I do have another thought, and a very practical solution, which I've occasionally used myself.  It involves using a VoIP carrier.  Though I've had experience with LesNet, VoIP.ms, and Anveo, I'll be specifically giving VoIP.ms details.

Just get a VoIP.ms SMS-capable telnum (a VoIP telnum is formally called a DID), enable SMS, and forward SMS to e-mail and/or your mobile number.  Consider the VoIP.ms telnum to be disposable, since you can always drop it and take on another VoIP.ms telnum.

One drawback:  Some issuers of SMS authentication codes seem to detect VoIP and refuse to send the code (or else there are other tech issues).  The Canadian banks and the Canadian Government used to not work with SMS-to-VoIP, but more recently, at least two of the big 5 banks now do, at least to some of the SMS-enabled telnums.  We would need to do a test with PayPal.

[Later]  I just tested my PayPal twice, with a VoIP.ms telnum as type "mobile" and as type "home".  PayPal bastards!  Both gave the message "You can't add a VoIP number. Try another number to continue.".

Hartmut

On Fri 14 Jun 2024 at 23:44:00 -05:00, Hartmut W Sager <hwsager@marityme.net> wrote:

On Fri 14 Jun 2024 at 22:27:23 -05:00, Brian <brian2@groupbcl.ca> wrote:

At the very least they could accept an INTERAC payment.

Probably not.  Interac payments online/Web either has been, or is being, shut down, due to very poor interest.  The Canadian Government (CRA, Service Canada, and a few other departments) was among the very few users who offered this payment option.

I've drafted a snail mail letter to the company, addressed to the president's attention. It will be interesting to see if it generates a response.

That President's Choice will likely be to ignore you.

Hartmut