Paypal payment question

[I Vtec, do you?]

Simple question -

If I have money in my account and I buy something, is there anyway to pay for it (through paypal) with my credit card and NOT touch any of the money in my account?

[e60.deluxe]

sort of.

what you can do is go transfer money to paypal account from credit card--ahead of time. then pay normally.

the difference is that when you do it this way, paypal will charge YOU the 3% or whatever.

actually nevermind, i just checked and it seems that you can only do that with a bank account now, not a credit card.

[habitat]

Originally Posted by e60.deluxe

sort of.

what you can do is go transfer money to paypal account from credit card--ahead of time. then pay normally.

the difference is that when you do it this way, paypal will charge YOU the 3% or whatever.

actually nevermind, i just checked and it seems that you can only do that with a bank account now, not a credit card.

I don't think this is correct... I always pay directly with a credit card.

1. Sign into paypal
2. Click "My Account" tab
3. Mouse over "Profile" tab
4. Click "add or edit credit card"
5. Click "Add a card"

Now when you pay for something, paypal always sets your bank account as the default method of payment, you'll have to click something like "choose a different method" and if you had done the steps above, you can simply choose that credit card. Viola!

[sbigshot]

^^ I don't think you can change the payment method if you have a PayPal balance (money in your acct that people have paid you). It will always use the PayPal balance 1st before using one of the other forms of payment.

Now one thing you could do is go to the withdrawl tab and transfer your PP balance to your bank account (free) and then when you have a zero balance, pay with your credit card.

[I Vtec, do you?]

Yeah I think I'll have to take it out and then pay, thanks guys. I tried choosing a diff form of payment and they took all the money out of my paypal first, which I didn't want.