I hope this helps someone out so you don't have the frustration I did. Saturday I tried to pay a seller via eBay checkout which takes you to Paypal. I wanted to use my American Express as I have hundreds of times before and got the message 'You can't use this card to pay for this transaction'. I had a .63 cent available balance with Paypal. Normally, Paypal uses the balance first and then puts the remainder on a card or bank account of your choice. It didn't matter which credit card I chose, I got the same error message every time. I got on the Paypal AND eBay forums and saw many others experiencing same and different issues with paying for items over the weekend. I called Paypal once and e-mailed them after what they suggested didn't work; using the Send Money feature which wouldn't allow me to pay for eBay items that route. They said everything was good on their side so tonight, I get on a chat with eBay. I decided to try to pay for an item with one of my bank accounts and the .63 cent Paypal balance and viola! I wondered if the same rule applied to making purchases that applies for transferring money to your bank which is the balance has to be $1.50 or more. Good night if I'd have known that, I would have done this on Saturday and cleared my Paypal balance and been on my way!!! So the moral of the story is, if you have a balance under $1.50, you have to pay the balance of your purchase with a bank account. Why you ask???? No idea!! I had inquired about this when I called Paypal and the customer service person who seemed well educated said having a balance under $1.50 wouldn't affect my choice of payment for the remaining balance. Its a programming issue and hopefully, they get this fixed along with the other ones causing the code errors soon.The customer service rep with eBay that I was chatting with when I solved my issue said he would pass it on to Paypal, let's hope he follows through with that! Happy Trails!
