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The problem is that PayPal is probably the easiest and safest payment way for a costumer, so if you are running e.shop or other e. commerce business, you will l

by kbart 10y ago

The problem is that PayPal is probably the easiest and safest payment way for a costumer, so if you are running e.shop or other e. commerce business, you will lose a lot of costumers neglecting PayPal. I won't enter my credit card details on random sites I've found while googling for a certain product and won't buy from e.shops that don't accept PayPal.

4ad 10y ago
I'm the opposite. I will never buy from you if you only offer paypal. I will take anything over paypal.
- rak00n 10y ago
  Why?
  - dpc59 10y ago
    I'm not the previous commenter but I'm the same. It's because according to everything I heard about paypal if I put money in a paypal account it's a PITA to bring it back to my bank account so I need to spend it.
    - oblib 10y ago
      PayPal provides the means to pay with a credit/debit card without having to have or create a PayPal account. That said, they do not make it prominent and I often have to explain to my users how to find it.
  - 4ad 10y ago
    This thread offers good examples of what happens if you use paypal. Similar things have happened to me. Even ignoring the fact that I don't like paypal's business practices, and I believe paypal as a service should not be needed at all, I cannot ignore the fact that if I use paypal, I will lose access to my money and I won't be able to do anything about it. Even when using paypal purely as a proxy for buying stuff (with no money in the paypal account itself), I've had accounts locked for no particular reason (with payments denied to the seller, but me losing the money), which meant I didn't get my product and precluded me from doing business with the same seller in the future. Paypal is a huge liability. Fortunately, it can be avoided for almost anything that matters, sans Ebay. Sometimes I need some obsolete, unique product that is available on both Ebay and Amazon (3rd party seller), but it's more expensive on Amazon. I buy it from Amazon each time just to avoid Ebay.
    - oblib 10y ago
      That's a very good point.

by kbart 10y ago

4ad 10y ago

I'm the opposite. I will never buy from you if you only offer paypal. I will take anything over paypal.

rak00n 10y ago
Why?
- dpc59 10y ago
  I'm not the previous commenter but I'm the same. It's because according to everything I heard about paypal if I put money in a paypal account it's a PITA to bring it back to my bank account so I need to spend it.
  - oblib 10y ago
    PayPal provides the means to pay with a credit/debit card without having to have or create a PayPal account. That said, they do not make it prominent and I often have to explain to my users how to find it.
- 4ad 10y ago
  This thread offers good examples of what happens if you use paypal. Similar things have happened to me. Even ignoring the fact that I don't like paypal's business practices, and I believe paypal as a service should not be needed at all, I cannot ignore the fact that if I use paypal, I will lose access to my money and I won't be able to do anything about it. Even when using paypal purely as a proxy for buying stuff (with no money in the paypal account itself), I've had accounts locked for no particular reason (with payments denied to the seller, but me losing the money), which meant I didn't get my product and precluded me from doing business with the same seller in the future. Paypal is a huge liability. Fortunately, it can be avoided for almost anything that matters, sans Ebay. Sometimes I need some obsolete, unique product that is available on both Ebay and Amazon (3rd party seller), but it's more expensive on Amazon. I buy it from Amazon each time just to avoid Ebay.
  - oblib 10y ago
    That's a very good point.