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czaj wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 8:25 am
MrJedi wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 6:28 am
To clarify you used Coinbase card and scheduled a future date and the charge ended up going through?
That’s right, but it hasn’t worked with all banks.
Yesterday I scheduled a payment for today. In the past when I did this it would send the payment in the morning. 8:30pm and still no sign anything that happened. Did you get an error notification or anything when it didn't work? Or just silence with no payment?
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MrJedi wrote: Wed Aug 17, 2022 7:37 pm
czaj wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 8:25 am
MrJedi wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 6:28 am
To clarify you used Coinbase card and scheduled a future date and the charge ended up going through?
That’s right, but it hasn’t worked with all banks.
Yesterday I scheduled a payment for today. In the past when I did this it would send the payment in the morning. 8:30pm and still no sign anything that happened. Did you get an error notification or anything when it didn't work? Or just silence with no payment?
It seems hit or miss depending on the bank. Silence if it doesn’t work. On the app, it’ll show that the bill is “unavailable” on the bills tab.
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Unfortunately it seems my Coinbase debit is dead for this purpose. At least for the bills I care to use it on. 3 straight days with various methods and still no luck. I tested one of my other debit cards and it zipped right through with no speed bumps. I saw that somebody on Reddit kept trying periodically and has managed to get a payment through but that is too much hassle/effort to squeeze out a little extra cashback to try every day and make sure the bill actually gets paid on time eventually. I'm keeping my account active in case it becomes easy again but not holding my breath.

I did at least get to squeeze out about $800 in Coinbase rewards while it lasted so it was at least worthwhile to get setup.
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MrJedi wrote: Thu Aug 18, 2022 6:46 am Unfortunately it seems my Coinbase debit is dead for this purpose. At least for the bills I care to use it on. 3 straight days with various methods and still no luck. I tested one of my other debit cards and it zipped right through with no speed bumps. I saw that somebody on Reddit kept trying periodically and has managed to get a payment through but that is too much hassle/effort to squeeze out a little extra cashback to try every day and make sure the bill actually gets paid on time eventually. I'm keeping my account active in case it becomes easy again but not holding my breath.

I did at least get to squeeze out about $800 in Coinbase rewards while it lasted so it was at least worthwhile to get setup.
Yeah, I can't get it to work for anything anymore. Chase was the last to work, but that doesn't even work anymore. I'm curious if this was Paypal or Coinbase, or both. I knew it wouldn't last forever, it's just unfortunate.

I went ahead and pulled whatever funds I had left in Coinbase because.
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Last couple of days, I cannot pay my electric utility bill that is due next month. No matter what I do, I get:

Something went wrong. Try again.

Anyone else seeing this? I'm using my BoA premium rewards card that has worked for this fine for several months.
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^ I had that back when I first tried this:
viewtopic.php?p=6364423#p6364423

It eventually did work a few days later, I don't know why:
viewtopic.php?p=6372864#p6372864
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I still cannot pay my electric bill anymore; get those something went wrong errors. I may have to pay with my checking account! /shudder
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exarkun wrote: Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:15 am I still cannot pay my electric bill anymore; get those something went wrong errors. I may have to pay with my checking account! /shudder
+1. Per CB rep they said the card is not compatible with PayPal anymore
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exarkun wrote: Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:15 am I still cannot pay my electric bill anymore; get those something went wrong errors. I may have to pay with my checking account! /shudder
You can use other cards. I'm paying my electric with Discover
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exarkun wrote: Thu Aug 25, 2022 10:26 am Last couple of days, I cannot pay my electric utility bill that is due next month. No matter what I do, I get:

Something went wrong. Try again.

Anyone else seeing this? I'm using my BoA premium rewards card that has worked for this fine for several months.
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cowbman wrote: Thu Sep 01, 2022 4:49 pm
exarkun wrote: Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:15 am I still cannot pay my electric bill anymore; get those something went wrong errors. I may have to pay with my checking account! /shudder
You can use other cards. I'm paying my electric with Discover
I've tried with my discover card several times the last few days to no avail
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exarkun wrote: Thu Sep 01, 2022 10:10 pm
cowbman wrote: Thu Sep 01, 2022 4:49 pm
exarkun wrote: Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:15 am I still cannot pay my electric bill anymore; get those something went wrong errors. I may have to pay with my checking account! /shudder
You can use other cards. I'm paying my electric with Discover
I've tried with my discover card several times the last few days to no avail
I will try Discover for my electric in the next few days and report my findings (DP).
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I just paid my electric bill today with my Discover Card using PayPal Bill Pay.

Did Chase announce their 5% cash back catagories for Q4 yet?

I used my BoA Premium Rewards Visa to pay my gas bill via PayPal Bill Pay at the end of last month (August).
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anon_investor wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 3:44 pm Did Chase announce their 5% cash back catagories for Q4 yet?
I think they normally don't announce until the about the 15th of the month prior to a new quarter.
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jeffyscott wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 3:54 pm
anon_investor wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 3:44 pm Did Chase announce their 5% cash back catagories for Q4 yet?
I think they normally don't announce until the about the 15th of the month prior to a new quarter.
I have both the Chase Freedom and Chase Freedom Flex, so hopefully they have 5% CB for PayPal for Q4.
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I'm curious if there's a way to funnel the Q4 mobile wallet category from Discover through PayPal.
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leland wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 7:12 pm I'm curious if there's a way to funnel the Q4 mobile wallet category from Discover throubgh PayPal.
Can mobile wallets be used for online purchases?
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leland wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 7:12 pm I'm curious if there's a way to funnel the Q4 mobile wallet category from Discover through PayPal.
You can buy Visa gift cards at Staples when they have a no-fee promo, which is frequent, and then use those with PayPal.
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anon_investor wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 7:17 pm
leland wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 7:12 pm I'm curious if there's a way to funnel the Q4 mobile wallet category from Discover throubgh PayPal.
Can mobile wallets be used for online purchases?
If the site accepts it. PayPal is an Apple Pay competitor so it wouldn’t work directly in this instance.
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Jags4186 wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 7:18 pm
anon_investor wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 7:17 pm
leland wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 7:12 pm I'm curious if there's a way to funnel the Q4 mobile wallet category from Discover throubgh PayPal.
Can mobile wallets be used for online purchases?
If the site accepts it. PayPal is an Apple Pay competitor so it wouldn’t work directly in this instance.
Does Samsung Pay allow for online purchases?
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anon_investor wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 7:28 pm
Jags4186 wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 7:18 pm
anon_investor wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 7:17 pm
leland wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 7:12 pm I'm curious if there's a way to funnel the Q4 mobile wallet category from Discover throubgh PayPal.
Can mobile wallets be used for online purchases?
If the site accepts it. PayPal is an Apple Pay competitor so it wouldn’t work directly in this instance.
Does Samsung Pay allow for online purchases?
No
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anon_investor wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 3:44 pm I just paid my electric bill today with my Discover Card using PayPal Bill Pay.

Did Chase announce their 5% cash back catagories for Q4 yet?

I used my BoA Premium Rewards Visa to pay my gas bill via PayPal Bill Pay at the end of last month (August).
Did you get the bonus? I tried this and didn't receive the online bonus. That's why I'm using Discover
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cowbman wrote: Tue Sep 06, 2022 1:47 pm
anon_investor wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 3:44 pm I just paid my electric bill today with my Discover Card using PayPal Bill Pay.

Did Chase announce their 5% cash back catagories for Q4 yet?

I used my BoA Premium Rewards Visa to pay my gas bill via PayPal Bill Pay at the end of last month (August).
Did you get the bonus? I tried this and didn't receive the online bonus. That's why I'm using Discover
I only did it for my BoA Premium Rewards Visa (2.625% cash back). It won't count as online shopping, PayPal codes it at utilies.

I used up my $1.5k spend for Discover already.
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US Bank Cash+ offers utilities at 5% too (up to $2k/quarter)
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I used my CB Visa at Costco and for a haircut. Paid a cc bill in PayPal with the CB Visa and it worked.
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cowbman wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:11 pm I used my CB Visa at Costco and for a haircut. Paid a cc bill in PayPal with the CB Visa and it worked.
I’m curious to see if the charge was considered a cash advance.
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stilllurking wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 7:20 pm
cowbman wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:11 pm I used my CB Visa at Costco and for a haircut. Paid a cc bill in PayPal with the CB Visa and it worked.
I’m curious to see if the charge was considered a cash advance.
I don't understand, it's a debit card
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cowbman wrote: Sat Sep 10, 2022 9:53 am
stilllurking wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 7:20 pm
cowbman wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:11 pm I used my CB Visa at Costco and for a haircut. Paid a cc bill in PayPal with the CB Visa and it worked.
I’m curious to see if the charge was considered a cash advance.
I don't understand, it's a debit card
What does CB stand for? Chase Bank?

Do you get cash back with the CB Visa?
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anon_investor wrote: Sat Sep 10, 2022 11:15 am
cowbman wrote: Sat Sep 10, 2022 9:53 am
stilllurking wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 7:20 pm
cowbman wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:11 pm I used my CB Visa at Costco and for a haircut. Paid a cc bill in PayPal with the CB Visa and it worked.
I’m curious to see if the charge was considered a cash advance.
I don't understand, it's a debit card
What does CB stand for? Chase Bank?

Do you get cash back with the CB Visa?
Coinbase debit card (currently as high as 4% back)
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czaj wrote: Sat Sep 10, 2022 11:21 am
anon_investor wrote: Sat Sep 10, 2022 11:15 am
cowbman wrote: Sat Sep 10, 2022 9:53 am
stilllurking wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 7:20 pm
cowbman wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:11 pm I used my CB Visa at Costco and for a haircut. Paid a cc bill in PayPal with the CB Visa and it worked.
I’m curious to see if the charge was considered a cash advance.
I don't understand, it's a debit card
What does CB stand for? Chase Bank?

Do you get cash back with the CB Visa?
Coinbase debit card (currently as high as 4% back)
Ah okay.
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MrJedi wrote: Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:06 am
Good question. I have not retried there but I noticed similar when accidentally ran a payment with the card locked on Coinbase side. After that PP seemingly stopped trying because I wasn't getting any declined transaction on CB side.
It is exactly what happened with me. Did you try to use your coinbase card for PP bill again?
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anon_investor wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 3:59 pm
jeffyscott wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 3:54 pm
anon_investor wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 3:44 pm Did Chase announce their 5% cash back catagories for Q4 yet?
I think they normally don't announce until the about the 15th of the month prior to a new quarter.
I have both the Chase Freedom and Chase Freedom Flex, so hopefully they have 5% CB for PayPal for Q4.
And they do :thumbsup , it's paypal and Walmart

https://www.chasebonus.com/
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anon_investor wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 3:59 pm
jeffyscott wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 3:54 pm
anon_investor wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 3:44 pm Did Chase announce their 5% cash back catagories for Q4 yet?
I think they normally don't announce until the about the 15th of the month prior to a new quarter.
I have both the Chase Freedom and Chase Freedom Flex, so hopefully they have 5% CB for PayPal for Q4.
If you are willing to take a bit more risk,
you can link the Chase Freedom Flex to Paypal
and use the Paypal app's generated QR code to buy three $500 VISA gift card at CVS.
You will get 7% (1% base + 2% drugstores + 4% Paypal).
( $1500 x 7% ) - $17.85 [fees] = $87.15
$87.15 ÷ $1500 = 5.8%

I did this in Q4 2021, and I got the 7%.
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Does anyone have success with adding chase cards to PayPal bill? I tried and PayPal says that account number is not correct.
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^ I used Chase freedom last December. I had no problem adding the card to Paypal. I don't have it on there currently, though.
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jeffyscott wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 3:59 pm ^ I used Chase freedom last December. I had no problem adding the card to Paypal. I don't have it on there currently, though.
I am not sure if you got my question. Did you add Chase freedom to Paypal wallet or to Paypal bill? I have no problem in adding cards to Paypal wallet but I am trying to pay my Chase card via Paypal bill and I wanted to add it there.
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^ I don't think you can pay credit card bills with PayPal.
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jeffyscott wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 10:29 pm ^ I don't think you can pay credit card bills with PayPal.
You can with debit cards or ACH at least.
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anon_investor wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 7:17 pm
leland wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 7:12 pm I'm curious if there's a way to funnel the Q4 mobile wallet category from Discover throubgh PayPal.
Can mobile wallets be used for online purchases?
Only with Apple Pay for some sites.
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jeffyscott wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 10:49 am
anon_investor wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 3:59 pm
jeffyscott wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 3:54 pm
anon_investor wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 3:44 pm Did Chase announce their 5% cash back catagories for Q4 yet?
I think they normally don't announce until the about the 15th of the month prior to a new quarter.
I have both the Chase Freedom and Chase Freedom Flex, so hopefully they have 5% CB for PayPal for Q4.
And they do :thumbsup , it's paypal and Walmart

https://www.chasebonus.com/
Great! I have Chase Freedom and Chase Freedom Flex.
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plutoblackhole wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 10:40 pm
jeffyscott wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 10:29 pm ^ I don't think you can pay credit card bills with PayPal.
You can with debit cards or ACH at least.
Thanks for the correction, I did not think Chase or other credit cards were on the bill payment site, but I just looked and see they have added that.

I did find Chase and was able to add one of my Chase credit card accounts as a bill to pay. I did not get an error. But I am assuming I could not pay that credit card bill with another credit card?
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jeffyscott wrote: Fri Sep 16, 2022 8:09 am
plutoblackhole wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 10:40 pm
jeffyscott wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 10:29 pm ^ I don't think you can pay credit card bills with PayPal.
You can with debit cards or ACH at least.
Thanks for the correction, I did not think Chase or other credit cards were on the bill payment site, but I just looked and see they have added that.

I did find Chase and was able to add one of my Chase credit card accounts as a bill to pay. I did not get an error. But I am assuming I could not pay that credit card bill with another credit card?
PayPal seems to know when you're paying toward a credit card account and won't let you select a credit card to pay from. The only options that populate are debit cards and linked bank accounts.
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MrJedi wrote: Fri Sep 16, 2022 8:48 am
jeffyscott wrote: Fri Sep 16, 2022 8:09 am
plutoblackhole wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 10:40 pm
jeffyscott wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 10:29 pm ^ I don't think you can pay credit card bills with PayPal.
You can with debit cards or ACH at least.
Thanks for the correction, I did not think Chase or other credit cards were on the bill payment site, but I just looked and see they have added that.

I did find Chase and was able to add one of my Chase credit card accounts as a bill to pay. I did not get an error. But I am assuming I could not pay that credit card bill with another credit card?
PayPal seems to know when you're paying toward a credit card account and won't let you select a credit card to pay from. The only options that populate are debit cards and linked bank accounts.
I see. Maybe I'll test that sometime, since I have no linked bank account or debit card.
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ill wrote: Tue Sep 13, 2022 10:54 pm
MrJedi wrote: Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:06 am
Good question. I have not retried there but I noticed similar when accidentally ran a payment with the card locked on Coinbase side. After that PP seemingly stopped trying because I wasn't getting any declined transaction on CB side.
It is exactly what happened with me. Did you try to use your coinbase card for PP bill again?
A warning for anyone who hasn't heard already: Coinbase sometimes shuts down cards if they are used to pay credit cards. Back in June I was promptly shut down after paying $1746 directly to Citi credit cards followed by $4292 to other credit cards through Paypal Bill Pay, though I was eventually able to get the card reactivated.
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patrick wrote: Fri Sep 16, 2022 9:17 am A warning for anyone who hasn't heard already: Coinbase sometimes shuts down cards if they are used to pay credit cards. Back in June I was promptly shut down after paying $1746 directly to Citi credit cards followed by $4292 to other credit cards through Paypal Bill Pay, though I was eventually able to get the card reactivated.
+1 my card has been deactivated in the past week. Did you just email support and they reactivated?
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czaj wrote: Fri Sep 16, 2022 9:53 am
patrick wrote: Fri Sep 16, 2022 9:17 am A warning for anyone who hasn't heard already: Coinbase sometimes shuts down cards if they are used to pay credit cards. Back in June I was promptly shut down after paying $1746 directly to Citi credit cards followed by $4292 to other credit cards through Paypal Bill Pay, though I was eventually able to get the card reactivated.
+1 my card has been deactivated in the past week. Did you just email support and they reactivated?
Coinbase ignored the online request but I called phone support later and then they reactivated the card the same day.
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patrick wrote: Fri Sep 16, 2022 10:20 am
czaj wrote: Fri Sep 16, 2022 9:53 am
patrick wrote: Fri Sep 16, 2022 9:17 am A warning for anyone who hasn't heard already: Coinbase sometimes shuts down cards if they are used to pay credit cards. Back in June I was promptly shut down after paying $1746 directly to Citi credit cards followed by $4292 to other credit cards through Paypal Bill Pay, though I was eventually able to get the card reactivated.
+1 my card has been deactivated in the past week. Did you just email support and they reactivated?
Coinbase ignored the online request but I called phone support later and then they reactivated the card the same day.
This is consistent with my experience. Don't pay Citi cards directly over the phone with CB Visa
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I'm wondering the same, particularly for Washington County, Oregon. There is a "Washington County Finance Division" on Paypal Bill Pay, but I'm not sure that a payment to the Finance Division will actually make it to the property tax assessor division... and of course calling the county has not been helpful.
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cowbman wrote: Sun Sep 18, 2022 1:22 pm
patrick wrote: Fri Sep 16, 2022 10:20 am
czaj wrote: Fri Sep 16, 2022 9:53 am
patrick wrote: Fri Sep 16, 2022 9:17 am A warning for anyone who hasn't heard already: Coinbase sometimes shuts down cards if they are used to pay credit cards. Back in June I was promptly shut down after paying $1746 directly to Citi credit cards followed by $4292 to other credit cards through Paypal Bill Pay, though I was eventually able to get the card reactivated.
+1 my card has been deactivated in the past week. Did you just email support and they reactivated?
Coinbase ignored the online request but I called phone support later and then they reactivated the card the same day.
This is consistent with my experience. Don't pay Citi cards directly over the phone with CB Visa
Got mine reactivated as well but it took a few phone calls. Not sure on the specific rules, but I suspect they are more likely to suspend based on large purchases. I’ve only paid credit cards with it (over 6 months) and I only got deactivated after making some larger payments.
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It's also more likely to be declined.
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