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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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