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Re:The Machine Fired Me by philliphaydon on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @09:47PM (#17351823)
I tried to delink my bank account from PayPal, so I could close it, and it refused cos I apparently owed $1.27 even tho my balance said $0. I tried to add a credit card but it was flagged as suspicious. Contacting PayPal they said I needed to go into the bank and put some money, my account so PayPal could take it. But I had already closed the bank account.

After PayPal refusing to help. I resolved it by opening a new PayPal account. Adding my credit card (not flagged suspicious) and transfer $2 to the account. Then I could delink the bank account and close it. Then I closed the new account I opened.

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Re:The Machine Fired Me by icebraining on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @09:02AM (#17354939)
Curious, why did you care? I think I'd just leave the account open.
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Re:The Machine Fired Me by philliphaydon on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @09:43AM (#17355230)
I never knew I had a negative balance. Until after 2 years of it using PayPal they sent me a random email to inform me I had 30 days before they would pass it to debt collectors. So I figured better to close the account. Never use PayPal anyway.
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Re:The Machine Fired Me by icebraining on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @11:26AM (#17356265)
They were sending your account to debt collectors over $1.27? I think that's an even bigger WTF than the original story.
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Re:The Machine Fired Me by philliphaydon on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @09:37PM (#17361367)
Sorry, 2 years of NOT using PayPal.

I donno. This is PayPal Australia, maybe they operate differently. I couldn’t even figure out how my account got into a negative balance to begin with.

Unfortunately I don’t have any of the old emails otherwise I would upload it.

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Re:The Machine Fired Me by icebraining on Thursday June 21, 2018 @01:45AM (#17362442)
To be clear, I wasn't in any way doubting you, just marveling at their absurd practices :)
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