I bought a prepaid card from dollar general and put 20$ at time of purchase
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I put 20 on it at the time of purchase and i also put 20 on it a few days ago so it should have had 40. I spent 20 yesterday and I wanted to spend less than 20 but it was declined. Why is that?

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Hi Officialtwin,
When you buy a PayPal Prepaid MasterCard, you have to pay a fee on the card. There's a fee when you purchase the card, as well as a monthly fee for using the service. This may have diminished your balance and caused the discrepancy. You can check your balance here. I hope this helps!
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You have 40-4.95= 35.05
4.95 is the initial maintenance fee for this month.
you spent 20,so now it is $15.05.
you can spend 15.05 before they take another 4.95 monthly maintenance fee from you.
go to the site and check your account,

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