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It was probably a n00b in the collections department. They probably didn't know how to properly handle a case where the user has died so decided to wing it. There is probably a termination screen on their system where they can select from a drop-down that has things like "are bankrupt", "have cancelled", "have been jailed", "are a Republican" and so on. Not finding the option they wanted they selected "Other" and typed in "are deceased" not releasing it would then send out such an automated letter.
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I new that there will be some use of my PayPal account but never through that it will help to live forever...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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They have no rule against dying; there is an outstanding debt, and someone may inherit it. Similar to having a debt at a bank and dying.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: there is an outstanding debt, and someone may inherit it.
Debts are not inherited in Western countries. Any outstanding debts are paid from the deceased's estate, and the beneficiaries get the remainder, if any.
If Paypal wished to claim the money owed, they should have asked the widower who the estate manager was, so they could submit a claim against the estate. In no way was that threatening letter justified.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: Debts are not inherited in Western countries.
If you accept an inheritance in the Netherlands, you also accept any outstanding debts. So yes, they can be inherited.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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The question being - why would anyone accept an inheritance under those circumstances?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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You either accept it as a whole, or reject it as a whole. So, people do sometimes accept it.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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ehem[^]   
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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...or PayPal knows something that we don't about the nature of the universe.
"Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity."
- Hanlon's Razor
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Nathan Minier wrote: ...or PayPal knows something that we don't about the nature of the universe.
You mean... all of the socks that disappear from the washing machine end up on Paypal? 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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No, they end up on eBay. You pay for it using Paypal.
Software Zen: delete this;
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So only immortal people should have a paypal account.Nothing blockchain and bitcoin cannot solve!
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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something small of course.
I even asked for help from Code Project Quick Answers. I am sure they would have solved it for me. Co-worker stops over. Points at one line and says do this. Yep that works.
Always the same. When you stop to ask. It solves itself. You would think after 30+ years of programming I would know this.
Now to go clean it up and make it good code.
Thanks all.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
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how are these not more popular then the pop vinyls
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It's a small world after all 
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Many times I have solved my own problem by just talking about it with a co-worker. It forces a different way of thinking and the solution often just presents itself. I have stopped my explanation in mid-sentence, said "oh, that's it", end of story.
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My rubber duck co worker gets really pissed with me, not explaining the entire problem really annoys him!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Yup I hear you. I think it has to do with the fact that when you are dealing with it yourself you have too much internal tacit knowledge about your solution. Having to go back to first principals to explain it to someone else often shows you where this internal knowledge is wrong but you have moved past that part of the problem.
The only thing unpredictable about me is just how predictable I'm going to be.
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Time to talk to the rubber duck?
I usually find bugs when I spend the time to write up a question to satisfactorily explain it to whoever I am asking. This usually starts after several hours of banging my head against a variety of hard surfaces. 30+ years of building up 'get it done' habits are hard to overcome!
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
Dave
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Or maybe it's time to talk to Leslie[^]. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Well I wrote it earlier - I just didn't post it when I wrote it (this thing called work (shudder) got in the way.
Now I just look like I'm repeating things. 
Now I just look like I'm repeating things.
Now I just look like I'm repeating things.
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Hey, this is 2018 : Anything that is more than 15min old does not exist anymore (apart from your embarrassing pictures from 1982 on social media).
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My personal experience, whether you "understand" your code or not, try explaining it to someone else. If it takes more than a few paragraphs, try again.
I'm a true believer that explaining your code to the "uninformed", successfully or otherwise, will enhance your own understanding of it.
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