Credit card won't work!!!

[Chris42000000]

I just opened up my paypal account, thinking it would be easy and problem free, as I can see so far, it's not easy, and not fun, and to be quite honest i think **bleep**.... I have a pre-paid Visa card I have entered in and wanted to make an e-bay purchase, with my card, pre-loaded with $100... I have entered all info and the card is in my paypal, yet it says my balance is $0.00 ??????????????? Then i go to add bank account and it says it takes 3-5 days to just verify, then i see it takes like 5-8 business days to load paypal account..... sounds like I lost my E-bay Bid as, its over in 3 days, and i won't be able to pay now...... WHY IS MY CREDIT CARD NOT WORKING HERE????????????

[PayPal_Olivia]

Hi Chris42000000, and welcome to the Community forums!

We're seeing a lot of questions about gift cards lately, which of course makes perfect sense right after the holidays. I hope to shed some light on what you're experiencing.

Gift cards are not recommended for use with PayPal, because they cannot be verified as a financial credential associated with your identity and address. Often times the system will decline their addition entirely. If able to be added, gift cards may present problems later - for instance, they may fail validation when a payment is later attempted, or if a refund is necessary for any reason you may be faced with difficulty retrieving the funds from the card issuer.

You may also find [this post] relevant to your questions.

There is one prepaid card that is designed to work with PayPal. It's called the Green Dot MoneyPak. It doesn't help you use the cards you have now through PayPal, but it's an option to consider for the future.

 

I hope this helps!

Olivia