in reply to Re: Throw your money at tye!
in thread Throw your money at tye!

I would be interested in why you wouldn't use Paypal.

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Re^3: Throw your money at tye!
by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Mar 14, 2003 at 16:09 UTC

    PayPal makes no guarantee at all for even a penny of the money deposited on an account, and reserves the right to freeze the account for any reason, at their own discretion. If that does happen (and you have no control over whether it might because a transaction from anyone f.ex via a stolen credit card to your account suffices to taint you regardless of your track record), then you are at their mercy to decide whether or not they will give you your money, without granting you any rights to be informed of the grounds on which the decision was taken. (Note that frozen accounts can still receive money their owner won't be able to withdraw.)

    If you want more information about the whole ugly mess, try http://www.paypalsucks.com and http://www.paypalwarning.com.

    Makeshifts last the longest.

Re: Re: Re: Throw your money at tye!
by demerphq (Chancellor) on Jul 16, 2003 at 22:22 UTC

    IMO PayPal sucks for those of us not in the US (lots). Add that to the well discussed negative aspects of it and I think its easy to conclude a better mechanism should be used.


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