Thanks for your help. I have been in L for longer than 8 days, that refers to when I initated the purchase of Lindens via the Lindex exchange. It states Currency Exchange USD exchange $49.15 but in my available balance it reads zero. Perhaps the process credit takes longer than I thought. I don't want to withdraw the balance to my paypal account, but rather to my 'spending' available account. All very confusing, for me, at least.