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Re: How to change "we'll use your balance first" f...

by JivanP Contributor in Transactions
‎Jun-15-2023 06:25 AM
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Wow, freaking finally! That toggle switch has not been there for years, they must have added (re-added?) it recently! I have just disabled "Use balance first" for all of my existing payments, except for eBay, which doesn't have this option. Cheers! ... View more

Re: How to change "we'll use your balance first" f...

by JivanP Contributor in Transactions
‎Dec-26-2022 11:45 AM
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‎Dec-26-2022 11:45 AM
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Hi, @PayPal_Bindu,   Thanks for the clarification. This agrees with what I have observed. However, the question still remains: Why is it the case that PayPal balance is always used first for recurring payments? I never want my PayPal balance to be used for this purpose, and in the past it was completely possible to set a different payment method as the default. Given that we have the option to not use the PayPal balance for one-time payments, what is the reason for not having this option for recurring payments also?   I would also like to mention that the screenshots I attached in my previous comment appear to have been blocked/removed for some reason. ... View more

Re: How to change "we'll use your balance first" f...

by JivanP Contributor in Transactions
‎Jul-09-2022 05:28 PM
‎Jul-09-2022 05:28 PM
@ErickES7 At least for UK users, this is not an option. When an automatic payment is set up, no configuration options are presented, neither for whether to use PayPal balance first, nor for other things such as: (a) which non-PayPal-balance payment method to use; and (b) whether to have PayPal or the payment method provider perform any currency conversion (though these other things are configurable after initial set-up).   Instead, on PayPal UK, one goes to [Payments] > [Manage Automatic Payments] > [Automatic payment name] (e.g. "Spotify AB") > [Funding Source] and sees the following: "We'll use your balance first. Then we'll use: [chosen/preferred payment method]", being a clickable link allowing that chosen method to be changed. However, there is no way to prevent the PayPal balance from being given higher priority. See the attached screenshots:   ... View more
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