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by paypal_woes 1043 days ago
I had only had credit cards linked to PayPal before, never a checking account. There is no option to transfer the balance to a credit card. When I tried adding a checking account it insisted I provide a mobile number, which I did, and it refused to accept, telling me to just "try a different number," lol. This is an actual cell phone number from a US carrier (Mint Mobile).

Yes, in retrospect I should have sent the money to a friend and asked for a Zelle payment in return.
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effingwewt 1043 days ago
What a lot of companies (pp included) don't tell you is that when they use a phone as verification many only allow them from the Big 4. Tmobile Verizon ATT Sprint.

Verification will fail not only with VOIP numbers but prepaid plans including Metro.

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