PayPal Holdings, Inc. Money Transfers Complaint

Domestic (US) money transfer Other service issues

PayPal Holdings, Inc. Money transfers department,

Domestic (US) money transfer Other service issues California

I recently made a purchase on PayPal. The purchase was charged to a PayPal credit account which I do not recall having ever established. Generally my PayPal purchases are funded through a linked bank account. When I called to complain, I was told that I could close the account but was not allowed to pre-pay the charge ( I have to wait a number of days until the payment goes through ). In other words, I have to call back/log-in again to make a payment against this charge. This is despite the fact that on my PayPal account, it does show that my credit limit is decreased as a result of my purchase - so they are able to show that I have spent the money but they do not allow me to pay it! I was also told that charging to the PayPal credit account was set as my account default, although I would never have set this default since I did not even know I had the account! Despite the call-center representative saying that my account has been open since 2014, there are no statements available on the website and this is the first time I have ever


under that lawsuit or whether there is any other way to file a formal complaint against PayPal for this deceptive practice. I am also concerned because I noted to both the initial customer service representative and her manager that I believed this was at a minimum poor business practice and more likely, ripe for a class-action lawsuit, and neither of them acknowledged the prior class-action lawsuit related to PayPal credit. Clearly PayPal has not done all it should have to rectify the issues it created when setting up PayPal Credit accounts for people without their desire/consent as related to the existing class-action suit.

PayPal Holdings, Inc. customer in California
Jun 15, 2016

* Source: CFPB Complaint Database

PayPal Holdings, Inc. response to complaint:
Closed with explanation

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