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[–] ftbd@feddit.org 58 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Having that much money as a paypal balance and not at least in a bank account or invested is insane

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 35 points 6 days ago

Especially since PayPal has a history of locking people's accounts.

Back in the day, people used PayPal for e-commerce and if they didn't like you, say you sold "Fuck PayPal stickers", they would absolutely freeze your account with all the money in it.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 25 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Back when I was doing art for money (not adult or furry stuff, sorry) I had years of racing to the computer or in some cases, the ATM, to transfer new payments out of Paypal.

Because they make decisions on behalf of linked providers, like ebay. If you have ebay fees due, you don't get flexibility when you can pay it, Paypal just grabs it the next time it sees money come in. They do this with all kinds of fees and payments, if you have a delicate life like say... being a struggling artist, you are gonna get reamed by paypal and associated predatory companies. Not that there's a lot of choice.

[–] atlien51@lemm.ee -2 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Idk how much of that you’d wanna invest in stocks…soo risky and soo long to see any noticeable returns at all…

[–] ftbd@feddit.org 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Keep th money you need short-term for your business. Put the rest in index funds. With 100k lying around like that, you lose a few thousand dollars per year to inflation.

[–] atlien51@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] ftbd@feddit.org 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

An index is something like S&P 500 - a (weighted) collection of different stock. Instead of buying a single stock, you could replicate this index, by splitting your money across all of its stocks. That way your risk is somewhat reduced, as the failure of a single company will not wipe out your entire investment. But that would be a lot of effort, as you'd constantly have to buy and sell stocks to match the index. For that, there are index funds. These are just big funds with a lot of money, which they spread over many stocks to replicate an index. You, in turn, can then buy shares of that index fund. These are typically traded at an exchange as well, hence the name exchange traded fund (ETF). Investing in the right ETF allows you to invest into the economy as a whole, and reduces risk from individual stocks.

[–] atlien51@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago
[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Invest in whole market ETFs instead of individual stocks. Much less risky. Still risky, but not stupid risky.

[–] lucelu2@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I micro-invest in companies I am familiar in working with at my job. Mostly bio-tech/healtcare/pharm. I have a 403B that is invested in index funds and bonds that is more serious savings. The Robinhood account is more like... a shoe closet. I buy the shoes I like and rarely sell them unless they, well give me a bad experience in real life (looking at your Reddit, Amazon, and Meta). After Trump was elected... I expanded my horizons to European ETFs and Chinese car companies.

[–] atlien51@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago

Ok and how much money did u initially start with and how much money have u made since u started

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 34 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)
[–] atlien51@lemm.ee 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You draw lesbian furries how fucking embarrassing

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 33 points 6 days ago (3 children)
[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 6 points 6 days ago

Mo money mo problems. So you have negative problems which has to be nice

[–] TranslateErr0rs@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

Just make a deposit. It says so on the screen

/s

[–] atlien51@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago

I take it back

[–] lucelu2@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago

I stopped using Paypal a few years ago. But I had to through it to cancel any subs and recurring payments very carefully. I never had them freeze my account/money but I had friends that happened to related to Ebay transactions. Those instances soured me on selling on Ebay as well.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 396 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Do NOT leave that amount of cash on your PayPal if you draw porn, they might shut down your account and you can lose it with zero recourse.

[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Yeah, this is a flex of naivete re PayPal, more than anything, lol

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 242 points 1 week ago

Correction: Regardless of what you do.

[–] red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com 86 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe that's just from that day.

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

You guys. This is a meme. There's no reference to any real people. I think the person youre imagining is going to be ok.

[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I took it as more of a PSA

Did you reply to the wrong comment?

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[–] whodatdair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 214 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Holy fuck why would you keep that much in your paypal account jfc that’s risky

[–] simple@lemm.ee 129 points 1 week ago (1 children)

FR. For anybody that doesn't know Paypal's customer support is abysmal and they can freeze your account for petty reasons without warning. There are many cases of people fighting with Paypal for months before being able to cash out, you should never use it to hold money.

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[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 137 points 1 week ago (19 children)

Story time: I have a side business selling web optimization services. UX, AB testing, etc.

I got busy and didn't take my money immediately after completing a few projects and one of my clients complained to Paypal about my service. My account was immediately locked and it took me at least 3 months to get access back to my account.

They basically had 15k of my money, interest free for them to play with even tho the contested amount was $500. I ended up just eating the 500 just to get access to my account, even tho the client is still using the improvements I made to their site.

So ya, fuck Paypal. Fffuuuucccckkk PayPal.

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[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 97 points 1 week ago (5 children)

You keep almost 100k on PayPal how fucking embarrassing

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[–] sailorzoop@lemmy.librebun.com 89 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Wish I could draw lesbian furries 🥹

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