Re: [Videolib] PayPal

[Helen P. Mack]

I exceeded my PayPal spending limit a year or so ago.  I contacted our Office of Institutional Purchasing folks to see if they had any ideas around this problem.  They did not.  Foolishly, I asked if I could pay directly from a university bank acct. (the way I set up the handling of our proceeds from Amazon sales), and they said no, which was no surprise.  They did suggest that I look for an alternate way of paying when I got to that point in a transaction.  At first I doubted that that there would be anything like that, but lo and behold ... If you don't login to PayPal, even when they say they know you have a PayPal acct., you are able to bypass PayPal and just pay with Visa.  I don't think I have yet run into an instance where I don't see this as an option.  Before I figured this out though, I did enter a personal credit card, because I had to complete the transaction.  Luckily it turned out OK, but never again.  Not a good idea.  It is stupid to assume personal liability for an institutional purchase.  On 10/3/2011 1:38 PM, Jessica Rosner wrote: Don't you just hate how the bank account is now considered your "regular" method and you have to make sure to go the extra steps and click on the CC. Again for those of you out there who do not want to put your own accounts at risk, see if you can get your school to set up  a special bank account for this and stick $100 in it. On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Sarah E. McCleskey <sarah.e.mccles...@hofstra.edu> wrote: Arg, I ran into this just last month.  I ended up linking my personal account to that paypal account.  I called Paypal and talked to them and I couldn’t figure out any other way around it.  And I use Paypal so often for purchases, not using that account just isn’t an option.  Paypal had only 2 options for removing that spending limit, either to link to a bank account or to apply for their credit card.  Neither was ideal!!!   Sarah E. McCleskey Head of Access Services Acting Director, Film and Media Library 112 Axinn Library Hofstra University Hempstead, NY 11549-1230 sarah.e.mccles...@hofstra.edu 516-463-5076 (o) 516-463-4309 (f)   From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Rhonda Pancoe Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 1:05 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] PayPal   We have exceeded our spending limit on PayPal and now they are asking us to add and confirm our bank account which our accounting office will not do.  I have gotten around this by signing on as a guest and using our corporate card but that option isn't always available.  Has anybody run into this and how did you solve it other than notify the seller to complete the transaction? Rhonda Pancoe Media Acquisitions Coordinator Colgate University 13 Oak Drive Hamilton, NY  13346 315-228-7858 Phone 315-228-6227 Fax rpan...@colgate.edu VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. -- Jessica Rosner Media Consultant 224-545-3897 (cell) 212-627-1785 (land line) jessicapros...@gmail.com VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. -- Helen P. Mack, Acquisitions Librarian Lehigh University, Linderman Library 30 Library Drive Bethlehem, PA 18015-3013 USA Phone 610 758-3035 * Fax 610 758-5605 E-mail h...@lehigh.edu

VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues 
relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, 
preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and 
related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective 
working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication 
between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and 
distributors.