Seriously folks open a 2nd account with a small amount of money, either personal or through the University. Paypal are idiots. For over a year the account I linked to was closed and they never noticed but just don't like the idea of giving them access to a "real" account. Under their rules they can go in and take money without your permission. As a practical matter they do this to sellers not buyers but still better safe than sorry.
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Sarah E. McCleskey < sarah.e.mccles...@hofstra.edu> wrote: > I linked my university Paypal account to a personal account. I know, I > know. But I couldn't see any other way around it . > > Sarah > > > Sarah E. McCleskey > Head of Access Services > Acting Director, Film and Media Library > 112 Axinn Library, 123 Hofstra University > Hempstead, NY 11549 > sarah.e.mccles...@hofstra.edu > 516-463-5076 (phone) > 516-463-4309 (fax) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto: > videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Phillips > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 10:57 AM > To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu > Subject: Re: [Videolib] Using Paypal > > Hello Ursula, > > We are encountering this problem now as well. We previously got around > the 'checking account' requirement by having one of our staff members get > the PayPal credit card. If you get the PayPal credit card, you have to use > it during the year, at least once. The problem was that we never used this > card to pay for our purchases; we used our departmental credit card. > Because we never used their credit card, PayPal recently cancelled it and > has refused to send us a new one. We can send perhaps $1,100 through > PayPal using our departmental credit card before our account will be shut > down. > > We have returned to what we used to do before we started using PayPal: > contacting vendors by telephone or by e-mail and asking for an alternate > payment method. Usually, the vendor can accept payment by check or bank > transfer; although if they want payment in advance it will delay the > arrival of the order. > > If there is no alternate method, we use PayPal and slowly creep toward our > sending limit. Once we hit the sending limit, we will not be able to use > PayPal, will not be able to order the item, and will have to refer our > patrons to Interlibrary Loan. > > Michael S. Phillips > Library Associate I > Monographic Acquisitions Division > Texas A&M University > acqmo...@library.tamu.edu > > 5000 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-5000 > > Tel. 979.845.1343 ext. 151 | Fax. 979.845.5310 > > http://library.tamu.edu > > > From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto: > videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Ursula Scholz > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 9:39 AM > To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu > Subject: [Videolib] Using Paypal > > Hello, > > We have found that a large number of vendors use Paypal for billing, which > is problematic for us. Once you spend more than $5,000 on a Paypal account > you have to link it to a checking account, which we have been unable to do > with a university account. The person who was previously purchasing DVDs > at my library had been using her personal Paypal account, but I am now > looking at hiring someone new and am reluctant to require anyone to do that. > > So, fellow university libraries, how do you handle purchases from vendors > who use Paypal? > > Ursula > > > **************************** > Ursula Scholz > Head, Access Services > usch...@luc.edu / 773-508-2636 > Cudahy Library > Loyola University Chicago > > 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. > > > > 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. >
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.
