Pay Pal?

Crazy Navy Flyer · Post by **Crazy Navy Flyer** » November 9, 2007 3:01 pm

Good or bad? Anyone have any bad experiences?

z-man · Post by **z-man** » November 9, 2007 3:03 pm

we have used it for years with no problem

VanillaGrl · Post by **VanillaGrl** » November 9, 2007 3:04 pm

z-man wrote:we have used it for years with no problem

Same here.

Crazy Navy Flyer · Post by **Crazy Navy Flyer** » November 9, 2007 3:05 pm

How does it work? You provide them with a CC #, they pay the merchant and PayPal debits your CC?

dnw · Post by **dnw** » November 9, 2007 3:10 pm

VanillaGrl wrote:
z-man wrote:we have used it for years with no problem
Same here.

Same here.

BottleofRum · Post by **BottleofRum** » November 9, 2007 3:16 pm

I have had good and bad.... the bad was something I sold though eBay, 9 months later the guy disputed the charge through Paypal claiming he never received the item. Without even contacting me PayPal took the money out of my account then contacted me. Luckily I still have the signature confirmation from the shipping so I was covered. Paypal did work with me and were nice about it but it took about 6 weeks before i got my money back.

Dezdmona · Post by **Dezdmona** » November 9, 2007 3:20 pm

Crazy Navy Flyer wrote:How does it work? You provide them with a CC #, they pay the merchant and PayPal debits your CC?

...or your bank account directly.
The person your paying never sees your CC, debit card or bank account numbers.

As usual, never reply directly from an email for information.
Go to the website directly from a new browser window to avoid phishing emails, and you should be fine.

I've received some phishing emails from paypal (and other company) clones. I've forwarded the emails to paypal and they have been very responsive to them.

I've never had any problems with PayPal, but I do change my password from time to time, just to be safe.

conched · Post by **conched** » November 9, 2007 3:22 pm

All good!

It's been so long that I signed up for it that I have forgotten exactly what I had to do with bank account and credit card. It may be different now.

Keep in mind that some folks are not set up to receive money on paypal using credit card.

Happy shopping!!!

Conolulu · Post by **Conolulu** » November 9, 2007 3:23 pm

dnw wrote:
VanillaGrl wrote:
z-man wrote:we have used it for years with no problem
Same here.

Same here.

Ditto.

And what Dez says too....

Crazy Navy Flyer · Post by **Crazy Navy Flyer** » November 9, 2007 3:38 pm

Thanks for the input. How is a buyer protected if the merchandise doesn't arrive or is damaged or not as advertised?

I'm slowly reading thru the User Agreement now.

Skibo · Post by **Skibo** » November 9, 2007 4:25 pm

Paypal very good.

Paypal's buyer protection is a PIA. I attempted to use it once. I now just use my CC and do the charge back through my CC if a problem. Paypal gets annoyed and closes my account then. Fortunately, I have a buying and selling ID.

For the most part Paypal is very buyer friendly. I have completed over 1000 transactions through Paypal. One problem. I had a seller that shipped damaged goods. The claim process was long and slow (fair)

If I had complied with their time to respond constraints, I would have been fully refunded. Because I was out of town for a week, the e-mail was received and not read until after the deadline to show proof of delivery back to seller.

aeroparrot · Post by **aeroparrot** » November 9, 2007 4:29 pm

I've used it off and on for years and had no issues.

The Lost Manatee · Post by **The Lost Manatee** » November 9, 2007 4:46 pm

Several years ago PayPal had some serious security issues however I understand those have long since been resolved. Now the only security issue is the user being phish and scammed.

Dutch Harbor PH · Post by **Dutch Harbor PH** » November 9, 2007 4:50 pm

VanillaGrl wrote:
z-man wrote:we have used it for years with no problem
Same here.

Ditto above.....

Moonie · Post by **Moonie** » November 9, 2007 5:15 pm

Dezdmona wrote:
Crazy Navy Flyer wrote:How does it work? You provide them with a CC #, they pay the merchant and PayPal debits your CC?
...or your bank account directly.
The person your paying never sees your CC, debit card or bank account numbers.

As usual, never reply directly from an email for information.
Go to the website directly from a new browser window to avoid phishing emails, and you should be fine.

I've received some phishing emails from paypal (and other company) clones. I've forwarded the emails to paypal and they have been very responsive to them.

I've never had any problems with PayPal, but I do change my password from time to time, just to be safe.

Same here and I've used Paypal since '99

brahmafear · Post by **brahmafear** » November 9, 2007 5:21 pm

So far it has been smooth and easy!

Crazy Navy Flyer · Post by **Crazy Navy Flyer** » November 9, 2007 5:30 pm

Alrighty then... thanks for all the positive input, I'm signed up

PalmTreeGal · Post by **PalmTreeGal** » November 9, 2007 7:29 pm

The only issue that I have had over the last few years is that my debit card for my paypal account expired and I am having a hard time getting a replacement card from Paypal. I have sent several emails with no response.

bixxx · Post by **bixxx** » November 9, 2007 9:45 pm

I know you can pay your buffettnews dues with paypal

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » November 9, 2007 9:54 pm

Want my email? you can send me some $ for a test run..