Thanks, Lindacat, for your response. I have been talking to and emailing PayPal for a couple of weeks trying to find out why I suddenly was refused a purchase through them. I would not give my bank account, but finally applied for their credit card as that was another way to verify. I opted NOT to use it as primary funding source, but thought that it would allow me then to use the card I have been using for years with them. Not so. So I immediately tried to cancel their Mastercard. I was told that I had to wait a day or two to cancel as the forms had not yet been processed. This morning I received an email telling me that I had been "reinstated". I tried to make a purchase and it still would not go through. And I then sent an email to cancel the PayPal Mastercard. I just this evening received a phone call from PayPal about this cancellation request. Before she passed me onto the Mastercard people, we got into a conversation as to why I was being blocked and why I was being told I had to be verified by giving them my bank account number. Long conversation ....but she finally said that since I received an email saying that I had been reinstated, that within a day or two the security lock should also be removed and that I shoud keep trying to purchase through Paypal and eventually it would go through and then, I guess, all will be good in my world again. Perhaps just applying for the Paypal Mastercard and then cancelling it set the reinstating in motion. Don't know. I'll have to wait and see what happens next. Good thing I'm retired, wouldn't have time for all this. I would just give up except that there are many businesses who won't do business transaction online with anyone but PayPal. I'll let you know if I am successful within a few days and will be able to make a purchase.
