PayPal Declined Everywhere

xRyx_u
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Hello.

 

I been using my PayPal to pay for various online services for a while, and never had any problems in doing so. Recently, I tried checking out on UberEats and said that they declined my payment and to add another payment method. I tried and tried again, and eventually, it went through. But it's now happening again, it's saying declined. I thought this was an Uber problem at first, since there's nothing wrong with my PayPal (to my knowledge). I contact Uber Support, follow all their troubleshooting tips, and the problem still persists. At this point, I head to DoorDash because I'm hungry and wanted some food. I try ordering there, and DoorDash won't accept it now. Now I knew it was PayPal. PayPal told me that for some reason the purchases I am trying to make is triggering their automatic security system or whatever and that's what's not letting the payments go through. I ask them why, if there is something wrong with my account, they say no. I ask them if there is anything able to be done since I always use this and I have no problem in the past, they say it's automatic nothing they can do. So now I can't use my PayPal anywhere. When it is time to pay my Spotify or Discord I don't know what will happen, maybe they will decline PayPal too. Again PayPal said there is nothing wrong with my account. Did anyone else have this problem before? Were you able to have a fix?

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sharpiemarker
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@xRyx_u 

 

Maybe its because of the # of attempts you tried so the system senses something odd and is trying to protect your account. Try waiting for a couple of days for the security system to cool down and reset/fix itself. Not ideal, I know, if one's hungry. Maybe just use a card without PayPal to pay if its an emergency. Credit/debit cards also protect you against unauthorized transactions, not just PayPal.


Kudos & Solved are greatly appreciated. 🙂
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xRyx_u
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I waited 3 days before trying again, PayPal recommended 12 - 24 hours. But after 3 days still won't work.

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