Originally Posted by
Mayhem
Anyone who has a premier or business account will automatically accept any payments made to them.
However those with the basic account (personal?) may sometimes have to go into Paypal and accept payments. Why? Well because Personal accounts can't accept payments from credit cards, they won't be auto claimed. The person receiving the money would have to click to accept and then upgrade their account.
Just one example there. Some accounts just don't auto accept and need manual clearance on the receiving end.