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, clo... by amorphid on Saturday April 29, 2017 @10:22PM (#14229873)
I used Simple until someone cloned my debit card the day before I moved to California. Getting Simple to send a replacement card to my temporary address was virtually impossible. They make you submit two forms of proof you have a new address, there were like 7 options, and I couldn't provide any of them (bank statement, driver's license, utility bill, voter registration, etc.)

I opened a new account at a bank with a physical branch and walked out with a debit card. I don't plan on using an online bank ever again.

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Re:If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, clo... by pbhjpbhj on Sunday April 30, 2017 @09:49AM (#14231468)
But do you want it to be easy for people to claim your account has a new address without having to jump through hoops?

We need better systems for IRL hand-shaking.

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Re:If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, clo... by jjnoakes on Saturday April 29, 2017 @10:50PM (#14229942)
You should have set up post office address forwarding and had your replacement card sent to your original address so it could have been forwarded.
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Re:If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, clo... by amorphid on Sunday April 30, 2017 @08:54AM (#14231307)
Post office forwarding was unavailable for address at which I had been living. That is common if you've been living at a boarding house.
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Re:If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, clo... by FireBeyond on Saturday April 29, 2017 @11:59PM (#14230106)
You know what you need to set up address forwarding? A charge to a debit card with the same billing address. Catch 22.
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Re:If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, clo... by techsupporter on Sunday April 30, 2017 @01:04AM (#14230237)
At the risk of sounding nitpicky, this isn't the only way. You can go into a post office and grab a yellow "change of address" card. Fill it out, sign it, and drop it in the letter box. Forwarding usually kicks in two business days later.
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Re:If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, clo... by loeg on Sunday April 30, 2017 @11:43AM (#14232050)
Any other payment method would also work.
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Re:If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, clo... by FireBeyond on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @11:48AM (#14247351)
Actually:

"In order to prevent fraud, we require a card with the billing address of either your old, or your new address."

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