That's what I tried – several times! I finally got a PayPal account specialist on the line who said that pre-existing UPS accounts frequently don't work with PayPal. You need to select "I don't have a UPS account yet" and it will generate a new one. That worked. It also turns out you can then add that new number to your UPS login, and UPS don't mind multiple account numbers on one login.
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