At last, I was able to withdraw a few minutes ago, my “stale” paypal funds to my EON VISA Electron card.

Total period it took since I claimed that EON VISA from a Unionbank branch: 1 month (give or take a couple of days).

No complains really, because half of it was my fault:

  • I didn’t call my branch sooner– I could have claimed the card two weeks earlier.
  • i didn’t deposit funds to my card when I claimed it — thereby delaying my adding the card (using for verification of) to my paypal account.
  • Since the branch is almost two hours away, I just waited for my moneybookers funds to arrived which I then withdrew to the EON account. I only verified my paypal account on Wednesday last week (Nov 27).

30 minutes ago I called UBP’s Customer Service to retrieve my paypal EXPUSE number. Got it and was able to withdraw my paypal money.

Now I have to wait and see if it is really 5-7 business days before my card is credited. Hopefully shorter! ;-)

AND all that trouble because I dumped my credit cards the same time I dumped my day job. Sigh.