PayPal not letting me transfer?

julia1017
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My close friend commissioned me for a drawing a few months ago. She added me as family and friends on this app, and paid me $8.00 for the artwork I did for her. I wanted to save the money, so I didn't use PayPal for a little while so I wouldn't be tempted to spend it.

Now, I would like to use the money, but it's saying I have to accept it, which is weird because I've been paid on here before and I've never had to do that.

I clicked accept, and I follow the steps. I get taxed $0.08, because I want the money now. But then PayPal thinks I'm trying to deduct money from my bank account instead of transfer money into it, so it tells me I have insufficient funds.

Next, I tried to link my bank account to see if getting the money later would work. Everything loads when I put in my account information, but after a few seconds it gives me an error message. (I don't remember exactly what it said.)

I'm not really sure what to do in this case; I've googled the error and none of the responses on the PayPal forums are helpful in my situation.

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julia1017
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What the?? My account let me put my actual age. I don’t think that’s an issue. Oh well. My bank suggested I create a PayPal back in 2016.
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kernowlass
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@julia1017 

 

There are posts on here every day from users banned for opening a paypal account underage, and the paypal moderators have confirmed that as soon as paypal is aware that an underage user has opened a paypal account then it is limited.


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