PayPal - Negative Balance

I forgot to cancel a free trial and they charged 100$ a year

 

Try contesting it

 

What is contesting?
How would I do that? Also, what would I write in my email if I email the collection agency and tell them I am 15?

 

If you can spare the $ than you should pay it.
You will eventually have to pay it so save yourself the hassle and clear your balance.
PP nor the collection agency will care that your 15 y old. You signed up with false data. Deal with it.

 

how you know paypal has sent that balance to authorities? NCO financials.

 

As both a customer, and a business, I have paid for things, not realising (or forgetting) they auto-renewed. Within 24 hours you simply open a dispute with paypal, and or contact the business to cancel it, and it gets cancelled.

I have had clients do the same with me, they paid me for 1 year, perhaps they moved on after a year, and they get rebilled. In both cases, for me as a client, and for me receiving money from clients, the transaction gets cancelled and refunded, usually all withing 24hours. All businesses know this happens, they just shrug it off, so long as you fix the problem quickly (ie, within 24hours of being rebilled).

 

I had the same two questions as other people have already asked: How'd a 15 year old get a PP account and how'd you get a negative balance. Anyway, you've answered the part about the balance.

I'm thinking that if it is in collections already, that it has been quite a bit longer than that.

Any way you could 'fess up to your parents and they could help you in this situation?

By the way, I'm Canadian, too.

 

Since he is underage, which is a cardinal sin...
If paypal finds out, and he signed up as a minor...
When paypal finds out, his account will be banned...

I have seen minors up open up paypal account, then even
years later when they are no longer a minor get banned...

a minor opening up a paypal account is a big
violation, so whatever lie he used to open up the
account, hope that paypal never finds out, and that really
does not matter, he has already burned the account by
not making good on his bad behavior and irresponsibility....

So if you get an allowance, then go to the store, get a
money order, then send the debt collector money until
the balance is paid in full, then keep your noise clean for
the rest of your life, unless you are rich, then at point in time
you will heavily rely on credit, first car, home, apartment...
future credit cards, trust me, once you fuck up your credit,
then it can take many years to get back on track, but in your
case, you are only 15, so you still have time to get it right....
you will not get many chances in life to salvage your credit
simply because bad debt will follow you around for years, and
will hinder your chances of getting the best interest rates whenever
the time comes around that you buy your first car, then have to
pay 25% interest rate, and bad credit will do this too you....

 

Legally speaking it's their mistake for not checking your information and billing you without your consent in the first place or in this case your parents the fact you lied about your rage can be argued as simply as the information wasn't very clear and it was a typo, yet you did accept the terms of use which you should've read, i mean being so little money i don't think this will ever see the light of day in court or even affect your credit but things change from country to country so who knows, if you didn't verify your account there's a few more arguments to be made there and if you did they shoud've checked your age etc etc..

 

After reading through this, this sounds like you knew this would happen but you now getting abit
worried that maybe the cops will show up at your home.

Listen buddy, thebest thing for you to do is tell your folks before anything serious does come of this.
Yes you might be a kid, but kids still do get detained. I don't think there would be anyone here to
help you because honestly the best advice would be to tell your folks, or work it off and pay it back.

If you do feel this was not authorized on your end, then report it to paypal and they will help you.

I was also your age once and tried these tricks hence why I know why you a bit scared. Buddy tell your folks,
get the hiding but save yourself a bad run with the law.

 

They will do nothing, the amount is too low for them to open a legal dispute.

 

rHow pathetic Paypal is these days. No, they will not hire recoveries for this amount - just remember the words that are meant to ring in our ears these days which are totally misleading - YOU DON'T NEED A BALANCE TO USE YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT. Yeh right. Because all Paypal do is make sure that any amount you spend on Paypal is immediately reimbursed by your linked bank account or visa/debit card. The Paypal site is abominable. I have to wonder if they paid an advertising agency to come up with their totally ridiculous names for their transactions. Yes I did in the past owe money to Paypal thinking that they were fine about that as I would pay it back but I seriously think this policy has changed. So paypal is the middle man that makes our lives hell quite frankly. Their methods of reply are totally harassing. They have written 20 times on my account reviews of my payments. Actually I didn't realise this was actual and not fiction. And I thought it was magical when so swiftly found the number for Paypal support. Oh lord that is painful too and quite frankly their staff do not answer your queries. I would think because there is simply rubbish to burden anyone with.

 

Talk to someone who cares Sarah. As for your tech blog - you won't get me to up your visits to this BLOG - good name really for such rubbish.

 

But I am not Australian Sarah!! And how am I? None of godamn business Miss Too Right. But listen Sarah Paypal .... yes you could borrow money from Paypal and please don't tell me you haven't the spiel of Paypal ... You don't need a balance to use Paypal. So spend all you want - cause a zero is not a problem for Paypal. That is an anonymous and a Godsend Paypal which we all dream of. But listen here - this is the way to do it. Do not leave any details of a bank account, visa/debit card or any other means of Paypal subtracting money - as you do not need a balance to use Paypal. Buy what you like. Life's a .... no, bitch ... heaven (in Paypal Heaven) have I entertained. If not, too bad cause you are out of line. My age is 17 - so there. Not old enough to access Paypal. Go to hell. Love your work, Mel from Paypal

 

You have some serious issues, get some professional help before it's too late.