I had the opposite, I used my PayPal account to pay for an air ticket while I was in China, they froze the account until I returned to Aus 6 months later and could prove who I was by e-mailing a bill with my name and addy before they would re-instate it so I could get my money back, lucky I wasn't a broke backpacker.

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Beaten up old 98 Gen 2 Liberty, 13.0, stock V3 STI running gear.
07 Transit motor home
69 VF & 70 VG Valiants needing full restoration
Yamaha Zooma 50cc rocket hopefully going with the Transit.