OT RANT: Paypal is easy???

[vwscir88@hotmail.com (brett cooke)]

yeah, that's the bitch about paypal. i didn't use a credit card to set up my 
account, so i don't have that problem. but since i didn't confirm my addy 
(you must use a credit card to confirm your address) i still can't use 
paypal to buy from some seller's cause they won't ship to an unconfirmed 
address. i also can't receive payment from certain buyer if i don't set my 
account up to accept credit card payments, but if i do this paypal charges 
like 5% of the sale for using the credit card confirmation. what a rip!



So Sayeth The Hitman
'88 "stripe" 16v scirocco
<http://www.techography.net:82/brettsgarage>





>From: Cathy Boyko <losinit@usa.net>
>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: OT RANT: Paypal is easy???
>Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 20:28:00 -0500
>
>Okay, sorry to vent, but maybe you can offer me some insight here. I set up 
>an
>account with paypal in the summer on my Amex card - I NEVER use this card. 
>So
>I accidentally used it once to buy some gas ($21) and then ended up paying 
>it
>late (by a few days). They suspend my card, which I can understand. Long 
>story
>short, I call to check on the status after making the full payment of 
>$21.33,
>and they tell me, no, my account is suspended until I pay another .33 in
>interest. Fine.
>
>Off I go to town, pay the .33, and then try to use my paypal. WRONG. Oh, my
>Amex account is in fine shape, according to two different Amex folks and 
>that
>was confirmed by the nice person from Paypal. And there is no problem with 
>the
>seller either. The "transaction"  had a "high risk profile", so got bounced 
>by
>their software. ?????? So it's okay on my end, okay on the seller's end, 
>but
>somewhere in Cyberspace (aka "the transaction") there is a huge inherent
>risk?? I'm SO confused. But I really had nothing else to do tonight.
>
>I can understand there needs to software that prevents fraud and all that. 
>But
>what on earth could be even vaguely fraudulent about a simple transfer of
>money from an approved buyer to an approved seller?  (on a side note, Amex 
>has
>really awful "waiting music" compared to Paypal)
>
>And the real kick in the teeth? Paypal has an exchange rate of $1.95 for 
>USD.
>Last I saw in the paper was $1.56, 20% profit may be a wee bit greedy.
>(reminds me of a Curt Cobain song...first word rhymes with "ape")
>
>So I'm back to snail mail for payment after all. I set up the Paypal 
>account
>to make exactly this sort of purchase easy.
>
>Did I mention what car I was buying stuff for?
>
>Cathy, still having a headache.
>
>
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