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Do you like or hate paypal?
 

When it comes to buying stuff, I love PayPal. When it comes to selling, not so much. Whats your input?

I <3 PayPal

They can be nice but also complete pr*cks :rolleyes:

I personally think they rip us off with fees and I hate the fact they make so much interest when they are holding our money from us :mad2:

My opinion is on a transaction-by-transaction basis - pa yp al me some money and we'll go from there =) ha

Paypal can be annoying. I mean they don't really do much wrong. It's just if you have ⊗⊗⊗⊗ info than it can be a bit of a situation.

Paypal ---->> :hellBoy:

Paypal has made it easy for me to make a living. That is the only one people will trust to pay with so it is good. There are tons of things that are completely BS with them but IF you dont do stupid things you dont have problems.

I NEVER have issues with them. You wont either UNLESS you do something stupid like not send a package on time or sell something ⊗⊗⊗⊗ and the buyer complains.

You cannot tell me that if you sell non vero type items and treat all your customers well that paypal has hassled you very much.

I am sure many of you will claim the opposite but step back and look at what you are really doing and you will see it easily why you are getting troubled.

Post on here what you did and people like me will gladly tell you what you did wrong.

NO I am not a huge fan of their rules at all either, People that understand the laws, etc understand why paypal does what they do.

do I wish there was something better??? hell yes. but now this is the best thing we have.

You cannot tell me that if you sell non vero type items and treat all your customers well that paypal has hassled you very much.

I do not sell vero. I have always treated my customers very well. And Yes, Paypal has hassled me "Very much"

Once I hit about 130 feedback, 5 years into Selling with not one neg, I never had an issue with them that I can recall. I've never been banned from any venue

YET... despite that, I would've never be presumptuous enough to state what you just did.

I remember when PayPal first started out and it marketed itself as a friendly person-to-person money exchange service, and it was fantastic. It was incredibly simple and good value for money too. Then it got bought by eBay (anyone remember Billpoint?) and became a corporate monster; by 2004 it was completely unrecognisable from the original site.

I don't have a problem with PayPal, without their services I could not maintain a second income, but I don't agree with their over zealous policies. Many people on here sell f akes and I completely understand why PayPal terminates their accounts but for many others (like me) we've done nothing wrong but are deemed too risky. I had a 9 year old account (100% feedback, 4.9 DSRs) NARU'd because of the high risk involved. It is nonsensical. They apply absolutely no common sense to any cases.

I also dislike the way they request a million documents from their users, and the site is usually always slow and buggy. Oh, and they hide behind the laws of Luxembourg (PayPal Europe anyway) because they know they would have a much tougher time enforcing some of their outrageous policies if they were based in the UK or Germany.

They will be obsolete within 10 years though I reckon. I think the big banks will come up with their own person-to-person money services very soon, and eventually PayPals market share will crumble drastically. They know at the moment they can get away with treating their customers like ****, but eventually other options will be available and then they'll start lowering fees and getting rid of some draconian rules.

I agree. it surprises me this hasn't happened yet

I hate paypal how they rape us in fees because our options are limited. I hate how paypal uses our money like a bank, but then hides behind "we are not a bank" theory when it suits them.
It bugs me that they charge $4.95 for money pak activation so that you could spend money on ebay. Triple dip id say... I hate how paypal wants to know all my suppliers info for use I know is not good for me. The list goes on and on...

I like paypal cause they are part of the plan to make a second income....

I hate paypal because they are owned by ebay..

I LOVE PAYPAL :sly:

Im not going to be on paypals side here. Im just saying you did something wrong if you get that much hassle. sorry but I know many people that get not a peep out of paypal and havent for nearly 10yrs now. Me either. Must be you.

I find them OK

I don't have the problems others on here have but I do operate under super super stealth.

I earn money, I get paid and funds are in my accounts within 48 hours.

Expensive but I can live with it

:pop2:

Ever since I got 2k stolen from Paypal， I never touched it again：）

Personally I hate Paypal.:mad2: I think they are gaining too much power not to be an actual bank. You can even purchase airline tickets using Paypal! Wow!

But, if you want to make money online, it seems that Paypal is blocking out the competition. I don't trust giving my SSN # to anyone that is not an actual bank.

What are our alternatives if you want to be on eBay? A merchant account?

:clap:

In the UK you have to offer Paypal

When it comes to proving where I get my items I hate paypal because 100% they shut you down.

Yeah but you know why they ask that from you. They only bug certain people for that info.

This should sum it up.........

People selling F A K E S H I T love it at first, because it is the only way to make money in their slimy scummy lifes, then once everyone complains they hate paypal.

People selling legit, or regular non vero items have no issues other then the occational dumbass.

No possible way you could state your accusation "I did something wrong" as fact

Thus you are UNTRUTHFUL, DECEIVING and a FALSE ACCUSER

Just like the ebay scammers.

At best... you have impure motives. shame on you

LOL.......

Just going by experience. follow their rules and they leave you alone. THAT is a FACT... Ask anyone on here that doesnt get hassles and they will tell you the same thing.

I don't sell anything that draws attention - no ⊗⊗⊗⊗, no vero, nothing prohibited - I never get asked for invoices (Thinking about it - I'm a really boring seller!!)
:pop2:

See, I'm not the only one.

paypal is definately love and hate...

you love it becoz of the ease ness of it...

nowadays a lot of websites accepts paypal

receiving money is SO SWIFT

but obviously we all no the downsides to paypal

AND THAT IS VERY FKING ANNOYING

LOL:bounce:

I have never been requested this either but what does that have to do with your untruths, false accusations and deception? you've linked it somehow

Let me answer for you, it doesn't

It's a strawman attempt

More deceit

What is your deal?? You know when people always have that buyer they talk about that is crazed and rambled about stuff that makes no sense and cannot be pleased no matter what you do??? that is you on this post. We have all had one like this. waaaay out there. Just relax....

The paypal's linked to vero seller's accounts aren't so hot but the ones linked to a buyer only ebay and a mailbox those ones are golden, just did a bunch of clothes shopping last night with my main stealth paypal that's almost a year old now, that thing is solid as a rock, as far as off ebay sales, shopping and withdrawing go.

Sir you are acting more like a scammer than anyone here on the forum

You are making false accusations. And now we have more of them...me resembling a crazed buyer all while you show red flags of being a scammer.

Oh the irony

Keep falsely accusing. Or calmly let it go.

I suggest the latter

Paypal has been helpful everytime I have called them. Had my account limited randomly, I called and they fixed it without even asking me a question. But as far as fees go its ridiculous. Also the fact that they can reverse money from a buyer just to freeze it. That personally completely pisses me off. I've been ripped off before this way because someone paypal'd me money for some services, then it got reversed because they were selling ⊗⊗⊗⊗ on ebay with the same paypal account. I got jacked for all the money when I had absolutely nothing to do with it. Go figure :/

I say F*ck paypal.

I personally cannot wait for a site that operates the same but without paypals colossal fees and their ' Buyer is always right' bullsh*t attitude

The fees you are going to have to live with regardless.

If you have a brick and mortar shop your visa fees would be way more than what paypal charges. Plus they have NO protection from chargebacks. Paypal doesnt help much but has before.

My folks pay hundreds per month more than I pay in paypal fees. Its a monthly fee and a huge percentage.

Fees arent the issue to most that understand its really cheaper, its the BS that some have to deal with. BUT most of the BS is stuff that can be avoided if you follow their rules to the T.

I never once thought about the fees, of course I never waste my time selling things with tight profit margins either, unless it's for feedback, but still my high margin items always far out weigh that.

Also worth noting is that the operation of pa yp al ALONE vs. pp+eb combo makes a HUGE difference....HUGE.

Kingray is 100% right in this thread :clap:

i personally think they suck the only reason anybody uses them is because ebay shoves it down our throat, ive been using google checkout for awhile with no issues i know they are not perfect either but nothing is worse than paypal. anybody who says anything positive about paypal has about 5+ stealth paypal accounts that proves my point, you have to bend over backwards and do tricks just to use them what kind of company is that.

you have to bend over backwards and do tricks just to use them what kind of company is that


PMSL....!!!!!!!!! LOOOOOOL:hail::hail:

exaclty my point... they suspend ur account, u dont no why they have... u try to enquire... they say oh if we tell u this may circumvent u/us blah blah blah... then in the suspension script it says u are forbidden from making future ebay account..


HOW CAN THIS BE LIFE!!

I love Paypal until money is coming in to my bank account without any hassle.

Hate Them
 

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Hate Paypal,

Have lost $1000's over 10+ years even on a charge back that was over a year old and the JERK-Buyer kept my BIG machine and cost me $65 because he would not answer his door when the freight company came to return the machine back to us.

Order a sweet almost 3K laptop, buyer paid thru paypal, did a local pickup signed for his delivery then claimed he never received the item (items said local pickup only) called the manufacture and we got a signed letter from them stating item was sent to us and registered by him 4 days later, later he claimed he did not know his mom had it "RIGHT" They waited 9 months then did a reversal saying the customers changed his mind and would like to return it ..... NEVER GOT THE UNIT BACK NOR MY MONEY LIES - LIES - LIES

Seller's Takes the Lost Everytime