I would really like to upgrade to a premium account, but the redirect from the account management page to the secure server doesn't appear to be working, and neither does the link. I've have been trying for some time now, about 2 days. Any assistance on this would be helpful.
I just tested the link and it was working fine here.
My guess is that your ISP or security software is preventing the link to paypal. It is trying to connect to paypal's secure server and that could be part of the problem.
I had this problem when setting up my second account; I tried both Firefox and IE7 and both got stuck at the link. IE brought up a message about some object missing (can't recall what).
In the end I worked around it by opening the account first, then going to the upgrade page rather than trying to join *and* upgrade at the same time.
same to me - using IE 7 - the re-direct just hangs. does not go anywhere.
tried to "open in new window" and window stays completly blank as if
there is no address at alll.........