Paypal Philippines

[subtitle]

i just saw in another forum that we in the philippines can now open a send-only paypal account. i signed up a few minutes ago with my credit card issued here

[firewired]

Yup signed up as well and it works. Too bad merchants still can't use it as an online payment option. Would've been great for PinoyDVD Marketplace sellers.

[clea]

Sir, san po sign up nito?

[firewired]

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_registration-run

Make sure to choose "Philippines" from the dropdown menu.

[Thunderball]

what exactly is a "send-only" PayPal account? does it mean that we can now purchase items in eBay U.S. via PayPal?

[firewired]

Yes, "send-only" means you can now purchase goods and services from any Paypal  merchant (including eBay sellers) using your Philippine credit card.

The limitation is that your account cannot be used to receive money. Online Philippine sellers with (presumably) Philippine bank accounts still won't able to use Paypal as a payment option on their respective sites.

[notarius]

Even if we are limited to the "send only" option, this opens up endless possibilities on ebay (U.S.) 

Next questions is whether we have to synchronize credit card and paypal shipping addresses.

[subtitle]

^ yes, i would like to know that as well. a lot of ebay sellers only ship to paypal verified addresses.

[firewired]

Not sure about shipping addresses but you can always choose to verify your PayPal account and become part of their Expanded Use Program. It's a pretty straightforward procedure which can be accessed via a link under the My Account section.

• PayPal charges US$1.95 to your credit card.
• When that charge appears on your online statment (and on the printed statement if your credit card company isn't online), it will be accompanied by a 4-digit unique code.
• Enter that code in your Paypal account to validate/verify your credit card.
• PayPal automatically credits the US$1.95 charge to your account.

[jojitv]

Verified my account, but will still have to wait a few days for the number to reflect on my statement.

[subtitle]

got the verification number on my online credit card statement. now my paypal account is verified

[turismo1997]

gusto ko sumali, pero, pwede po malaman kung ano benefits ng paypal lalo na pag bumibili ka online via ebay? pag meron paypal ba i che-check muna nya kung na send na yung goods papunta sayo? thanks

[keilu]

yay! verfied account na rin ako.....time to browse and see what i can bid on at ebay

gusto ko sumali, pero, pwede po malaman kung ano benefits ng paypal lalo na pag bumibili ka online via ebay? pag meron paypal ba i che-check muna nya kung na send na yung goods papunta sayo? thanks

in answer to your query, only thing i could think of is ease of payment since most ebay sellers (outside of the phils that is) prefer paypal payments.  With regards to paypal checking if the items you paid were sent to you, dont think that they do that. then again, might be wrong.

[Artemis]

verified na rin pero yikes!  hirap na naman magpigil sa gastos nito! :'(

gusto ko sumali, pero, pwede po malaman kung ano benefits ng paypal lalo na pag bumibili ka online via ebay?

tama si keilu about ease of payment and ebay sellers preferring paypal as method of payment for international buyers. 

pag meron paypal ba i che-check muna nya kung na send na yung goods papunta sayo? thanks

nope.  it does not do that.  sa experience ko, it only tells both the buyer and the seller that payment was sent, but it doesn't tell you whether the goods have been sent or not.  You'll have to ask the seller about that.  One of the major advantages of paypal is that it makes it possible to file a claim or dispute and refund your payment kung sakaling magkaproblema sa transaction like may damage or hindi mo na-receive yung items.  Paypal gives you buyer protection.  Read more about it here:  https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_pbp-info-outside

hope this helps.   

[turismo1997]

thanks

[nixenzo]

Yes! Verified na rin ako! Hello eBay, and hopefully DVDHeaven! 

[jojitv]

Verified my account, but will still have to wait a few days for the number to reflect on my statement.

After two weeks, verified na rin ako. 

[nixenzo]

Ack! They need my proof of address through a utility bill. Problem is I don't pay bills...yet. I contacted them to no avail, they sent me an automated response. 

[RNIverson]

hmm... i got verified without any proof of address    will the $1.95 amount (charged in your card to be verified) be added in your paypal balance?

[nixenzo]

hmm... i got verified without any proof of address    will the $1.95 amount (charged in your card to be verified) be added in your paypal balance?

Lucky lucky. Anyway, the $1.95 will be added to your account after you send your first payment.

[nixenzo]

Hmm...this is getting weirder. I tried to send a payment through PayPal a few days ago, but I assumed it didn't got through because of my limited access.  I checked with my account, and true enough, it wasn't sent. But when I checked by debit card account, the payment got reflected. 

I'm trying to contact them but they kept sending me automatic emails. 

[dobermaxx69]

Hmm...this is getting weirder. I tried to send a payment through PayPal a few days ago, but I assumed it didn't got through because of my limited access.  I checked with my account, and true enough, it wasn't sent. But when I checked by debit card account, the payment got reflected. 

I'm trying to contact them but they kept sending me automatic emails. 

i feel you man. same thing just happened to me. i tried to purchase an oppo dvd player. i thought the payment didn't go through but then i checked my credit statement online, the payment got reflected. however, i called up the bank and they told me if paypal does not forward them within 2 weeks. the transaction will be cancelled and they will refund the full amount to my card.

for now, the $268 charge to my card is still "floating".

[boybi]

Yes, "send-only" means you can now purchase goods and services from any Paypal  merchant (including eBay sellers) using your Philippine credit card.

The limitation is that your account cannot be used to receive money. Online Philippine sellers with (presumably) Philippine bank accounts still won't able to use Paypal as a payment option on their respective sites.

what if i won in a bid at ebay, then the seller failed to ship the item after transferring/paying him through paypal, will my payment be reverted back to me even if my account cannot receive money?

[nixenzo]

i feel you man. same thing just happened to me. i tried to purchase an oppo dvd player. i thought the payment didn't go through but then i checked my credit statement online, the payment got reflected. however, i called up the bank and they told me if paypal does not forward them within 2 weeks. the transaction will be cancelled and they will refund the full amount to my card.

for now, the $268 charge to my card is still "floating".

Please update us if anything happens. Still no word from PayPal for me. Terrible support talaga 
It says, by the way, that limited access accounts can receive payments, but not send money. Pero it says in the previous posts, send only lang ang Philippines 

[lithium_deuteride]

what if i won in a bid at ebay, then the seller failed to ship the item after transferring/paying him through paypal, will my payment be reverted back to me even if my account cannot receive money?

Even if your account could receive money chances are, bye bye na ang payment mo. You can get items cheap at ebay but you have to accept the risk of not receiving the item you already paid for. It's the reason you have to check the reliability record of the seller. Another thing that can happen is the item gets lost during shipment. USA mailing is very reliable but if you live in a wide open neighborhood and your package arrives while no one is at home, delikado.

I once bought a $300 car stereo from ebay and the Fedex package sat on the porch for 3 days. OK naman kasi yung neighborhood but I can't imagine doing the same thing if I lived in Queens NYC or the Bronx for example.

[nixenzo]

PayPal restored my account access again! 
I really hope that there wouldn't be anymore problems. Plus the receiver confirmed that they already got my payment. 

[subtitle]

nixenzo, what did you do to have your account restored? did you fax anything?

[groucho]

I apologize for my ignorance, but I'm a little confused.

I have signed up for a PayPal account using my billing address here in Manila.  What if I would want to purchase something on eBay and have it sent to somebody in the US?  Would that be possible using PayPal?

[bumblebee]

I guess you would have to ask the seller to send it to the US.

[clea]

I think this would depend on whom you're purchasing the item from.

I did this by specifying it on the notes or message area to have my package sent to Johnny Air - NY