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Paypal basically want your personal data and to be able to track your movements so they want your mobile number. No other bank, building society, credit card do this. With a bank there are a variety of ways to identify yourself but with paypal it's one and one only - give us your mobile number. Why can't you identify with a landline? Or a passport? Or in person? Or with an email? Because that doesn't give them the access of control they want over you.   And yes, it's set up so that they lock you out of your account but the only way you can access the account is by being in the account and changing things??? Further to this, they go out of their way to make sure that you can't contact them - unless obviously you're signed into your account, which you can't get into. The good news is that in 2021 Ebay is going to offer different ways of paying, which is when you'll see a landslide of people (like me) who will leave paypal for good.  It can't come soon enough for me. ... View more

Same here. No Bank or Credit Card asks for a mobile number from you to identify you and then asks for a text to confirm purchases. This is basically Data stealing. Why doesnt Pay Pal not offer: Email, passport, in person, landline telephone? Why is it ONLY and NOTHING ELSE - we want your mobile number? Why is it that you can use a contact bank card to pay for stuff up to £45 without ID but if I purchase something for £2.99 on ebay paypal need my mobile number to text me. The answer - Data, data, data, steal, steal, steal. As soon as Ebay offers a new way to pay then pay pal is history for me. I absolutely hate them. ... View more