How to pay with multiple mastercard prepaid cards
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Hello,
I am writing on this community help forum because I am stumped on what to do with my problem. My problem is that I am trying to purchase something online that is worth around $40. I have three prepaid mastercards that have $19.72 on one of them, $11.28 on the next one, and lastly $15.46 on the last card. I have all of these cards "added" as a credit card in my paypal account, However in the past, Paypal would just combine my cards to come up with a sum of "combined" money to make a payment, however now it does not do that anymore. I was wondering what I can do because I do not want to waste money that is left on these cards and this method used to work in the past.
I have even tried sending money to a second account of mine but the same situation occurs where Paypal only selects one prepaid credit card at a time and ultimitley says my company 'declined" this transaction because I do not have sufficient funds on the card. Like I said previously, Paypal used to combine multiple credit cards listed on my account to come up with a total sum of money from both cards that by themselves do not have enough money, however when combined by paypal, I would have enough money to make the purchase.
It seems like paypal has changed something preventing me to do this. Any Ideas of what I can do?
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It is possible to pay using the funds in your Account balance and the remainder with a credit card however, you must first elect to pay with your credit card. Your available balance will be used up and the remainder is charged to your card. As this now looks like you've sent a single payment, you remain eligible for Buyer Protection. You would not be eligible for Buyer Protection, if you paid for the item with two separate transactions.
What you cannot do is split a single payment between 2 bank accounts, 2 credit/debit card accounts or a bank account and a credit/debit card account. In addition, you cannot split a single payment between 2 PayPal accounts.

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