Comments on: Paypal…My Morning Experience

By: Ric Booth

Ric Booth — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:01:23 +0000

Wow. I would drop any company from my list for that kind of treatment. Ric Booth´s last blog post...Unbelieving the Lie

By: inWorship

inWorship — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:32:04 +0000

Brad, it was exactly that…

By: Brad Ruggles

Brad Ruggles — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:28:08 +0000

Wow dude, that sucks. I've had small problems with PayPal before but nothing of that magnitude. I can't believe they were so rude with you. Unfortunately, it was probably some phone rep who was halfway around the world who had no vested interest in keeping PayPal's customers happy. Brad Ruggles´s last blog post...I Can Ride My Bike With No Handlebars

By: inWorship

inWorship — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:03:23 +0000

Let me say this. I hear about horror stories with all sorts of online resources. I also hear about good things. When it comes down to it, I believe that many of you can use Paypal and not have issues. I am just choosing to not use them again, because of this huge breach of privacy issue and the way they treated me.

And, as Jay pointed out, they really aren’t accountable to anyone. So please be cautious!

By: inWorship

inWorship — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:59:37 +0000

Like I told Jay, I’d rather use a credit card than a debit or bank account. Credit card info can be disputed very easily with the bank. Debit and bank account info…not so much. Once it’s gone, it’s gone.

By: inWorship

inWorship — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:58:42 +0000

I was talking to someone else about this yesterday. Paypal doesn’t conform or account to anyone. That’s scary. After dealing with them and having an issue like this, I will never work with them again.

I’m still shocked that a company like Paypal would not see the benefit of treating the customer well.

Also, I would much rather give them credit card info that can be disputed verse bank account info.

By: kristiapplesauce

kristiapplesauce — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:15:06 +0000

I don't know what's happening. kristiapplesauce´s last blog post...Oh Sheep!

By: David

David — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:31:49 +0000

I've never had a prob with them either, and we use PayPal in the usual places like collecting funds for sales of excess CDs (hello MusicStack), but I'm not a big fan of it. For international stuff (and we Aussies do a lot of importing via eBay, etc), it's become kinda necessary if you don't want a credit/debit card. This experience might make me rethink though. Ugh. David´s last blog post...Worship : 29 March 2009

By: Jay Sellers

Jay Sellers — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:38:54 +0000

I don’t avoid PayPal, though I have had my share of frustrations. Life with PayPal gets easier if you understand the following truths:

a. PayPal is NOT a bank and is not governed by the same rules as First Bank of Your Town.
b. PayPal, by legal right of the contract that you digitally signed (you read it, right???), has full authority to freeze your funds at any moment in time.
c. There is no Account Review Committee. Not one person there speaks on your behalf.
d. What might be deemed “potential fraud” changes like the weather.

These next two apply specifically to eBay sales, which may not interest you:

e. At the point that we were doing $75,000 in monthly sales on eBay, we were told that we would be given a personal PayPal account manager at $100,000 in sales. That might have been helpful but we bailed after coming to the realization that most companies that we sold products for wouldn’t honor the warranty for auction sales.
f. If you do well, you’ll suffer greatly for it. If I did $10,000 in sales in one day, my PayPal debit card, which I used for purchasing and mailing the products, was limited to $2,500 in purchases. I had to call once a week for about 3 months to finally bug them enough to raise the daily spending limit. They raised it to $5,000, so I had to be creative with how I purchased the product using two different accounts.

My advice to anyone interested in using PayPal is to set up an account that only gets used for PayPal transactions. Deposit the money you need to transfer then transfer it. Debit cards work well, but add a credit card at extreme risk of something painful happening.

Jay Sellers´s last blog post…Replace That Nasty Diesel With An Electric Motor?

By: bryan

bryan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:23:42 +0000

I used to use paypal often while I was a frequent seller on ebay, but after fees increased and ebay policies changed I said goodbye to both. Never had a problem like you did, but I guess I was lucky. Lets face it customer service is not what it once was..... bryan´s last blog post...Monday Madness – Something New