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After a year and a half of use, the magnetic strip on the back of my (student account) paypal debit card is completely knackered. Only certain places still swipe it correctly, and I can't use it in an ATM. Most places have to type in the CCN manually.   The thing is, I don't want to have to cancel the card, because I still need to use it daily in order to eat. Is there any way for me to get a new card without cancelling the old one? It always takes a week or two for delivery, and I'd be left starving. ... View more

First of all, every time I go on to my account it tells me that I still have to enter my confirmation code, which I'm pretty sure I already did, and then when I enter it again it tells me I don't have permission to view that page. The debit card is clearly activated, because I've made several real-world purchases with it. However, when I tried to link my student account to iTunes, it said that I didn't have permission to shop online. My mother enabled this on my account, so I tried again. This time, it gives me a more general error: "You don't have permission to complete this action." I have no idea why, since all the appropriate permissions seem to have been granted. This isn't terribly urgent or anything, I would just rather use my online account to pay for things so that I don't have to go out and buy gift cards. Can anybody help? ... View more