Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Paypal is a great service, but man, it can be retarded sometimes.

Take for instance what I've been trying to do this week. Add my bank account info to my paypal account, so I can put in more funds from the bank account. Seems beneficial for paypal, and simple enough.

However, it is required that your paypal account name perfectly match your bank account name. When I signed up for paypal (back in 2001) I used "Mike". The bank account is under "Michael." So paypal says nuh-uh, gotta change the name...but doesn't tell me how.

So after emailing customer service, they tell me what hidden, buried link I have to click to change my name. So I go and do that, and it asks "Is this a minor typographical change, ie Smiith to Smith?" I figure Mike to Michael is pretty simple, so I hit yes.

Turns out "minor" changes are limited to 2 characters changed. Anything more than that, and you have to fax in bank records, address forms, driver's license...all sorts of garbage. So for the next 4-5 days (the amount of time it takes paypal to process a name change) my name on paypal is "Miche." Next week I'll add the next two letters to complete "Michael" - finishing an overly annoying and aggravating adventure with paypal.

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Monster male cane toad caught


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