Just got an email from PayPal stating the latest policy changes.
Well looks like they're going to start charging for inactive accounts starting some time in November as one of their latest policies. For us Canadians its going to be around 20 dollars. Not happy!    Every bit I work hard for and it all counts. I don't need some money hungry dirty monkey paws stealing my money. 

Anyways anger and frustration aside , do you know if I could just log in now and again and that would solve that issue or do I have to take some other possible drastic action?

Thank you for any reply.

Nope. Just says that they're going to charge starting some time in November. I would like to either find out here or contact them for more info. 
Hopefully this issue can be solved simply.
I just hate to well you know have to "juggle" yet again.

So they'll start emptying inactive accounts by 20$ a month and take the money for their own.
Not a nice move and the stiff penalty of 20$ makes it look like they are very greedy.

On the other hand, most of us will have payouts, activity, from various agencies on regular basis.
Monthly or at least a few times per year.
Those accounts would not qualify as inactive, right?

Looks like someone already posted this question at the PayPal forums.
https://www.paypal-community.com/t5/My-Account/Inactive-Account-PayPal-Legal-Definition/m-p/2793710
Stay tuned!

Thanks for posting that link. Here's what it says:

Posted on ‎Aug-13-2021 09:00 PM

Inactive Account: What is legal PayPal definition for it? PayPal Policy Update says as of 2021-Nov-20 there will be CAD$20 annual charge for inactive accounts.

So if that's accurate, the charge is annual, not monthly. My guess is, they'll impose it on people who haven't used the service in a year???

Still not wonderful for those it impacts, but at least it's not monthly.

Quote from: marthamarks on August 14, 2021, 01:20

Still not wonderful for those it impacts, but at least it's not monthly.

Yeah, I remember banks applying the same tactics. Some banks in my country offered free accounts or debet cards in the past.
But a few years back they started to charge a yearly fee to what they call sleeper accounts or what Paypal now calls inactive accounts.
According to those banks, they had to do it because of dropping interest rates, and they were actually losing money on those sleeper accounts.

Can't say I like it, but on the other hand, what's the point of having money in an inactive bank or paypal account?

You can be glad that in your country it's just for inactive bank accounts. Where I live bank accounts used to be free for years, but a few years back they started charging  for every bank accounts and it's not even little. Way more than the $20 per year PayPal wants. And it's worse - If you store a certain amount on your account, they will even charge you an additional % of that each month. Until last year that amount was over 100.000, so it didn't bother me, because it's not like I have that kind of money just lying around on my bank account, but this year it was lowered drastically to a more realistic amount many people might actually have on their account.

In PayPal's case I am not bothered too much, as I have monthly transactions there, so it won't affect me. I just hope they won't follow suit with traditional bank accounts and start charging everyone just for owning a PayPal account. Especially since they earn money through fees already, so basically the accounts aren't free to begin with.

Can't even get into my account My password still works but for some reason I can't get passed the "summit mobile number!" crap. I don't have a mobile phone and I cant even use the link they provided for codes. 

Ah, yeah, PayPal added the requirement to add a mobile phone number some time ago, because you will now randomly be asked to confirm your log in with a code sent to your mobile.

There is some work around to  temporarily log in, like for example explained here:
https://www.wowthemes.net/login-paypal-account-without-phone-verification/

However, this is only a one-time solution where you could withdrew your money and you will have to add a phone number eventually. PayPal does not work without a mobile phone number anymore.

Can't even get into my account My password still works but for some reason I can't get passed the "summit mobile number!" crap. I don't have a mobile phone and I cant even use the link they provided for codes. 

There's an easy fix for that: buy the cheapest phone you can find, doesn't even need to be a smartphone, and get one of those prepaid sim cards.
You'll only need it to receive the 2FA SMS.

I can only recommend you to also enable it for your other accounts which hold personal and sensitive information.

Quote from: k_t_g on August 14, 2021, 16:13

Can't even get into my account My password still works but for some reason I can't get passed the "summit mobile number!" crap. I don't have a mobile phone and I cant even use the link they provided for codes. 

There's an easy fix for that: buy the cheapest phone you can find, doesn't even need to be a smartphone, and get one of those prepaid sim cards.
You'll only need it to receive the 2FA SMS.

I can only recommend you to also enable it for your other accounts which hold personal and sensitive information.

Not everyone has cellphone coverage, I dont where I live/

ebay uses paypal, just streamlines the process (for once) so you dont see the paypal connection

the easiest solution is to have an agency deposit to paypal, or set up an ongoing payment (eg, for internet) and the 'problem' disappears

I've had three stock payouts go through PayPal in the last 30 days, and each payment was processed and delivered to my bank account as easily as ever.

No problem accessing my account to check on them either.

Before PayPal made the change with the mobile phone numbers they sent me like 579946 mails to remind me that I needed to add a mobile phone number so I could continue using my account. They started doing this like half a year before and then sent new mails every few weeks to remind me of this. It was really getting bothersome, as I had added my phone number already. These were automated mails, so everyone should have gotten them, but people need to check the mail accounts they used for their PayPal registration and spam folders regularly.

Thanks for this tip. I didn�t get �like 579946� emails about it, but I likely did get one or two, but I don�t think it made it clear that I HAD to add a phone number in order to access my account. Anyway, fixed now.

Friendly reminder that if you aren't in the US it is long past time to stop using Paypal. Payoneer always gives a much better exchange rate and there are no fees to pay for any of the larger microstock sites. Today PY is offering an exchange rate 1.75% (!!!!!) better than PP. It really is criminal. I have saved somewhere over �300 GBP since May by switching.