PayPal took the full amount on the first payment even though it was over 4 months
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Hello @Dshawofelsecar,
Welcome to the PayPal Community!
It sounds like you made your purchase using PayPal Credit and took advantage of the four-month no-interest promotion. I'm sorry to hear that your first payment was not the correct amount. I recommend reaching out to PayPal Credit through the contact information on this Help Center article to find out what happened.
If you had selected a different option for your payment method, such as Pay in 3, then the option might have been declined initially, which resulted in the full amount being debited. You can learn more here, but you can also reach out to Customer Support by selecting 'Contact' at the bottom of any PayPal webpage.
I hope this helps you find out what happened!
- Meghan
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