After Linden Lab's decision to close down TPE market there have been a number of people who either can't buy or withdraw their Linden Dolars from Second Life. As a result there are untruthul myths floating around in these forums perpetuated, by a few obviously biased forum members which I'm not gonna name here. The post will be long but if you are going to use PayPal with Second Life it's well worth a read. Myth 1. PayPal is available in 193 countries. This is untrue. It's just a marketing line that PayPal uses that's being copy/pasted here on the forums without second thought. Availability, risks of using and fees of PayPal vary wildly from country to country. For example: PayPal lists itself as available in USA and Germany. In reality, PayPal is very popular in USA and most if not all credit cards issued by US banks will work and fees are fairly low. In Germany however, most debit/credit cards issued by German banks DO NOT WORK WITH PAYPAL and fees can reach up to as high as 10% per transaction. Before getting a card for use with PayPal make sure it works and try to find out about the fees. Also PayPal is notorious for listing incorrect information about their fee structure to their new users, and a lot of European users are frequently unpleasantly surprised when they find out only after opening a Paypal acount and putting money in to PayPal system that the fees are actually much higher than advertised. Before opening a PayPal try to find out about the fees in your country as much as possible. Myth 2. Linden Lab closed down TPE's because of changes in laws. This is merely a speculation that some forum members present as fact, one of many as a matter of fact, as Linden Lab hasn't announced that recent changes in their TOS has anything to do with the current laws (and they used to do this in the past). Recent FinCen guidance is a recommendation not a law, laws hasn't changed and the only sure thing right now is that Linden Lab, for reasons they haven't disclosed, has decided to shut down Third Party Exchange market and force all transactions throught the Lindex. Myth 3. You can withdraw from Second Life using bank wires. Bank wires from Second Life have a MINIMUM LIMIT of 10 thousand dollars per transaction (you can not withdraw a lesser amount), and has probably haven't been used in years by anyone on this forum, if ever at all. Actually, I doubt it even works anymore as not even Linden Lab lists it as an available option on their page anymore. Myth 4. Most important. Second Life can be attached to PayPal without a credit card. While, de facto, it is true, please bear in mind that THE ONLY Linden Lab approved way of withdrawing Linden dollars or buying Linden dollars through Lindex through PayPal is by adding a VERIFIED Paypal account, which means it has to have your credit card attached to the PayPal account. Forum members have been posting "tutorials" here about other ways, but keep in mind they are merely workarounds and are NOT APPROVED by PayPal. Loopholes like that existed in PayPal for years, some of them, while they do work, are against the PayPal's TOS and CAN GET YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT FROZEN AND/OR SUSPENDED WITH THE FUNDS IN IT. PayPal has been known for suspending users, after finding out that they were using PayPal by unapproved methods, even when those methods weren't explicitily listed in their TOS. As a result thousands of honest, unaware people have lost their money to PayPal over the years. The multitude of PayPal hate sites are a testiment to that. So, just because a method works doesn't mean it won't get you banned from PayPal, just a warning. Moreover, please be aware that by associating your PayPal account with Second Life you are associating your credit card and the bank account attached to it as well. Thus, if your Second Life account gets compromised, your credit card, bank account and the funds in it might be as well. Credit card fraud is a common problem in Paypal, as most Internet scammers reside on Ebay. While Paypal, in some cases can recover funds stolen from you, it ussually takes months and you will not always get the full amount back. Because of this, the standart practice in Europe is for banks to issue separate cards with separate bank accounts for use with Paypal or Skrill and to advice for users not to keep more funds on those accounts thet they have to. I advice you do the same. P.S. There will be some old time forum members who will tell you otherwise, but keep in mind: most of them are creators and are making a living selling items in Second Life, and thus have a vested interest in attracting/keeping as much Second Life users as possible, without introducing them to the negative side.