What is a "General Credit Card Deposit"?

[biwa]

I don't always check the statements immediately, but tonight I did and noticed that in April and March, There was listed a "General Credit Card Deposit" of $7.99, exactly the amount that PayPal automatically pays out for me to Netflix every month. It feels as if Netflix were giving me credit back for months when I didn't use their service, but that can't be, can it? So where is this $7.99 coming from, and why would there be a deposit like this? I have no $7.99 refunds or payments coming TO me that I am aware of.

My PayPal account is only linked to my credit card, not bank account.

[PayPal_AshleyP]

Hi biwa,

If you reach out to us directly by clicking on the 'contact us' link at the bottom of any PayPal page or on Twitter or Facebook, we would be happy to investigate into these "general credit card deposits" further.

-AshleyP

[emrlabs]

If you have a paypal balance when a charge comes in, paypal will use the remaining balance to cover it.

If you don't have any money in the account or don't have enough to cover the total payment, paypal will suck it out of your credit card if you have one listed with them - in such cases there will be General Credit Card Deposit listed in your statement.