Post by profoundsubtle in How to avoid mandatory paypal registration when BUYING

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profoundsubtle328 days ago (3 edits) (+1)

I know exactly which checkbox you mean, a little blue slider thing to indicate I want to continue without an account. It used to be there.

I guess I'm the unwilling guinea pig in some sorta A/B test that Paypal is doing.

EDIT: Solved it. I have to open a private mode window, log into itch again, make the purchase and then tell paypal an e-mail address I've never used with them before. The option to skip account creation now appears again.

The second time I use that e-mail address again... the option is gone. So I can do at most one transaction per e-mail address until I'm forced to register. All this with the same address and credit card data.

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redonihunter328 days ago

I suggest to complain to Paypal about this BS. But I am afraid they will ask you to create an account as a reply ;-)

To speculate, maybe the email did create a placeholder account and they reserve this account, should you decide to create an account later. Or they need to reserve it for a grace period for the transaction to complete to the point when it no longer can be reversed. But it still is a screw up. At least in the interface. They should at least pop up a message that you cannot do this as a guest with that mail adress. Or give the option to stay a guest, but use the mail again.

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