Should I have a separate bank account for PayPal?


I've been using PayPal for years, with no problems. However, I've started to wonder if it might make sense to establish a separate bank account to use just for PayPal transactions.

I like the convenience of just being able to have funds for a purchase come right out of my checking account rather than using a credit card -- especially when buying something inexpensive. And I like being able to transfer the funds from a sale right into my account. Consequently, I wouldn't want to use PayPal without having it linked to a bank account.

That said, in my increasingly paranoid old age -- or is it simple wisdom? -- I've begun to imagine that something could go wrong. If PayPal is going to be able to remove all sorts of money from my linked account because of some odd mistake or whatever, I'd rather it weren't from the account I use for my living expenses.

Am I being overly nervous? What do most of you folks do?

Thanks for any advice on this.

-- Howard
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Showing 1 response by lowrider57

Hevac, apparently this is a new Paypal policy. I sold an item, received an INSTANT PAYMENT and I shipped the item. Paypal emailed me to say there would be a 21 day hold on my funds.
Buyer gave me good feedback, but still I had no money available. After 3 emails to Paypal, a real person finally told me she would release my money since I was in good standing with them. She said that the HOLD is now standard procedure.