Nope... None of that is it. I spent 3 hours...3 fricking hours, on the phone. Know what the end result was? "We don't have a solution for that". Here is what the issue turned out to be. The code could not be sent because my phone carrier automatically blocked it. I had to call the carrier to unblock. However... The phone rep can fix this by asking some questions about my past that are multiple choice and that should confirm me, and then the phone rep can make the account link. Well...guess what...The phone rep entered an answer wrong, and boom...now I am locked out for 48 hours. The customer service rep makes a mistake, after two phone calls (one of which they disconnected) two hours total (between both calls on hold). So a phone rep can enter the wrong thing and lock me out? But wait...it gets even better. They say why don't we just link your debit card, it will just cost a small fee. Well, that's interesting. My debit card, which is linked to the very checking account I was trying to link to for free, but suddenly we can link to my card (not the account) if I pay a small fee. This has been the most insane, and transparently scam riddled customer service experience I have ever had in my life. So, I hop online looking for CS reviews for PayPal. Imagine what I find? 1789 total reviews for an average of 2.75 stars. I didn't read them all, but what I did read was either the exact same issue or something very, very similar! Paypal likes to hold that cash apparently, and make it as hard as possible for customers to cash out. guess it is easy to do when you don't have much competition. What a scam. I hope Dan Schulman is proud of himself, huckster.
