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by BeautifulSunshine » Tue Oct 13 2020 11:31pm
Crikey! £1 a month. Extortionate.
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by Sarah » Tue Oct 13 2020 11:36pm
It is; although many online wallets and pre-paid cards charge similar inactivity fees.
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by blythburgh » Wed Oct 14 2020 8:00am
Extortionate? Yes, but if you are not using the account why not close it?
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by planteria » Wed Oct 14 2020 7:45pm
i rarely use paypal, but it's linked to my Ebay account i think
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by blythburgh » Thu Oct 15 2020 7:40am
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PayPal defines "inactive" as an account where the user hasn't sent, received or withdrawn money, or logged into their account.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).
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by Richard Frost » Thu Oct 15 2020 9:02am
blythburgh wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15 2020 7:40am
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PayPal defines "inactive" as an account where the user hasn't sent, received or withdrawn money, or logged into their account.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.
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by Sarah » Thu Oct 15 2020 11:52am
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.
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by expressman33 » Wed Nov 18 2020 10:33pm
Just received this phishing email
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by BeautifulSunshine » Wed Nov 18 2020 11:41pm
I get a regular stream of PayPal SPAM emails, GMail does a good job of auto sending them to the junk folder.
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