libbyparsons
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posted on January 25, 2001 06:52:33 AM
How do you tell if your mailing address is verified? I won an auction yesterday and I want to pay PayPal and the seller said that my address has to be verified or the auction payment will be denied.
If you are a verified member is that all?
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uaru
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posted on January 25, 2001 07:12:27 AM
Log on to your PayPal account.
Click on "Profile"
Click on "Street Address"
The verified mailing address will have (Credit Card) behind it. If you have a credit card on file you have a verified mailing address, if you don't have a credit card on file you don't have a verified mailing address.
Hope that helps.
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pickersangel
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posted on January 25, 2001 07:15:46 AM
It's PayPal's new policy, and I hope your seller understands it correctly. This is from the email I received from PayPal regarding the change:
[i]"...we have modified the Send Money process to ask payers for a shipping address. For security reasons, this shipping address must match the payer's credit card billing address. Payers have the
opportunity to either share this address or refuse to give this information.
When you receive a payment, you will be able to view this "Verified Shipping Address" in the payment details. If a payer declines to share this information, the payment will appear in your inbox as "PENDING" with buttons for you to "Accept" or "Deny" the payment. [/i]
If you provide a shipping address that matches your credit card billing address when you "Send Money", you should have no problem with your seller.
always pickersangel everywhere 
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libbyparsons
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posted on January 25, 2001 07:25:40 AM
Okay thanks
It's verified. I just didn't want to put through a payment and then have it denied (!)
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borgt
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posted on January 25, 2001 08:51:56 AM
I sure hope they are considering a way to have more than one verified address. I prefer to use my PO box for receiving parcels, but my credit cards use my home address. Damon, are you listening?
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misscandle
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posted on January 25, 2001 10:55:56 AM
Ditto the post from borgt.
Perhaps after a certain amount of time as a customer with no complaints or evidence of fraud, etc., then the customer would be permitted to use a P.O. box instead of the residence address. Just a thought.
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pizzatigger
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posted on January 26, 2001 12:00:17 PM
The only way to get a second verified address is to get a second credit card. This is most easily done by getting afree checking account with a visa debit card linked to your PO Box, keep just a minimum balance and sweep excess into your regular account. Takes a little time but that is the only thing Pay-Pal will accept. It does have the advantage of seperating your actual account $$$ from your internet $$ that pay-pal has authorization to take back in case of charge backs (its in the small print).
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preacher4u
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posted on January 26, 2001 12:23:34 PM
What I really want to know if this: I'm already verified as a seller (did the 2 deposit thing in order to). I use my PayPal funds when I want to buy something (I don't have a CC on file with PayPal, or want to, for that matter)
Why do I have to do a double verification??
Isn't the first one enough?
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How can they hear, when you're screaming in digital?
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paypaldamon
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posted on January 26, 2001 03:04:47 PM
Hi,
We are looking at alternative ways of validating another address, but I would not expect this to appear for a time (if at all). There are some unique issues in doing so, as well as operational issues, but I do know that product is researching it.
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lovepotions
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posted on January 26, 2001 03:29:06 PM
I moved recently and have been trying for a while to change my verified shipping address. After many tries it just plain WON'T
I sent payment for my widget and the seller got all paranoid....I hand typed my adress in the comment box.
She sent me an email all woried that I was going to scam her. The paypal notices that are now being sent out make anyone without the verified address look shady.
I told the lady to consider the fact that I have 83+ positive feedbacks and that should outweigh the fact that paypal won't let me change my address. Also my account is a verified business premier account. I just have to type my new addy and click to not send the verified address. And that I had no intention of scamming her out of a $12.00 item.
I think you should take into consideration the feedback of your customer.
http://www.lovepotions.net
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darcyw
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posted on January 26, 2001 03:31:28 PM
What does it mean when the seller is unverified?
I was going to send money via Paypal today for a completed auction. The seller is a Power Seller. I logged into Paypal, started the process then discovered the seller is an "unverified premier" account.
I understand that verification provides an address. But shouldn't I be sending money to a "verified" account? Doesn't it go both ways?
I ended up not finishing the transaction and logged out of paypal.
Darcy
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jayadiaz
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posted on January 26, 2001 05:13:33 PM
darcy; I have an 'unverified' account because I have not given them banking information. I am not THAT comfortable although I have had no problems with Paypal. I've been thinking of opening a second checking account as someone suggested just for that purpose and keep like $5.00 in it. That will remove the "unverified". At least that's how I understand it, since I used to be verified til they changed the rules.
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vargas
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posted on January 26, 2001 05:57:20 PM
You're exactly right, jayadiaz.
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lovepotions
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posted on January 26, 2001 07:18:26 PM
My account is verified on all levels. I can't get paypal to let me change my shipping address.
To do that it prompts me to add a new card.
Well its my only card....so i try to change the address on it and it says card already in use.
around and around we go......
http://www.lovepotions.net
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rivercity1
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posted on January 26, 2001 08:26:45 PM
I'm not sure PayPal understands that several thousand persons, most of us retired and with funds in our accounts, go South for the winter. Our buying and selling habits go with us, and when PayPal won't let you add another address without a bunch of hassle, it kind of destroys the Customer Satisfaction aspect of doing business with them. I think the only thing you can do is explain to the seller that you have a winter address and to mail the package to that location, then check the slot that says no item is to be mailed. I have had a lot of respect for PayPal and have not had any problems, but I think common sense should rule, and they would devise a common sense approach to this problem.
I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people
who annoy me.
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uaru
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posted on January 26, 2001 09:08:15 PM
I have had a lot of respect for PayPal and have not had any problems, but I think common sense should rule, and they would devise a common sense approach to this problem.
I think it is a case of "damned if you do, damned if you don't". For months and months sellers complained that they had accounts restricted because they accepted a fraudulent CC payment. PayPal is doing nothing new here, they are giving the seller a verified CC address and allowing them to make a choice of sending to only a verified address or using their judgement and sending to some other address or canceling the transaction.
The sellers are the ones that need to apply the common sense and make the judgement calls based on the transaction. How expensive is the item, is this an item easily convered to cash, what it the buyers feedback, how long has the buyer had a PayPal account, etc. The seller can look to see if the funds were paid via a credit card or non-credit card funds before they accept or deny the transaction. PayPal explains that a buyer might not have a CC and thus no verified address is applicable. This is the info they offer sellers:
The potential drawback of always denying payments without the Verified Shipping Address information is that you may be restricting some users from sending you money. Some PayPal users do not have credit cards registered with us, sometimes because they do not have credit cards. By requiring a Verified Shipping Address, you will be denying these users from being able to send you money and may lose some sales. You can avoid losing these sales by choosing the manual option, which allows you to selectively accept payments without the Verified Shipping Address.
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mouseslayer
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posted on January 27, 2001 04:44:54 AM
Just tonight I went in to PayPal to send a payment. I used to have a verified address, but now it seems I don't. My bank has canceled my card because there was a fraudulent charge on my statement that I caught and filed a report for. So I removed that card (my only card) from PayPal since it no longer works.
Makes no sense to me that yesterday my address was verified and today it's not. By the way, I haven't received my new card yet so I don't have the option of giving the info to PayPal. Also the auction was paid for with funds already in my account.
FYI, if you see anything on your statement that is unfamiliar and says something like "Global Telecom Moscow, Russia" on it, report it to your bank! The bank rep I was working with said all of a sudden there have been a whole lot of these charges popping up and it's some sort of scam ring. Mine was only for $10, but for me that meant a overdraft protection charge of $7.50 and a bounced check fee of $25 that I don't have!
~~Angels fly because they take themselves lightly~~
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