Hi jonathanofyore4,
Based on what you've described, it sounds like the merchant you made a purchase from uses PayPal to process their payments. This means you can pay them using a debit or credit card, and their payment platform is still run through our system, therefore you check out as a guest with PayPal. I hope this information helps!
- Ashley M
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