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Paypal Issues Reports

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  mielle CAYM ROUTE OUT (@caymkanojo) reported 2 minutes ago

  @arvanno1fan If it doesnt end up working u can paypal it to me directly without like .the vgen in between and ill write down your deadline on my sheet 😭😭 (but ill keep the vgen request in my vgen queue so i can check back your ref links)

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  Jeffcoly | ZarGates (@Jeffcoly) reported 10 minutes ago

  @Forbes Slow and steady still works. Levchin took the hard DIY route from PayPal fraud wars to Affirm’s $25B valuation and actual GAAP profits. Rare to see a fintech that didn’t just burn cash forever chasing growth.

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  アオイ| AOI (@rohioart) reported 10 minutes ago

  @SuzunaTsukimi Yeah, there have been multiple issues with this, I’m not sure if it’s a Kofi thing or PayPal. It’s always been there on my end but others were unable to see the option for PayPal, it only showed credit/debit card option. It most likely will only show that now.

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  WorshipCarrie 💸 (@worshipcarriee) reported 12 minutes ago

  @jay39646384336 PayPal @bgcarrie send before they shut down

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  So Eungi (@so_eungi) reported 14 minutes ago

  I still couldn’t get the ticket to Berlin 😭 I tried paying with different cards and through PayPal, and it just kept giving me an error every single time. Well… this is how I ****** UP 😭 What can I say…

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  Slinkonage (@Slinkonage) reported 16 minutes ago

  Wonderful. PayPal continue to be completely untrustworthy, shutting people down for no reason. This happened to me years ago. Find better ways to take payments!

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  JennieUI/UX Designer (@jenidesignns) reported 17 minutes ago

  If I just let go of this client because of the PayPal issue, is that okay? I opened a new account, and within a few seconds, it was permanently limited.

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  Vrindabani📯 (@JelaJad) reported 18 minutes ago

  @sternenko Please put in possibilities to pay via PayPal or apple pay. It would make it so much easier for a lot of people. This might me one of the reasons that donations are so slow.

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  Alyz 🌸🔪 Maid Vtuber (@ProjectAlyz) reported 22 minutes ago

  @PokiFluffs i think i had a similar issue once. went on vgen trough the x app and payed. strangely i didn’t get a confirmation email or the file. the item was still shown available in vgen. on PayPal the money was sent. it’s always lagging if im not in a browser

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  fran ☽☾ finally saw Ari after 16 years 🥹 (@elysiankrow) reported 24 minutes ago

  hello ⭐ I can't dm u but if you're interested I'm selling an upper bowl for the 27th!! it's available for AXS transfer, I'd be down for a video call and I have PayPal g&s :)

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  Matt Farley of Motern Media (@MoternMedia) reported 25 minutes ago

  @WorstMikeFrollo The other one is the Vimeo version (also available through PayPal/dropbox on my website now that Vimeo is shutting down on demand).

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  DebIsGone (@DebIsGone) reported 26 minutes ago

  @ScratchycClark Not me, I'm technically challenged. Everything has to be so many steps. So complicated, sign up for an account. Sign in with Google or FB or Paypal. It's neverending

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  Supra | スープラ (@supurasensei) reported 27 minutes ago

  Just tried to help a friend get an Indian tourist visa and it was a proper nightmare. My friend is a Japanese national and has never had to apply for a visa for anywhere. The application form asks for all sorts of details, which was not too difficult to fill but in parts annoying. For example, it compulsorily asks for a person of contact in India and their address; how is a tourist who has never been to India supposed to have that? Luckily, I was able to provide a family member's details. But then it comes to the payment section (USD 25), the website only provides the following options: - SBI e-pay -PayPal -Axis Bank e-pay How on earth is someone supposed to know that choosing the e-pay options leads you to a page where you can pay by credit or debit card? Anyway, because I have helped people with this before, I advised her to choose the SBI e-pay option and she started entering her card details. Hit enter. Transaction failed. Strange, she said. It's a Visa and she's used it all over the world. Curiously, after a transaction fails, you still get a screen asking you to check transaction status but only AFTER 30 minutes. Going back simply brings you back to the same page. Kept getting an error. Tried two more times. Error. Tried another card. Another error. Exited and tried to get back to the payment screen from midway through the application and chose the Axis Bank gateway. Errors again on both cards. Another friend, from Hong Kong, volunteered to pay using her card. The first one received errors on both. Finally, on the eighth attempt, the friend's second card went through on the Axis Bank gateway. This entire process, that should have taken 15 minutes at most, ended up taking three hours. A foreigner with a genuine interest to visit the country, with tickets and accommodation booked already, needed multiple tries to book a simple e-visa, with four credit cards, all enabled for international use, that were declined regularly until one finally, randomly worked. If anyone in the Indian government is wondering why foreign tourism and Incredible India aren't exactly booming, they might want to consider this as a potential reason.

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  sd (@sd_katsu) reported 31 minutes ago

  i finally figured out the stupid issue with paypal! they have 2 different address sections. your address on your account is not the same as your addresses on the express checkout page when you're buying something. i finally deleted the "preferred" address with my name backwards..

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  palazzetto delle aste (@PalazzettoA) reported 38 minutes ago

  @mayemusk @boringcompany Vision: a PayPal and X merger as a global hub The starting point is the current situation with Stripe trying to acquire PayPal, a deal that creates strong concentration in the payments industry regardless of whether Musk is involved. The alternative vision is that Musk himself, one of PayPal’s original co-founders, should instead pursue a merger between PayPal and X, avoiding the need to route his own products through Stripe, which today feels like a contradiction. The structural advantage is that Revolut already proves you can offer instant credit, like loans issued in minutes, without being a traditional bank, operating instead under electronic money licenses. This allows you to bypass part of the classic regulatory rigidity, while still remaining subject to antitrust and compliance oversight. Direct experience with both payment systems matters here: PayPal settles funds immediately, while Stripe holds them for weeks despite lower fees, a real problem for anyone who needs to move cash quickly and pay suppliers on time. The core of the vision is building a fully vertical ecosystem: X becomes the platform, PayPal the payment and financing engine, and Musk’s products, Tesla, Starlink, the future Optimus robots, robotaxis, get sold directly with one click, financed through monthly installments charged to the PayPal card, without ever leaving the platform. In this scenario, X should not compete with TikTok on mass, low-price sales, but position itself for a high-spending audience, selling high-value goods like watches, used cars with built-in financing, premium products that justify real advertising investment, leaving low-margin mass sales to other platforms. The revenue model becomes multi-layered: income from advertising that sellers must buy to gain visibility on the platform, income from interest and fees on financing extended through the card, and lower credit risk because the system already knows users’ spending behavior thanks to artificial intelligence.