Student Account..... DENIED

[Luke4]

Ok what the heck!

My Student Account Card was DENIED?! I see no one else has this problem but, my 13 year old isn't allowed to recieve his card? He is COMPLETELY eligble and yet, his card was denied :(. Any one have a clue why PayPal hates me and denies MY debit card AND now my student card?

PayPal isn't being a very good "Pal"

Luke

[coachbusse]

I was also denied a student card for my son. Ive been a Paypal user for as long as I can remember, maybe 10 years. No explanation just denied?!

[Luke4]

At least I'm not the only one who is having a problem with paypal

[JOwens1963]

I think your child has to be at least 15 years old to get a student card.  They also have to have an e-mail address that is not associated with any other pay-pal account.  I also had to enter my credit card number to get the cards for my 3 oldest children.  My 10 year old did not qualify for one.  Hope this helped! 

[dogatemycompute]

I would assume the child has to at least meet the legal age of concent in the state you reside before Paypal could issue a card.   Use of the card requires they sign on the dotted line (or enter some verbal contract) saying they are abiding by the Cardholder Agreement.   I'm not sure a 10 year old could be expected to even understand what a contract is much less agree too it. 

I should note that obviously this is "theoretical" because no 10 year old is going to be hauled into court and held responsible for the account but I have also noticed that Paypal also seems to be the only company willing to risk issuing a 13 year old a Mastercard.   It would not be a long stretch from here to the fence post in some conservative town somewhere for a jury to find Paypal complicit in the dissemination in pornography when some 10 year old uses their debit card as ID to access an illicit website.  

All the other prepaid cards I can find at the local Walgreens say you have to be 16 or 18 (depending on the issuer).

[bfgt423]

Kids aged 13 & older are eligible for a student account. The denial probably has nothing to do with the age. I would try reapplying or calling customer service to get the DC approved.