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Using PayPal balance to donate

Witchy Woman — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 20:08:30 GMT

I have my Mr. Rebates balance transferred to Pay Pal every month.

It seems that, in the past, I was able to use this balance to donate to my favorite causes.

But, lately, I cannot seem to use that balance, as Pay Pal defaults to my credit card on file. Right now, I have over $100 in my account, and it still goes to the credit card.

I know I've done this, but maybe something has changed. I just spent 30 minutes trying to figure it out and could not. I saw something about Pay Pal Plus, but it didn't help.

Any thoughts or recommendations?

Re: Using PayPal balance to donate

sunshine45 — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 23:47:32 GMT

@Witchy Woman

when i go into my paypal account i go to the website via my computer.

towards the right hand side there are three buttons.....SEND, REQUEST, and MORE.

if you click on MORE, you should see a link that says DONATE TO A CAUSE.

i am not sure if this is what you are talking about or not?

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Re: Using PayPal balance to donate

Witchy Woman — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 11:44:14 GMT

@sunshine45

I'll check that to see if it pulls funds from my balance OR directly from the credit card.

I think I've looked at that, but will check again....thanks.

To clarify, I have funds in my account I want to use, but it draws/defaults to my credit card no matter what.

There is an option to transfer those funds to my Bank, but that's not my preference. However, if all else fails, I'll do that.

Re: Using PayPal balance to donate

Witchy Woman — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 12:02:57 GMT

@sunshine45

I just walked through it, and I think that's the key.

I had to enter the email address of the group, then it gave me the option of using my balance.

Somehow, I overlooked all this or didn't get it the first time.

Thanks so much for taking the time to respond!

Re: Using PayPal balance to donate

cherry — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 12:59:48 GMT

My thoughts are how kind of you to do this.

Re: Using PayPal balance to donate

Witchy Woman — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 14:34:16 GMT

@cherry

@sunshine45

I surely agree!