Making a paypal payment

[Newportnobby]

I'm trying to send money to a fellow member via paypal and have been given an address beginning
paypal.me/.............
but paypal won't recognise the account.
Is it something I'm doing wrong or them? Usually I find the paypal account name is an e mail address

[ntpntpntp]

I've always done it by email address.  Ask them for that.

[ntpntpntp]

Ah, I think you're supposed to put that link they've given you into a browser, it should then ask you to log in to make the payment? 

https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/paypal-me


Never done it this way myself

[Newportnobby]

Ah, I think you're supposed to put that link they've given you into a browser, it should then ask you to log in to make the payment? 

https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/paypal-me


Never done it this way myself

It seems paypal.me is a business account and not a personal account. If I put the link into the browser it takes me to paypal and when I sign in and attempt payment the result is as before which is NO NYET NEIN NON etc

[Papyrus]

Spookily, I have just sent money to two paypal.me accounts today. They were both for musicians/bands doing online gigs and asking folks to donate 'ticket' money. I found that, if you open the paypal.me page and click on 'log in' at the top right-hand corner, it takes you to your normal Paypal page.

Don't know whether this answers your question or not, Mick.

Cheers,

Chris

[Newportnobby]

Spookily, I have just sent money to two paypal.me accounts today. They were both for musicians/bands doing online gigs and asking folks to donate 'ticket' money. I found that, if you open the paypal.me page and click on 'log in' at the top right-hand corner, it takes you to your normal Paypal page.

Don't know whether this answers your question or not, Mick.

Cheers,

Chris

That's exactly what I did from the link Nick posted, Chris but, once in my normal account, it wouldn't let me pay to a 'pay.me' address, insisting I needed a name, e mail address or mobile phone number or some 11 didgit number . I know there's nothing wrong with my paypal account as I've sent money to someone else since.

[Philip.]

@Newportnobby You could send it to me instead, I'll spend it for you 

[Papyrus]

That's exactly what I did from the link Nick posted,

This advice was brought to you by Papyrus Information Supply Service, purveyors of the bleedin' obvious... 

Cheers,

Chris

[dannyboy]

@Newportnobby You could send it to me instead, I'll spend it for you 

Ignore @Philip. Mick. I will not spend it. I will save it for you and let you have it back whenever you want, as long as you give me a bit of notice ......... say, 5 years. 

[chrism]

@Newportnobby You could send it to me instead, I'll spend it for you 

Ignore @Philip. Mick. I will not spend it. I will save it for you and let you have it back whenever you want, as long as you give me a bit of notice ......... say, 5 years. 

Hehe, that's funnier than some of his so-called "jokes" 

[jpendle]

I know there's nothing wrong with my paypal account as I've sent money to someone else since.

Hi Mick,

Don't succumb to the blackmailers.
You don't need to send money to anyone.
Just tell them to publish the photo's and be d*mned

Whatever it was you did it can't be that bad 

John P

[Newportnobby]

You don't want to know, John. You really do not want to know
(What's more is, I don't want you to know either )

[guest8885]

i tried to send £10 to ngf, but experienced the same problem
i dont like paypal so dont use it unless its paying at a checkout with no choice.
to many strange e-mails in the past when they were hacked.
if you think paypal is difficult try using bitcoin, still cant find the .062 of a bitcoin i brought two months ago for £500.
be lucky 

[Ian Morton]

if you think paypal is difficult try using bitcoin, still cant find the .062 of a bitcoin i brought two months ago for £500.
be lucky 

Have you tried looking down the back of the sofa?

[Malc]

if you think paypal is difficult try using bitcoin, still cant find the .062 of a bitcoin i brought two months ago for £500.
be lucky 

Have you looked in that drawer in the kitchen that has all the odds 'n' ends in?