After I posted my response on this thread last night I reset my PIN number for my PayPal debit card and decided to try my card again last night when I stopped at the gas station to purchase a few things. When I checked out I inserted the card since it’s a chip card and hit the credit button (using the credit button is what earns you cash back) and my transaction was instantly declined. I asked the gas station attendant to clear the machine so I could rerun my card to try to put it through as a debit transaction. He cleared it, I reinserted my card, hit the debit button this time rather then the credit button, entered my pin and the transaction was approved. I know this was only one transaction but I have been wondering if my card was getting declined because they don’t want to pay the cash back on my purchases and since checking out using credit is not an option, earning cash back is not an option either. I’ll post another update if I find out anything else!
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