the confusion stems from the fact that paypal advertises "instant payments" with "verified" bank accounts. in fact the payment from my bank was isntant but paypal took 7 business days to "process" it.. (probably an algorithm waiting for the best exchange rate?) its funny, one day an ebay payment was instant, the next it was not (using this "echeck" format). phone rep admitted the verbiage on their own site is misleading (to quote the phone rep, "yeah, bank payments arent really instant even though it says instant... would you like to add a credit card?") it seems to me that if im using a credit card, what is the purpose of paypal? anyway rant over, if paypal is working for you thats great. but in my own experience, the process of using paypal for making payments has changed without notice, led to additional fees and delays, and the response from support is unsatisfactory (though im happy to see volunteer support on the forum -- what does that even mean, lol..) cheers 🙂
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