After using Paypal’s SA version (thanks to FNB) for a couple of weeks, the time came to make my first withdrawal. I wondered what the experience would be like, and bumped into problems immediately.
I logged into my FNB account, went to the Paypal options and selected the Withdrawal option. I followed all the prompts, up to the point where you are supposed to be redirected to Paypal’s website to confirm the transaction. Nothing happened from here, it just stood still. I had a look at the Javascript code, and it looked like it didn’t try and execute the command. So I logged off, and went through the whole process again, just in case there was perhaps a connection dropped during the transaction. Again, nothing.
Then I do what I normally do when I get these types of problems, I try another web browser. It’s probably worth noting that I was using Chrome, and then tried Firefox. With Firefox everything worked as it was supposed to. Process completed and now we wait to see how long it takes for the money to reflect in my FNB account.
5 days later the money was finally in my account. This is a step in the right direction, but I really do hope that they start to speed things up!
Strange thing was during the withdrawal process, I was given a $ to R conversion rate, and had 4 minutes to either accept or reject it! But it takes 5 days to get the money!
I was really worried when I heard that FNB hijacked Paypal SA for themselves – now I see their plan!!
It’s funny how there’s a conspiracy theory everywhere