Not a Business But PayPal wants business info

carver2469
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PayPal is asking me for shipping info, photo ID, inventory, etc but I am not a business, what's the deal? How do I fix it?

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Whac-A-Mole
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what did you sell?

it doee not matter,you sold,you collected payment,thats BUSINESS

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carver2469
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It wasn't a business transaction. I bought so items for a friend and they sent me what they owed me via PayPal
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Whac-A-Mole
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is it a large sum of money?

is it under friend and family which pays no fee?

may be you should return it and ask them to send you a check

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DPCreations
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@carver2469

You have choices.

You could explain to PayPal exactly what your did and why.  That, however, may indicate transactions which were no appropriate and then result in a serious problem for your account.

You could refund and reverse all transactions and do money transfers outside of PayPal.

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