Paypal now allow to Top Up your account.

Dman001

PayPal is now giving the option of toping up your account using your Bank ac. I'm pretty sure you couldn't do this before (in Ireland).

thewheel2.0

Ya noticed that couple of weeks ago. Dont bid on ebay and send money to papal after, it took 6 working days! I learned the hard way

Dman001

Might be handy for the Christmas shopping, and a cheaper alternative to 3V.

jayteecork

Cheers for the heads up, that'll be handy.

Edit: just had a look at their system, it's merely a bank transfer to their account. Thought you could do it directly from your paypal account.
Can I do all this from my online AIB account?
I thought you could on do only transfers to another AIB account?

jor el

It's a bit of a mickey mouse operation all right. You do a credit transfer to Paypal's bank account, using your Paypal email address as payment reference. They then match this payment to your account, manually, and the funds become available for you to use. This process will take 3+ days for the bank transfer, then however long it takes someone in Paypal to match the money to your account.

The potential for problems is huge as it is not an automatic system at all. The email needs to be manually matched, so the possibility of mistakes is there. If your money does go to the wrong account, there's no knowing how long it will take to sort out.

I'd stick with the credit card or 3V, unless you're in no hurry, or completely desperate and have no other choice. You'll also have very little, or no, protection against fraud, when you use cash.

jackbauer

just sent a tenner as a test. see what happens. they give a reference number its not the email address thats used.

jayteecork

jackbauer wrote: »

just sent a tenner as a test. see what happens. they give a reference number its not the email address thats used.

Were you able to do it online?

Home:Ballyhoura

jackbauer wrote: »

just sent a tenner as a test. see what happens. they give a reference number its not the email address thats used.

Did you use AIB online banking to send the payment? If so, could you briefly describe the steps involved as I am nearly there!

I would really appreciate it, thanks!

jackbauer

no i use bank of ireland 365 online. I have sent 3 small payments so far with no problems BUT , it takes a full five working days from being sent from my bank account to showing up in paypal. stupid in this day and age. I even sent a payment at 6am on a tuesday didnt show till the following monday afternoon:rolleyes:

Home:Ballyhoura

jackbauer wrote: »

no i use bank of ireland 365 online. I have sent 3 small payments so far with no problems BUT , it takes a full five working days from being sent from my bank account to showing up in paypal. stupid in this day and age. I even sent a payment at 6am on a tuesday didnt show till the following monday afternoon:rolleyes:

Cool, I'll probably just stick with 3V unless someone shows me how to do the transfer using AIB online banking! Thanks anyway!!!

col.in.Cr

jor el wrote: »

It's a bit of a mickey mouse operation all right. You do a credit transfer to Paypal's bank account, using your Paypal email address as payment reference. They then match this payment to your account, manually, and the funds become available for you to use. This process will take 3+ days for the bank transfer, then however long it takes someone in Paypal to match the money to your account.

The potential for problems is huge as it is not an automatic system at all. The email needs to be manually matched, so the possibility of mistakes is there. If your money does go to the wrong account, there's no knowing how long it will take to sort out.

I'd stick with the credit card or 3V, unless you're in no hurry, or completely desperate and have no other choice. You'll also have very little, or no, protection against fraud, when you use cash.

I tried this Online with BOI acc to test with a small amount
BOI says its sent but paypal say they didnt get it,over 2 weeks now,
paypal say they will try to trace it,

JJ

I set up my PTSB online banking to pay into PP. I've only used it once but it worked with no problems. As mentioned already, it does take a while.

It can be handy if you're selling and want to withdraw money but you have slightly less than €100. If you withdraw less than €100 at a time, PP charge you a euro but any withdraw over that amount is free. If you don't want to incur the €1 charge, you can top up your PP account then withdraw your balance afterwards.

col.in.Cr

Dear C,

Thank you for contacting PayPal. My name is Precious and I am happy to
assist you today.

I understand that you were enquiring about the funds that you have
transferred from your bank account to your PayPal account.

Upon carefully reviewing your account, I cannot see in your transactions
that you added funds from your bank to your PayPal account on the 23rd of
February.

It is my pleasure to assist you. Thank you for choosing PayPal.

Sincerely,
Precious
PayPal European Services
PayPal, an eBay Company

Copyright © 1999-2009 PayPal. All rights reserved. PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l.
& Cie, S.C.A. Société en Commandite par Actions. Registered Office: 5th
Floor, 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449, Luxembourg, RCS Luxembourg B 118 349

Original Message Follows:

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Form Message
customer subject: I sent funds from my bank account to my paypal account(##
feb) where is?
customer message: Additional Information: 'sequence number ######
destination NSC ##-##-##
destination account no: ########
TX code ##
amount ##euro
Beneficiery D###EPLP##GFTYU#
originting ID ##-##-##
Originating Account no: ########
Bank of Ireland
Please find my money'

I have sent them every detail they asked for but they still cant
find the money I sent them,Anyone else have this problem?,BOI staff
say this is happening a lot,just a heads up

jackbauer

Not surprising really. Had similar experiences with other crowds and bank transfers. They swear they never got it , bank swear they sent it. I'd never send a bank transfer i couldn't afford to loose.

I Drink It Up!

Any updates on this kind of situation? Cheers.

Cherrycola

Has anyone managed to get their transfer refunded from Paypal if it goes missing?

I have a transfer floating around somewhere for 3 weeks now, its left my bank account, but never showed up in my paypal account. Im waiting to hear back from Paypal regarding it, but just wanted to know if anyone else has had success in getting their money refunded?

jor el

Please keep discussion to the Paypal sticky thread instead of this 2 year old one.