Here’s a dirty little paypal trick. You go to pay for your ebay item that you just “won,” and you change the payment method to credit card. If you then try to send a message to the seller (as part of the payment), paypal switches your payment method back to bank account from [...]

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I was looking for Paypal alternatives because you never know when Paypal is going to get a wild hair up its arse and freeze your account. In such a situation, it would be nice to have a second payment acceptance service on board so you could just sever the ties with Paypal at that [...]

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We at StatCounter are having ongoing, critical problems with Paypal.
In view of the complete lack of assistance from Paypal in this regard and
the gravity of the problems, we have decided that we have no option but to
inform you, our members, about the facts of the situation. This will allow
you to make an informed decision about [...]

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Trisha Walsh-Smith who has made headlines by publicizing her marital problems on youtube.com is seeking donations through paypal to help her with her divorce legal fees.
She is asking for $1.00 from everyone who watches her video. She is accepting payment through paypal.com. Problem is – in addition to the lawyers, paypal is [...]

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I received this from paypal in response to my inquiry:
Thank you for contacting PayPal, Hello my name is Ferdie, I am sorry to
hear about the situation regarding $30 fee and understand your
frustration and concern over this issue. I will be happy to assist you
with your questions.
If you don’t want to be charge for a [...]

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Here’s further lack of protection from Paypal for sellers of digital products.
On March 31, 2008, someone purchased an online legal form (lease) from me for $3.99. Today, I receive the following:
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After watching the video that I’ve featured to the right, I decided I was going to try to hack a buddy’s website. I told him what I was going to do and he gave me the go ahead. It would’ve been much more fun to do it without asking. Just like in [...]

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I’ve received so much traffic from writing about paypal echecks and other disasters that I’ve decided to reward the viewing public with another post about paypal echecks.Why does paypal say that an echeck is pending?This is a question that I received recently. It reflects a fundamental misconception about paypal echecks. Here, let me [...]

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If I were a comic strip artist, I would draw a single scene comic strip where you would see a hospital room and a website personified in a hospital bed. Mr. Website would be laid up perhaps in a full body cast and on a life support system. Over in the corner, you [...]

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photo credit: hunterseakerhk
I thought I’d follow up to my previous post detailing the back and forth I had with a buyer who had paid with an echeck in order to add some explanation to the whole paypal echeck fiasco.I used to accept echecks in order to gather in those few extra sales for people [...]

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