Ok, I'm getting really upset now. I used to be a premium Geek, then paypal froze my account. No matter how hard I tried I cannot get them to unfreeze it even though I have followed every step, even the postal step. I've now told them to shove their account where the sun will hopefully never shine for them. I only take heart from the fact that I am not alone in the problems.

NOW, having just opened my bussiness bank account a month ago I though aha!! I have a card that isn't linked with Paypal, so now I can renew my Geek sub. I go to pay and find that the only way to complete is to pick a password and end up with another Paypal account. Is there now way to do this that doesn't lumber me with Paypal?

I'm not sure what the answer is. However, I had a problem with my paypal account not so long ago and basically it was my Bank who had thought a payment I had made was dodgy - it wasn't but now I am in the same position as you - what I have to do is ring the fraud department at the bank and confirm the transaction - just haven't got round to it yet!

Don't know if this is any help

The best thing to do would be to drop Sam (The Geek) a pm to ask if there's another way of paying...
The only option that is available (as far as I can see) on the paid subscriptions screen is via Paypal.

hth's

A freind of mine had the same problem when trying to purchase a camera from ebay, according to my friend when you have reached a certain amout of money spent with paypal you have to re-apply, personally I don't get that but that's what she said.

Its been weird with mine. I had two accounts, one I set up in Norway and the other a new one I had to do when I moved to the UK. The UK one had been used twice, once an incoming transfer of the balance in my Norwegian Paypal account so I could close that one, then a payment from a jewellery customer. Next thing I get a mail saying the account was suspended. The reason have changed over the months as I tried to fulfil everything they wanted, its been refrozen several times now each time before I can complete the steps asked for previously. I finally managed everything and then had to wait for a postal letter with a final step. Got, that, did what they asked and they turned round on screen with a message saying the details I entered didn't match what they had. It was confirming my home telephone number as a security measure! I know my own number and address, I know what I entered when I joined, yet they say it doesn't match. I cant tell you how angry I got in a split second, I could have broken something, anything, in fury. I decided they just weren't worth it and in the last of many email exchanges I told them what I'd like them to do with my account. During that time the Norwegian one was frozen before I could close it. I tried to unfreeze it just so I could close it and couldn't manage it. I log into the hotmail accounts linked to both accounts now and periodically find mails asking me to complete the security measures or they will close the accounts


The worst thing is that I'm in the process of setting up an online bussiness and find myself in the situation that I need to be able to take online payments, and thats likely to have to be Paypal but I find the prospect really scary as they effectively bought the Ebay selling (basically testing the water for the online venture) I was doing to a halt as most of my sales were international. I'm very reluctant to have to depend on them again. Google now offer a payment service but to use them from a merchant perspective they credit sweep you. I wont pass that as I'm fresh into the country and dont own a house anymore. Its a nightmare.