So I have used PayPal friends and family for a long time now to pay my rent but today I was greeted with this at the confirmation screen.
March 5th?!? It’s the same checking account I’ve ALWAYS used to draft from that sent the payment instantly.
This really puts a wrench in my plans. I’ll have to stay with my current bank instead of switching to DCU like I planned because I’ll have to pay my rent with Zelle now (DCU’s People Pay has a limit of like $400 a day).
Has anyone else noticed this change? It’s a good thing I noticed it before I confirmed the payment or this would have caused a huge problem for me.
@Anonymous wrote:So I have used PayPal friends and family for a long time now to pay my rent but today I was greeted with this at the confirmation screen.
March 5th?!? It’s the same checking account I’ve ALWAYS used to draft from that sent the payment instantly.
This really puts a wrench in my plans. I’ll have to stay with my current bank instead of switching to DCU like I planned because I’ll have to pay my rent with Zelle now (DCU’s People Pay has a limit of like $400 a day).
Has anyone else noticed this change? It’s a good thing I noticed it before I confirmed the payment or this would have caused a huge problem for me.
I have a DCU account and I've sent/received money to/from it with Zelle.
@Anonymous wrote:Called PayPal. They said that they randomly decide to front the money while waiting for the bank to reimburse them and there’s nothing they can do to expedite it. When I pointed out my bank sends them EFT the next day they said it still wouldn’t get paid til the 5th.
**bleep** PayPal.
You got a live person at PayPal???? 
I didn't think they had live people at PayPal. 
I've had a PayPal account for ages but never heard of "friends and family". I never use PayPal services for moving money, too slow and usually a fee, I push to or pull from using other services. But if you're paying rent can't you use and old fashioned check?
@icedAre you sure you aren't confusing DCU with another bank? I don't see Zelle anywhere on DCU, they use a service called People Pay which I've never tried.
@DaveInAZ wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:Called PayPal. They said that they randomly decide to front the money while waiting for the bank to reimburse them and there’s nothing they can do to expedite it. When I pointed out my bank sends them EFT the next day they said it still wouldn’t get paid til the 5th.
**bleep** PayPal.
You got a live person at PayPal????
I've had a PayPal account for ages but never heard of "friends and family". I never use PayPal services for moving money, too slow and usually a fee, I push to or pull from using other services. But if you're paying rent can't you use and old fashioned check?
@icedAre you sure you aren't confusing DCU with another bank? I don't see Zelle anywhere on DCU, they use a service called People Pay which I've never tried.
I linked my DCU debit card to Zelle. Works like a charm.
@DaveInAZ wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:Called PayPal. They said that they randomly decide to front the money while waiting for the bank to reimburse them and there’s nothing they can do to expedite it. When I pointed out my bank sends them EFT the next day they said it still wouldn’t get paid til the 5th.
**bleep** PayPal.
You got a live person at PayPal????
I've had a PayPal account for ages but never heard of "friends and family". I never use PayPal services for moving money, too slow and usually a fee, I push to or pull from using other services. But if you're paying rent can't you use and old fashioned check?
@icedAre you sure you aren't confusing DCU with another bank? I don't see Zelle anywhere on DCU, they use a service called People Pay which I've never tried.
Yeah PayPal has phone reps. They’re awful but they have them. I had to deal with them when a friend of mine sent me money, I transferred it to my bank, and he disputed the transaction and they froze my account back in 2010.
Friends and Family allows you to send money with no fee but without the PayPal buyer protection. I have used it for months now with no problem.
As for paying the rent with a check, it’s not that easy. I send my rent to my roommate and then she Chase Pays (Zelles) the landlord directly so if I were to give her a check, they would have to wait for it to clear. I don’t know Chase’s check clearing time but 1stBank gives me $0 of a mobile deposit until they process the check.
I will just use Zelle from now on. That went through instantly.
@iced wrote:
@DaveInAZ wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:Called PayPal. They said that they randomly decide to front the money while waiting for the bank to reimburse them and there’s nothing they can do to expedite it. When I pointed out my bank sends them EFT the next day they said it still wouldn’t get paid til the 5th.
**bleep** PayPal.
You got a live person at PayPal????
I've had a PayPal account for ages but never heard of "friends and family". I never use PayPal services for moving money, too slow and usually a fee, I push to or pull from using other services. But if you're paying rent can't you use and old fashioned check?
@icedAre you sure you aren't confusing DCU with another bank? I don't see Zelle anywhere on DCU, they use a service called People Pay which I've never tried.
I linked my DCU debit card to Zelle. Works like a charm.
Huh, I wasn’t aware of the debit card option until I looked it up just now. So you use the Zelle app and it draws from your debit and deposits to your debit as well? And this is instant just like the checking account?
If that’s the case, I might have to do more looking because DCU not participating in Zelle is actually a positive for me since banks and CUs that use Zelle send EWS every single EFT coming and going from your account.....