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PSA - Paypal snafu - People in my comm. queue PLEASE read!!!
7 years ago
Ok, so, I have some pretty damn bad and irritating news over here pertaining commissions and the like.
As the time to renew my credit card arrived in my Paypal account, I found out about a charming new policy for Argentina users: money in a ppal account from my country apparently can no longer STAY in the account for an indefinite length of time. That is to say, since, idk, sometime this month? any money that is already in it, or that ingresses it, gets automatically transferred to either a US bank account (which I don’t have, and can’t get without incurring into some massive tax paying and legally grey shenanigans) or a Visa card (which my account is refusing to accept).
This is EXTREMELY problematic for me, because even when I manage to be able to withdraw funds from my account (which I currently can’t, but assume at some point will be able to when the Visa thing is solved), if ALL my paypal savings are emptied at once, due to how tax paying works in my country, I might have some pretty damn interesting legal problems.
On top of all this, even in case I manage to survive these amazing legal adventures without murdering anyone and still holding a functioning paypal account, for every automatic withdrawal there is a fixed payment on top of the regular fees (which is why I only withdrew money once in a long while), so my earnings will most likely drop like a brick.
When I contacted Paypal’s helpdesk to ask for guidance, I literally got told that there is no forced withdrawal policy so that can’t be, so I’m currently in a state of ?????????????? and waiting for them to figure out what the hell is going on. The kind lady that had my case told me it was most likely a mistake, or something affecting SOME accounts in Argentina, but the change of policy information was given in the account itself, it didn’t look like a mistake at all (more like helpdesk lady didn’t know what she was talking about, but I didn’t want to be rude and tell her that). She’s said I’ll be contacted again when they have an answer for me, and no estimate of when that could happen.
Meanwhile, I’m looking into other alternatives to what do with the money inside my account which is in spendable-but-not-withdrawable limbo (as long as it’s for something that doesn’t reuire a card, so, for example I can’t get a picarto sub, or buy actually important things online).
Now, what all this means is I can’t take payments via paypal, until all this is solved, because I may have to just eventually consume what’s in the account and find a new way to receive money online.
In a feat of amazing luck, I’m currently working on a large local project (yay,paper money! That won’t randomly prevent you to use it!), and after that I have a bunch of projects to work on, including art for TFN, zines, etc, that won’t involve payment via paypal, so I have a good margin until this is a REALLY pressing matter, but this still means that I can’t work on any commission that I haven’t been paid for already.
I have no idea when or how I’m gonna get this solved, so I can’t give a time when I’ll be able to get back to the queue. Maybe I get contacted by helpdesk in a week and get told what do or maybe I’ll have to end up hiring legal help of some kind. I don’t know.
In any case, I will update this situation as soon as I have any news. If any followers I have any experience on similar situations and can shed any light on this matter, I’ll be extremely grateful.
Cheers =___=/
As the time to renew my credit card arrived in my Paypal account, I found out about a charming new policy for Argentina users: money in a ppal account from my country apparently can no longer STAY in the account for an indefinite length of time. That is to say, since, idk, sometime this month? any money that is already in it, or that ingresses it, gets automatically transferred to either a US bank account (which I don’t have, and can’t get without incurring into some massive tax paying and legally grey shenanigans) or a Visa card (which my account is refusing to accept).
This is EXTREMELY problematic for me, because even when I manage to be able to withdraw funds from my account (which I currently can’t, but assume at some point will be able to when the Visa thing is solved), if ALL my paypal savings are emptied at once, due to how tax paying works in my country, I might have some pretty damn interesting legal problems.
On top of all this, even in case I manage to survive these amazing legal adventures without murdering anyone and still holding a functioning paypal account, for every automatic withdrawal there is a fixed payment on top of the regular fees (which is why I only withdrew money once in a long while), so my earnings will most likely drop like a brick.
When I contacted Paypal’s helpdesk to ask for guidance, I literally got told that there is no forced withdrawal policy so that can’t be, so I’m currently in a state of ?????????????? and waiting for them to figure out what the hell is going on. The kind lady that had my case told me it was most likely a mistake, or something affecting SOME accounts in Argentina, but the change of policy information was given in the account itself, it didn’t look like a mistake at all (more like helpdesk lady didn’t know what she was talking about, but I didn’t want to be rude and tell her that). She’s said I’ll be contacted again when they have an answer for me, and no estimate of when that could happen.
Meanwhile, I’m looking into other alternatives to what do with the money inside my account which is in spendable-but-not-withdrawable limbo (as long as it’s for something that doesn’t reuire a card, so, for example I can’t get a picarto sub, or buy actually important things online).
Now, what all this means is I can’t take payments via paypal, until all this is solved, because I may have to just eventually consume what’s in the account and find a new way to receive money online.
In a feat of amazing luck, I’m currently working on a large local project (yay,paper money! That won’t randomly prevent you to use it!), and after that I have a bunch of projects to work on, including art for TFN, zines, etc, that won’t involve payment via paypal, so I have a good margin until this is a REALLY pressing matter, but this still means that I can’t work on any commission that I haven’t been paid for already.
I have no idea when or how I’m gonna get this solved, so I can’t give a time when I’ll be able to get back to the queue. Maybe I get contacted by helpdesk in a week and get told what do or maybe I’ll have to end up hiring legal help of some kind. I don’t know.
In any case, I will update this situation as soon as I have any news. If any followers I have any experience on similar situations and can shed any light on this matter, I’ll be extremely grateful.
Cheers =___=/
Unfortunately I have nothing helpful to tell you. I hope you find a viable solution soon.
I'm not sure how long to wait, but in any case, it won't be long until I try again if I don't get an answer soon.