Has anyone else encountered this problem?

I tried to purchase something tonight using PayPal and it routed me to some message claiming a random security check. I've had to do this before, so it wasn't a big deal.

Then it asks about several purchases that were "made from a foreign country", asking if they were authorized. I'm IN a foreign country, you fucktards. There hasn't been a single purchase in the past YEAR that was made outside Kuwait, and yet you feel a need to find it odd NOW?

I say Yes, the transactions wer authorized, and it tells me to change my password. Fine. I do that. It tells me everything is good.

Thn I try to go and make my purchase, and I get routed through the same procedure. This repeats itself five times before I start to get pissed. I tried logging out and logging back in, but then it refused to accept any of the multiple passwords I had been forced to input, forcing me to use the 'lost password' door, and then it decides it wants to play the game AGAIN!

I have sent an e-mail to customer service; if they don't get this fixed I'm going to have to have a talk with whoever's in charge over there.

smile. you're on candid camera.

With a PayPal like this, who needs PayEnemies?

I wish I could help you, but there's no way around the automated security stuff. It sucks that you're getting fucked by the red flags, but they are necessary to prevent shit-tons of fraud. I hope customer support gives you a good solution.

Sounds like PayPal needs to have its shit pushed in.

reminds me of a tale about somethingawful.com :

they are based in New Orleans, so when Katrina hits their server goes. they set up a temporary site with a paypal donation account, saying "give to help Katrina victims". PayPal suspends their account because too much money was donated in too short of a time.

seriously fucked up.

PayPal is a joke. And not a very funny one.

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reminds me of a tale about somethingawful.com :

they are based in New Orleans, so when Katrina hits their server goes. they set up a temporary site with a paypal donation account, saying "give to help Katrina victims". PayPal suspends their account because too much money was donated in too short of a time.

seriously fucked up.

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I've had a lot of fun with PayPal in the past couple years.

A rant: http://rants.lackofoxygen.net/paypal.html

That was followed up by some comics:

/comics/ivytheplant/317828/
/comics/ivytheplant/317832/

Conclusion: PayPal fucks you no matter where you are.

Hmmm. Well, no response from Customer Service yet. I suppose when they say they'll respond promptly, they mean "only if you e-mail us during the week."

Bah.

And by "only if you e-mail us during the week" they mean "go fuck yourself."

I bet they just have a massive dart board with names on it, and they help people by whoever "Drunken Bob" from the copy room hits first.

Or "Sober Ted," who is also drunk.

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Sounds like PayPal needs to have its shit pushed in.

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