Re: [NTLK] [OT] PayPal gripes

From: André Baron (abaron_at_mac.com)
Date: Fri Apr 12 2002 - 06:04:13 EDT


BOURGUIGNON D DvSI/SNPI MTY wrote:

>
>>-----Message d'origine-----
>>De : newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
>>[mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]De la part de Mark Ross
>>Envoye : jeudi 11 avril 2002 11:44
>>A : newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
>>Objet : Re: [NTLK] [OT] PayPal gripes
>>
>>
>>
>>>Adding to all the other 'weirdness' - PayPal will ONLY
>>>
>>verify information
>>>from a credit card, and NOT from your bank account. We stopped using
>>
>>>plastic about two months after setting up a PayPal account
>>>
>>almost two years
>>
>>>ago - now they won't let me change a damn thing (like our
>>>
>>new address) and
>>
>>>have it be verified. This is after several phone calls.
>>>
>>>I too only kept the account open for the SER-001. I am
>>>
>>going to nuke that
>>
>>>bad boy the moment it is in my hands.
>>>
>>>I pay straight cash for everything else that I do, don't even have a
>>>personal bank account anymore just business. From mow on if
>>>
>>someone won't
>>
>>>take cash/MO/Certified then screw 'em. I am very tired of
>>>
>>having all my
>>
>>>personal financial information in the hands of faceless
>>>
>>strangers. The IRS
>>
>>>is bad enough.
>>>
>>>Paul Nuernberger
>>>
>>As one who takes credit cards, PayPal and used to take checks
>>and MO's,
>>I'd like to weigh in. For the merchant, cards and PayPal are
>>far easier
>>to deal with. You get paid within days and you don't have to
>>worry about
>>checks clearing. When we used to take checks and MO's, most
>>of the time
>>people would fill in the mail in form and then never mail it.
>> I'd wait
>>and dun these people only to find out that they would change
>>their minds
>>or forget. It was such a hassle that we stopped taking
>>checks and MO's
>>as a form of payment. I suspect that most merchants on the
>>web have had
>>a similar experience and discontinued the practice as well.
>>
>>
>>Mark Ross
>>markr13_at_comcast.net
>>
>>
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>
>
> Paypal seems to be a good solution. The problem, for Frenchs it's not really
>easy to open a Paypal account. The only choice I have is MO, check.
>
> That's why I'm loosing good things on Ebay :-((
>
>
>Cordialement
>Didier BOURGUIGNON
>
>
Vraiment? Je n'avais pas de problem avec mon Carte Blue de Banque
Populaire, quel type de problem est ce t'as?

André

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