PayPal to introduce £12/yr fee for 'inactive' accounts – act now to dodge it

[expressman33]

PayPal is set to introduce an annual fee of up to £12 for users whose accounts have been inactive for a year or more – but you can avoid the charge by logging into your account before the deadline in December.

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/ ... --act-now/

[AAAlphaThunder]

Crikey! £1 a month. Extortionate.

[Sarah]

It is; although many online wallets and pre-paid cards charge similar inactivity fees.

[blythburgh]

Extortionate? Yes, but if you are not using the account why not close it?

[planteria]

i rarely use paypal, but it's linked to my Ebay account i think

[blythburgh]

So make sure you buy something via ebay once a year

Now read the link above and according to Money Saving Expert bit:

PayPal defines "inactive" as an account where the user hasn't sent, received or withdrawn money, or logged into their account.

If your account has been inactive for over 12 months, the fee you're charged will be the lesser of £12 or your entire PayPal balance. If you don't have any money in your PayPal account, or your balance is negative, PayPal says you won't be charged a fee (even if you have a credit or debit card linked to the account).

[Richard Frost]

So make sure you buy something via ebay once a year

Now read the link above and according to Money Saving Expert bit:

PayPal defines "inactive" as an account where the user hasn't sent, received or withdrawn money, or logged into their account.

If your account has been inactive for over 12 months, the fee you're charged will be the lesser of £12 or your entire PayPal balance. If you don't have any money in your PayPal account, or your balance is negative, PayPal says you won't be charged a fee (even if you have a credit or debit card linked to the account).

Why are you saying you need to buy something? No need to buy anything at all. If you have a zero balance no fee will be charged. You could have an account open and never use it. Zero balance = no fee. You could even get imutual to pay in your cashback to Paypal this would count as activity.

[Sarah]

Yep, it'll allow them to drain funds left in unused accounts but probably need not worry anyone that only sends money or withdraws their funds promptly. The minimum withdrawal is £1 these days; anything above that could be withdrawn once cleared if not spent.

[expressman33]

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[AAAlphaThunder]

I get a regular stream of PayPal SPAM emails, GMail does a good job of auto sending them to the junk folder.