Adding pre-paid cards to PayPal...

[Feren Silver]

Yeah, so basically I bought this crappy card from Walgreen's. It's a $50 pre-paid Visa, which I planned to add to my PayPal and purchase something off a site.

I need help adding it, but when I try to add it, I get:

"Denied by bank\card company..."

 

[WoWnub]

I had the same problem. I dont think they allow it anymore. I'm not sure but I hope someone else can help you more. Best of luck

 

[Rawrgasm]

You're going to have trouble with it I believe you have to manually contact them to do it if theirs an issue, but theirs also no billing address which can pose a problem when it goes to authorize it. It's a hit or miss with those cards sometimes it took numerous attempts when I used them back with the original xbox live. Can keep trying but I believe each failed transaction(attempt) decreases the value it's like a dollar charge or something for failed attempt.

 

[whoareyou47]

I dont think PayPal allows prepaid cards anymore.

 

[Kadaj]

Yeah, i don't believe you can get your account verified by using a Pre-Paid now, but you can still put the cash onto your Paypal if you're a US/CA resident.

 

[cp]

You can't use it to verify a paypal account.

Just use that card directly instead of paypal... Money will be coming from the same place, and I'm sure it's accepted as well anyways..

 

[Feren Silver]

Yeah, i don't believe you can get your account verified by using a Pre-Paid now, but you can still put the cash onto your Paypal if you're a US/CA resident.

I'm a US resident. My account is already verified, it just won't add the card.

You can't use it to verify a paypal account.

Just use that card directly instead of paypal... Money will be coming from the same place, and I'm sure it's accepted as well anyways..

I'm trying to use the card to purchase something online that uses PayPal only (or a credit card through PayPal, which requires an account to be linked to that card).

 

[Rawrgasm]

I always thought paypal does a checksum with there own authorization system for the CC through paypal? I know most sites will take the card if it's a straight CC site. If you're verified why don't you just use the built in paypal debit card generator?