Paypal is working again – What a Relieve
Malaysian Paypal users cannot accept any payments since 10th May 2007. Paypal requires entering a U.S. Bank Account in order to accept payments. Many suspect and thought that it is a change of policy for Malaysia. It turned out to be a false alarm. It is a technical glitch afterall and they finally rectify it after fifteen long days. Everything is back to normal now.
When you have payment and clicked to accept it, you are brought to the familiar page where you have a choice of Accept Payment But Don’t Add a Bank Account Now. Click Submit and the next screen appears.
Malaysian Paypal users are not discriminated after all. However, this episode has proven that many Malaysians find it hard to go the right way during time of crisis. Some has gone to the extend of entering a fake U.S. Bank account number in order to accept payment during the period of technical glitch.
It is this group of people that gives Malaysia a bad name in the eye of the world. Shame on you!
Miserable and Irritatable
May 25th, 2007 at 11:24 pm
Shame on me!
May 25th, 2007 at 11:32 pm
Steve Yu,
next time don’t be naughty.
May 26th, 2007 at 1:04 am
well, I have my own reason to use the risky method.
P.S. : I wouldn’t be naughty again.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:40 am
Great. Just after I bought my VMI and they fixed this problem. What a jinx.
May 27th, 2007 at 12:31 am
anthraxxxx,
at least now you can withdraw the funds from Paypal.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:08 am
luckily i procrastinate day by day and when I want to do something, no need to do oledi
May 27th, 2007 at 1:08 am
I do not want to risk my account being slapped with a limited access status yet. Right now, I think I’ll clear my money through a trusted paypal currency buyer for the moment.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:40 am
Bengbeng,
like that oso can
anthraxxxx,
you are right, normally VMI users will have limited status initially and i agree it’s quite troublesome.
you can clear your money through trusted paypal currency buyer for now but not advisable if later you have USD1 million to clear.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
lol i’m still waiting for my E*Trade to come and besides, VMI has a limit of 500 USD withdrawal per day. Unless I send my utility bill to them in order to increase my withdrawal limit.
June 3rd, 2007 at 1:19 am
Hi, anthraxxxx, see you here. Wa..you wait until you have 500 USD then only you withdraw ?
I withdraw bit by bit first lah…safe mah..I started with $15,$30,$45,$60..from Paypal to VMI card. I am going to withdraw my money from VMI card next week. I want REAL CASH.
Mind share with me that paypal currency buyer ? I would like to have another option
besides VMI card and etrade. Aiyah..my etrade application was nowhere to be seen. I have to apply again…..*sigh*
July 13th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
Hi, I’m able to use VMI Debit Card with US Bank a/c no to withdraw my PayPal fund. Oredy use it for few months without problems. Only thing, I’ve to pay USD4.50 service charge per transaction. From now on, I’ll rather accumulate my fund to a bigger amount before rushing to ATM.
Those interested, you may contact VMI local agent in KL, vmi.mal@gmail.com to get the card. No need to pay for long distance postage, etc. Good Luck.
July 17th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
Johnnyfox2u,
Thanks for the lead.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:58 pm
hi ! how do i can open an account bank in US ? how do i withdraw money and transfer to my account in malaysia ? Pls help ! thks
From david (kelantan)
April 1st, 2008 at 9:34 pm
DAVID,
there’s no need to open an US account for paypal purposes anymore. You can simply apply for a PBB Visa Debit Card and use it.
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May 15th, 2010 at 3:27 am
“It is this group of people that gives Malaysia a bad name in the eye of the world. Shame on you!”
Of course this group of people don’t necessary have to be Malaysians.
Remember, expert scammers don’t use their real identities, let alone their real addresses.
Don’t be so harsh to condemn your own people even if it’s just a small group, especially if it’s for something that they don’t even do.
Should you side with the foreign PayPal or your own people?
Remember that even PayPal have a negative reputation of mistreating its users in the U.S.A. (sudden frozen accounts, unable to withdraw, unfair treatment that benefit the nasty buyers, etc).