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I have a question about paying with PayPal.
Some time ago, I sent some money to my PayPal account through Top Up. However, I now wish to pay with my debit card, which I usually use to pay with PayPal. It's better if I pay with my debit card because USD is now relatively weak, and HUF is somewhat strong, so I'd rather keep my USDs in my account in case the situation worsens.
Any ideas if there is a way to pay with credit/debit card if there is still money in my account?
This question / problem has been solved by Titaniumimage
What cards do you have? Only you can buy directly through GOG with Visa and Mastercard. You don't need your Paypal account with those.
I have Visa, and I know I can pay with it on GOG, but some other merchants accepts PayPal only (or credit/debit cards with it). Specifically, I'd like to buy a PIN code from PINcodeReseller.com.
It should be possible. If you select what you want and then choose the paypal icon at the gog checkout it will take you to the paypal site to login. Login and then where it says payment method click the change link and you should beable to select an option to bypass your paypal account money and pay directly with your card.
Why did you send the money to paypal? You could have just deposited that money on your debit card account and then if you needed to buy something via paypal then they would have rewired that money over paypal from your card account.

I don't think it's possible to buy anything with paypal without first depleting your balance with them, only after that you can buy with only funds from your bank account. At least that was the impression I got when I had some small amount of money on my paypal account, and they first took that money, only then took the rest from my bank account. Maybe there is an option to choose where they should take the money from just before you complete the transaction, or in your account options tab.

Edit: I see that Ralackk confirms this. There you go.
Post edited October 08, 2010 by Titanium
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Titanium: Why did you send the money to paypal? You could have just deposited that money on your debit card account and then if you needed to buy something via paypal then they would have rewired that money over paypal from your card account.
Personally I wouldn't leave money in my Paypal account, no matter what the currency. Never mind purposely avoid using it once it's in there.
Fantastic is my brother, and he's away from home (and the internet) for most of the day, so I'll just answer in his name.
He put money in his account because of the large fluctuations in HUF's strength. In the past few weeks, the USD:HUF ratio has changed nearly 30 HUF! Currently, exchange rates are unusually favourable (~197 HUF = 1 USD), and I can understand he prefers paying with HUF for USD now, and spending his USDs at a time when he'd have to pay more HUF for them than he did when he put them in his account.
(Unfortunately, our current government may cause the calue of HUF to commit suicide by jumping into some GREAT depths...)
I tried the method Ralackk advised, but it didn't work (I clicked on the change link, and accepted my debit card, but it still said the money will be taken from my PayPal account first and than from my card).
I will wait a day more, and if there's still no solution, I'll mark Titanium's answer as solution, as there seems to be no way to pay with a card first instead of PayPal account.
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Fantastic: I tried the method Ralackk advised, but it didn't work (I clicked on the change link, and accepted my debit card, but it still said the money will be taken from my PayPal account first and than from my card).
I will wait a day more, and if there's still no solution, I'll mark Titanium's answer as solution, as there seems to be no way to pay with a card first instead of PayPal account.
That's how Paypal works. If you have money in your paypal account it uses that first and then if you need more it will use your debit card.

I would just suggest you withdraw the money from your Paypal and put it into a savings account.
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Kingoftherings: That's how Paypal works. If you have money in your paypal account it uses that first and then if you need more it will use your debit card.

I would just suggest you withdraw the money from your Paypal and put it into a savings account.
Maybe I won't withdraw my money from my account, but I might use it for my next purchase using PayPal (although I wanted to use that money to buy a GOG game).
But thanks for your input anyway!
I'm a bit confused. I always pay for games here with my mastercard. Is your visa not an option, or is it a Paypal visa? Around here you always have the option.

I'd probably contact Paypal directly if it isn't working. I usually pay with my credit card through paypal, and I've never had any trouble. Just make sure you log into paypal, it should allow you to select your credit card as the primary payment method.
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hedwards: I'm a bit confused. I always pay for games here with my mastercard. Is your visa not an option, or is it a Paypal visa? Around here you always have the option.

I'd probably contact Paypal directly if it isn't working. I usually pay with my credit card through paypal, and I've never had any trouble. Just make sure you log into paypal, it should allow you to select your credit card as the primary payment method.
I know I can pay with a credit/debit card at gog.com, and I often use my Visa at GOG, but if I'd like to pay for something else that accepts only PayPal, I have to use the money I've put to my PayPal account as some savings to pay for a new GOG game that interest me (some time ago, there's no new game I wished to buy instantly. Also, I put that money to my account, in case if there's a new game at GOG which interest me and the USD is expensive).
There's no problem if I wish to pay with my debit card via PayPal, and as I there's only one debit card at my account, it always selects it. My question is: Can I pay only with my debit card, without using the money on my account (currently it seems to be impossible, but maybe not).
Post edited October 10, 2010 by Fantastic
I think you should direct this question to their customer service. They are rather quick, and at though you will get your typical customer service-reply (seriously, I hate those, they apologize for everything, and then ask for my understanding, and...well not much else...they sometimes forget to write something that actually helps either) but if it's a simple question like this, I think they will be able to answer it better than us.

Although I suspect their answer will be no:
I found this in their help center.

If you don't plan to make big payments from Paypal (above 10000 HUF I would guess, above that, you need to verify your account with linking a card to it or by adding a bank account) you could use your brother's (or family memeber's) account to store the US dollars. I think it's free to transfer it within country, but I'm not sure. This is not a too secure method of course...
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Fantastic: There's no problem if I wish to pay with my debit card via PayPal, and as I there's only one debit card at my account, it always selects it. My question is: Can I pay only with my debit card, without using the money on my account (currently it seems to be impossible, but maybe not).
I'd definitely direct it at paypal, as you should be able to set the credit card to the primary payment option, assuming that it's been set up in the paypal account. I assume there isn't a reason why it would work in the US, but not where you are.
Thanks everyone for your replies!
It seems to be it's impossible to use my debit card first as long as there's money in my PayPal account (however, I haven"t sent them an e-mail, but I might send them later, as it is not very important at the moment, I just wanted to know if I can do this).
I mark Titanium's answer as a solution, as it seems to be it's impossible to pay with my debit card first and then from my account.
Post edited October 10, 2010 by Fantastic