Seker Posted August 19, 2012 Posted August 19, 2012 "The card you entered cannot be used for this payment. Please enter a different credit or debit card number" Has anyone had any of their members receive this message when trying to make a payment through PayPal with a credit card not linked to a PayPal account? I've searched through a dozen PayPal community topics and probably a dozen more other sites, and all I can seem to find is that PayPal gives some generic, frustratingly unhelpful response mentioning "limiting non-account transactions." Has anyone encountered this problem? If so, is there a fix for it? Could this be a coding error, or is it definitely on PayPal's side? This is definitely an urgent matter, and I would appreciate it majorly if anyone could help. Quote
Raven1992 Posted August 19, 2012 Posted August 19, 2012 i noticed that myself but i think i know why it could be and this is only a guess that the bank is stoping you from it or you don't have much money in the account that what i think Quote
newttster Posted August 19, 2012 Posted August 19, 2012 Are they trying to us a card that is not Visa or Master Card? According to the paypal site it only accepts those two credit cards. Quote
Seker Posted August 19, 2012 Author Posted August 19, 2012 Are they trying to us a card that is not Visa or Master Card? According to the paypal site it only accepts those two credit cards. According to the buyer, it is Visa and has never been linked to a PayPal account. My PayPal is verified. And, still, I cannot find a decent answer anywhere on the internet. It's a big problem. I don't understand why PayPal would exclude people without an account. They get their transaction fees, regardless. Quote
newttster Posted August 19, 2012 Posted August 19, 2012 It's possible that on the buyers end that they have restrictions on their card ... maybe they have reached their limit ... perhaps they have a history of chargebacks. *shrugs* I really don't know. It makes no sense to me otherwise. Quote
rulerofzu Posted August 20, 2012 Posted August 20, 2012 According to paypal two things can cause this. Them having it linked to a paypal account and they are trying to use the card without logging into their account first. Or Their shipping address and card address do not match in which case pass the attribute in your code ADDROVERRIDE=0 Quote
Seker Posted August 20, 2012 Author Posted August 20, 2012 I've also found a laundry list of other "possible" reasons. No one seems to really have a concrete answer. I will try the ADDROVERRIDE. For now, I know users with PayPal accounts seem to have no issue. Quote
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