Expert: Marvinator - 6/16/2004

Question
Greetings

I  am a complete beginner and I think I have it worked out. But I wish to use paypal and I cannot add funds into the Paypal account to use to buy items. I dont use credit cards.
Any ideas?

Thanks R.Birkin  

Answer
A debit card tied to your checking account (these also have a Visa or MC logo on them) can be used in place of a credit card.  In fact, your checking account can be tied direclyt to the Paypal account by itself.

I would offer a word of caution to this, however, in that anytime there is a problem, Paypal will have the power to freeze all the funds in your checking account.  What some people do is open a separate account in which they keep only what money is needed (a minimum balance to hold the account open plus what money they wish to use on Paypal.)