Cash Back, no PayPal Debit Card

[AKAPainting]

I haven't recieved my PayPal debit card yet, and its on the way... so I had a question.

Can I go to dollar general and make a purchase for $5 and if I have $45 balance in my PayPal

account, get $40 cash back?

Or must I use a debit card for that?

Again money is in PayPal balance currently

[sharpiemarker]

You need to use the actual card to pay with in order to get cash back.  But not sure if cash back amounts are eligible as I have never done that before.

[sharpiemarker]

According to the card page:

1Additional activation for cash back is required. Transactions eligible for 1% cash back include: credit transactions which you sign for and which are processed via Mastercard; online transactions processed via Mastercard; and phone transactions processed via Mastercard.

Transactions that are not eligible for cash back include, but are not limited to: purchases processed via a debit network (including PIN-less debit transactions); cash withdrawals and cash advances. Additionally, you'll only receive cash back when your monthly earned cash back is at least $1.00 USD. Cash back earned that's less than $1.00 USD will not be awarded and does not carry over to the next month. See the Cardholder Agreement for complete details.

https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/debit-card

[DPCreations]

I beleive the OP was referring to receiving cash back at a cash register at time of  purchase, not the cash back reward.

[sharpiemarker]

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@DPCreations wrote:

I beleive the OP was referring to receiving cash back at a cash register at time of  purchase, not the cash back reward.

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I realize the OP was talking about that but I wasn't sure if it was applicable to getting the 1% cash back for it so had to look it up — and it doesn't seem like it is.

[AKAPainting]

Yeah definitely not talking about card perks as I mentioned from the start I was waiting for the card. After calling I was told cash back is only using the card. If you make a payment using just account details that is all you can do, make a purchase.