Originally Posted by janethagy
The one thing I would suggest is when you set up your paypal account use a separate bank account for your paypal... I have a seperate bank account that is for paypal only. I wouldnt have paypal or any other service like that linked to my personal account, its too risky.
I would definitely agree with this. Keep the minimum amount in that account, and anytime it goes over the minimum, just transfer the extra out to another bank account.
That way if anything goes wrong with PayPal, there's a limit to how much of your money they have access to.