# Pitting PayPal **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 9, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-paypal/239118 "2004-04-09T03:45:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mcott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@mcott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcott)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-paypal/239118/1 "2004-04-09T03:45:11Z")
What the fuck? I subscribed last Friday. I signed up for PayPal, had my account verified, have a bank transaction reccord from the 5th of April showing that PayPal (and the Reader) took my money. I have an email recipt from the Reader and PayPal. Why the fuck am I still a “guest”? I want a free year if this ain’t fixed by next business day (Note, this gives you till Tuesday, Cecil and Ed, since I’m in Canada and Monday’s a holiday here - for some). ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-paypal/239118/2 "2004-04-09T04:09:58Z")
If I was going to make one post every hundred days, that wouldn’t have been it. Did the actual payment go through? The bank tranfer or e-check takes a few days, does it show as “completed” on PayPal? Have you considered just emailing someone who can actually do something, rather than innefectively posting it in the pit? ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-paypal/239118/3 "2004-04-09T04:19:05Z")
I suspect 90% of this rant is a whoosh. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Girl)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-paypal/239118/4 "2004-04-09T07:07:00Z")
Ooooh, oooh, excellent opportunity for a newbie to ask, What’s a ‘whoosh’? TYVM in advance. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-paypal/239118/5 "2004-04-09T07:25:50Z")
“whoooosh” is the sound one hears when something goes right over their head. ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-paypal/239118/6 "2004-04-09T07:26:57Z")
It’s when you say something as a joke (the joke is usually deadpan) that someone else takes it total seriousness. The ‘whoosh’ is the sound of the point flying over the top of your head. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Girl)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-paypal/239118/7 "2004-04-09T07:35:12Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > “whoooosh” is the sound one hears when something goes right over their head. Oh yeah, I’m familiar with that sound. Thanks guys! ---
**Author:** ![Ooner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c67d28/32.png) [@Ooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ooner)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-paypal/239118/8 "2004-04-09T07:38:56Z")
What a big fucking whiny asshole. Maybe you should just get a refund and then boycott this place forever. Yeah, do that. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-paypal/239118/9 "2004-04-09T14:07:51Z")
> [@mcott](#): > > I want a free year if this ain’t fixed by next business day Good luck with that. I hear they respond quicker if you stamp your foot. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-paypal/239118/10 "2004-04-09T14:17:45Z")
Took almost 10 days from the Paypal confirmation till I got my search privileges back. Relax. You’ll still make the deadline. ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-paypal/239118/11 "2004-04-09T23:40:36Z")
> [@Fear Itself](#): > > Good luck with that. I hear they respond quicker if you stamp your foot. Holding your breath is the key, I’m told. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-paypal/239118/12 "2004-04-10T00:00:11Z")
There’s a Hold-Your-Breath key? Is it one of those F ones at the top of my keyboard? ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-paypal/239118/13 "2004-04-10T01:08:01Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > There’s a Hold-Your-Breath key? Is it one of those F ones at the top of my keyboard? Yeah, F-32, just left of F-U. 😃