what happend
So basically since I am in Bangkok Thailand, but my permanent residence is in California, paypal assumed that when I logged in from a different country, it was not in fact me, but a "third party" trying to use my account to buy stuff.
Because of this they have restricted my account, and one of the restriction items is not allowing me to send money until the issue is resolved.
I guess its nice that paypal watches over everyones account for suspicious activity however they could have disclosed this information to me before they gave me the money sent confirmation email! I logged in, sent the funds and thought everything was fine as usual.
I dont want to hold everyone else up so go ahead and fill the other two spots with alternates. This sucks but I guess as long as I get my money back I'll get over it.
Has anyone here ever had a similar experience of trying to paypal while abroad in a foreign country? Is there anyway to expedite the process? Like for my credit cards and bank debit cards I just called a number and told them I was traveling in Bangkok so they wouldnt assume theft or fraud.
Thanks and sorry for the confusion!
suge