Vanilla Prepaid Mastercard linked to Paypal but no balance?

[colemanH]

I'm new to using paypal. I went out and bought a $25 Vanilla Prepaid Mastercard and activated on vanillamastercard.com website. When I add it to my paypal account, it says that I have $0 as my balance. Can anyone help me?

[jeffy34]

You just have to add the funds from the prepaid credit card to your paypal account

[PayPal_Adrian]

Welcome to the boards!

At this time, we don't recommend adding pre-paid debit or credit cards, as they seldom pass our stringent security measures. Even if they do, and the payment is later refunded, we're required to send it back to the card - which can be a problem for you if you have since discarded the card.

In terms of adding funds, at this time, you cannot use a card to add funds to the balance. However, if you can successfully register the card, you don't need to add funds first.

Just make a payment, and we'll debit the card directly.

Thanks!

Adrian

[dansargeant]

Hi,

If I need to buy something worth $30 can I use two $25 pre-paid credit cards?

Thanks

Dan

[PayPal_Adrian]

danseargent - Payments cannot be split between two cards, no.  Additionally, pre-paid cards seldom work on PayPal.

jesse12521 - As mentioned above, pre-paid cards seldom work on PayPal.  They usually can't pass the required security checks, and so even if the card has enough of a balance, it likely won't add to the PayPal account.  Even if you can get it added to the PayPal account, the card may not work to charge.  If you have a bank account, you might consider adding that to make a payment.

Thanks!

Adrian

[Alynne]

So, I don't own credit cards and sometimes cannot wait the ridiculous 6 to 8 days, even though it comes out of my bank account the same day I add the money!! So, I just added a prepaid Visa and verified it and now I'm being told pre-paid cards seldom work on PayPal. They usually can't pass the required security checks, and so even if the card has enough of a balance, it likely won't add to the PayPal account!! Why? Change it, it's a credit card regarless and it has money on it and I did it so I wouldn't have to wait 6 to 8 days!!

Alynne

[jesse12521]

I have tried to buy an item off ebay with a prepaid visa and it continued to say denied, so I made a paypal and tried to add the card to my account but it also continues to deny the card, can I not use one on paypal? because it's my only option, the item is about 274.99$ after shipping and everything, and I have 300$ on the card, so funds aren't the problem. PLEASE HELP, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

[Brianne3]

I always use the Vanilla prepaid cards, as well as the prepaid visa cards, have never had a problem purchasing anything, in fact a ebay purchase went bad, and it was cancelled by the seller and within 24 hours got the money returned to my card.

You can check your balance on the cards by going to the  website after registering them there.

The only problem I have is when there is little amounts left on the card, you can't transfer them over to your account.  SO I have several cards that have, odd amounts **bleep** at $1.19 etc.