Man, Pay Pal has a ton of help available, an automated question answerer and a database of previously asked questions, and I still can't get a straight answer to my question. Been trying for a week.

So now I'm hoping somebody here will know the answer.

I set up a PayPal account tied to a bank account (but not a charge card)
When I go to a site that accepts paypal and try to use it as my payment method, I invariably get the reply "THIS VENDOR ACCEPTS ONLY INSTANT PAYMENTS"

I was under the impression that the money would be instantly drafted from my bank account and used as payment. Apparently not. What step did I skip? Do I need to put money from the bank account into a holding area that is accessible to Pay Pal? Do I need to have an alternate source of payment such as a charge card also linked to the account?

The inability to get questions answered directly without having to sift through thousands of database entries is making me wonder if I want to use paypal at all.... yet it has become the defacto way to make purchases online, and there's gear to be bought, dagnabbit.


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