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Wow, that sucks that the workaround above does not work with VOIP services.   I do have a landline but that uses VOIP (I think all landlines today do? or maybe I am confused, I know it is digital though, no longer analog), but not a 3rd party thing, is part of my ISP.   A few things weird to mention:   - After I did that above with my landline for my main paypal account (which I use for buying things) subsequent logins no longer make me go through that, the login works like it used to (just enter a password).   - And I then tried this on my paypal selling account, something I have not used in a long time, think it is called a merchant account or something like that, that account asked for the mobile but had the prompt that allowed me to say "not at this time" or "remind me later" or whatever the verbiage for that is.   ... View more

Thanks to AJ above.  His solution worked for me.   I entered my HOME/landline # in the box.   I clicked the "call me with a code" link.   The PC screen then showed a 4 digit number.   My phone rang.   I answered it and a female robot identified herself as paypal's phone confirmation etc whatever and asked me to enter my confirmation code.   I entered that code from the PC screen via the phone.   The female robot did some sezy oohs & ahs then told me I was great & completed the phone confirmation progress, and the paypal then proceeded to log me into my account (OK I'm slightly kidding but that is basically what happened).   Pretty damn confusing (& the opposite of how some other vendors have implemented this, where the PC screen clearly gives you the option of them calling you with a code, you answering the phone, the robot on the other end telling you the code, then you enter the code into the PC and yer done).   At least this works now & I don't have to keep pulling my hair out & scream at them to delete my accounts.   P.S. When answering your phone you have to say something (hello, hoi hoi, whatever) for the robot to start talking. ... View more

I am having this exact same problem now.  In the past you could just say "remind me later" or some such thing.  I get the same garbage with my yahoo emails as well but those at least still allow the "remind me later" b.s.   Just tried to login to paypal but it is REQUIRING me to add a mobile phone # which I will NOT do under ANY circumstances.     I have a landline associated with my account which Amazon for example lets me use to verify who I am, by leaving a voice code etc.   Unless PAYPAL fixes this ridiculous requirement now requiring users to give them a mobile # (many of us who do not even HAVE mobile phones) I'm done with them.  Go ahead and cancel my accounts.  Please.   I just tried calling them about this but their office is closed.  I will try again later but I am sure that will be a complete waste of time.  The problem with companies like these is they are run by 20-somethings who have no idea how the real world works or empathy for people that do not do everything the same brainwashed way that they do (using facebook, twitter, smartphones 24x7 etc). ... View more