Consumer Watchdog PayPal Scare

18 years ago

I have been with Paypal for years and never had a problem. It has many advantages over paying by credit card and an easy to use system. I don't leave money in my account there except as a small reserve to pay for goods I buy.

Don't listen to the scare mongers they probably work for the bank.

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jame58rown 18 years ago

I think PayPal is great even if they charge a bit too much. I am not worried about Papal, but I am worried that my customers might not buy from me because they don't trust paypal
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Nick Brighton

18 years ago

Originally Posted by Norma Holt

I have been with Paypal for years and never had a problem. It has many advantages over paying by credit card and an easy to use system. I don't leave money in my account there except as a small reserve to pay for goods I buy.

Don't listen to the scare mongers they probably work for the bank.

Sadly, the general public will listen to the scaremongers. All it takes is the slightest blip in consumer confidence and trust and things can really get tricky.

Something even as small as this can affect a lot of people in the UK. Let's hope that no-one was watching ;-).

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GarrieWilson

18 years ago

With credit cards you dont either if you wanna get technical.

I hate sensational "journalism"

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hirohurl

18 years ago

I've used Paypal for several years on one of my websites and think they offer a great service.

Actually, the consumer seems well protected to me. If the customer complains about non-delivery I have to be able to prove that I shipped the goods, which is impossible to do on goods shipped by air freight, small packet, regular airmail or surface mail so I always have to refund the money, even though I have shipped the goods!!

Thankfully, it does not happen very often.

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Angela V. Edwards

18 years ago

Originally Posted by hirohurl

I've used Paypal for several years on one of my websites and think they offer a great service.

Actually, the consumer seems well protected to me. If the customer complains about non-delivery I have to be able to prove that I shipped the goods, which is impossible to do on goods shipped by air freight, small packet, regular airmail or surface mail so I always have to refund the money, even though I have shipped the goods!!

Thankfully, it does not happen very often.

I agree with you. Paypal seems to have some pretty good customer protections in place. Their site is secure and user friendly. I've been usin Paypal for some time now and I think they are fine.

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Floyd Fisher

18 years ago

Originally Posted by hirohurl

I've used Paypal for several years on one of my websites and think they offer a great service.

Actually, the consumer seems well protected to me. If the customer complains about non-delivery I have to be able to prove that I shipped the goods, which is impossible to do on goods shipped by air freight, small packet, regular airmail or surface mail so I always have to refund the money, even though I have shipped the goods!!

Thankfully, it does not happen very often.

Don't you have some kind of traceable mail system? Here, it's called registered mail, what do they call it in your country?

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bgmacaw

18 years ago

I'd like to know the specifics of what they mean by "there are not the guarantees that you have with a regular credit card".

It is true that if you pay for something out of your PayPal balance or through an eCheck that you don't have as much protection as you would with a credit card. However, you can pay using a credit card with PayPal as the processor and you would have exactly the same protections as you would with any other processor.

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Adeel_Chowdhry 18 years ago

I say forget about wasting your time worrying about this little bit of useless news and get to work on making products to sell and make money!!!
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