It's not about PayPal not knowing your real name, it's about being able to use a screen name. In the same way I'm called MissElle to you lot now but that obviously isn't my real life name. PayPal still know MissElle is me so it shouldn't make any difference whether that name is used in their forum or as my viewed name to all and sundry. Although I'd be happy for it to be Elle, which incidentally isn't my real first name either just a shortened version that everyone knows me as, but at least the correlation is there. My cousin has this issue, she uses PayPal and has been forced to put her "legal" name which causes her no end of problems due to her being Marjorie Elizabeth Smith* legally but to literally every person she is Liz i.e Elizabeth. People she has known for years don't know her proper first name. Her bank accepts cheques for Elizabeth and Liz, as they can see the correlation and clearly have more sense than PayPal where she is forever expaining to people that Marjorie Smith* is in fact Liz. Stupid rule. As wiht the user above, this also affects stage names or people going under a certain identity for other safety reasons. *changed for privacy reasons as I don't want to bandy about my cousins name
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