• 11181514@lemm.ee
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    PayPal has been doing this shit for decades. Y’all remember when if you were involved in a payment dispute they’d put a hold on your entire linked back account? Or when you contacted customer support they told your to wait # amount of days before filing a complaint? And then when you did they told you to contact the seller because lol fuck you? It’s almost like the CEO was a raging asshole or something.

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      Yup. Among the victims VideoDownloadHelper Addon. They don’t accept Paypal donation anymore.

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    11 months ago

    You add your card thinking you can remove it at any time

    PayPal: “All too easy.”

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    Add another card, in my case I used a virtual card, then you can remove that card. If you use a virtual card you can invalidate that card when you’re done.

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    Paypal has altered the deal. Pray they do not alter it further.

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    They did this to me decades ago and I ended up having to get a new card so the old one would no longer work. I haven’t used paypal since. Fuck them.

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    I mean I wouldn’t allow you either, that card is magnificent and the fact the picture shown online is not a generic card is more magnificent. Removing it from anywhere should be a sacrilege.

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    Side note, would recommend considering a bank that doesn’t support the fossil fuel industry. Sadly, Chase is among the worse offenders.

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        I contacted my bank just to make sure. This YouTube video talks more about it & the description some resources to help you find an alternative. I’ll provide the creator’s recommended links here too:

        Atmos, a bank that actively funds climate solutions.

        mighty deposits guide, let’s you browse Eco friendly banks.

        bankforgood, also let’s you browse for banks. Don’t think you need to add your personal information to search even though it asks to.

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    I’m sorry but WTF is a Star Wars credit card? And why?

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      I have this card.

      I’m an immigrant to the US by way of marriage. When I moved here we opened an account at chase where my now wife banks - a joint for us both and one for me.

      When faced with having three near identical blue cards I asked if there was any option other than blue

      Imagine my face when I heard possibly the most American phrase I’ve ever heard: “You can have the brand colors, or Disney”

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          Not “buy”, but sometimes there’s an annual fee to use the card, or other fees besides the interest rate.

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            Even outside the US, I pay a one time fee when I have to replace my card (Usually either lost or no longer working). It’s not that bad, only a one time charge of 7,50 automatically withdrawn from my debit account.

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            Ah that makes sense. Wouldn’t’ve been surprised if u had to though

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      It’s just a debit card with a custom design on it rather than the default chase design.

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      To prepare you for the future when the police stop you and ask to see your Disney papers.

      After all if you don’t exist to Disney, you don’t really exist at all.

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    I’ve been trying to change my account region for 10 years without a coherent or positive response so far… good luck with that.

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    I had the same issue with Google Workspace. Could not terminate my subscription until I “deleted all apps”, and apps list was empty. My pre-cancelled tier did not have customer support privileges.

    I had to cancel my credit card and have been getting warnings about being sued if I don’t add a working payment card.

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    I mean yeah I guess a bug is clearly mildly infuriating. But it’s also a bug. And the way your title is phrased, it’s like PayPal is intentionally preventing you from removing your card. Which it doesn’t seem to be pointing to here. Like I could imagine if they don’t want to let you have no cards on your account without completely closing the account. But the message would say something like that. Like "you’re required to have at least one valid card on your account. " The message isn’t just going to say something like “please try again later” unless its a bug. That’s just telling you that a bug happened and you may need to contact customer support to resolve it.

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      Why would you be so sure it’s not intentional?

      In my country insurances won’t let you buy one that is necessary-to-drive by adding such “bugs” and impossible captchas for newbie drivers and motorcyclists. Works like a charm in a court - they just say it was a bug

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        PayPal is notorious for displaying meaningless errors for just about everything, even when it is intentional. Might not be the case here, but they definitely do things like this.

        Though if I had to put my money on it, if it isn’t a bug it’s an anti fraud measure of some sort.

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          For me, PayPal said nothing until I called them. I made an expensive purchase via PayPal, they bounced it back with no notification that it was bounced back whatsoever, making it a headache for me and the seller. I had to make sure that it wasn’t going out twice, which thankfully it didn’t but the lack of an error message or anything was so unhelpful.

          I just used my card straight-up after that. The card was under Visa, so it was subject to Visa’s checks as well as the bank’s own (where you can use SMS or app-based verification).

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        Because… What they gain by not allowing to remove the card? Nothing.

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    Lol. PayPal wanted me to jump through more hoops than my bank when my legal name changed after I got married. I literally provided them with documentation and they wanted me to send them a physical notarized official copy of my marriage license.