Hi there!
Okay, so I'm new to Second Life. I've visited once or twice, but never really got too into it. I've been eyeing some complete avatars in the marketplace recently so I wanted to buy some Linden$. Now, I use GPB, but I know PayPal does change the USD to GBP when checking out.
I have a PayPal account, I sign in to buy Linden Dollars and suddenly this comes up:
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By clicking Agree and Continue I confirm that I want to use Visa # for my current and future purchases with Linden Research, Inc.. I authorise Linden Research, Inc. to charge my PayPal account for such purchases and I instruct PayPal to pay such amounts. I understand this lets me check out faster by not having to log in to PayPal to complete my purchase. I understand that if I have a PayPal balance, that balance will be used first and that if my preferred funding source has expired or been declined, PayPal will charge my backup funding source. I can change my preferred funding source or cancel this authorisation at any time in my PayPal Account. The payments will be treated by PayPal as pre-approved payments as specified in the PayPal User Agreement.
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To be clear, I don't want to pre-approve any transactions. I want to buy a one off $20+ and leave it at that for now (especially since, from what I've read, a lot of this game does use real cash albeit converted to Lindens). I'm looking to purchase a cool avatar and roam around the freebie areas, no fancy land holdings or anything like that. If I enjoy SL and want another, then I may choose to spend more but as of right now, that's a big if.
I feel safer with any and all online shopping when I have to use PayPal's checkout so I can watch exactly what I'm buying and when. So far I can't see any option to remove the faster checkout or the pre-approved purchases. Most websites offer pre-approved/faster checkout as a tickbox (which I always avoid/untick) but I can't see it here. Please let me know if I missed anything or how to amend this in one of the account options.
Thanks in advance.