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I have diminishing amounts of sympathy for anyone with a recent PayPal sob story. There are ample enough warnings about doing business with them -- both here an
by thaumaturgy 16y ago
I have diminishing amounts of sympathy for anyone with a recent PayPal sob story. There are ample enough warnings about doing business with them -- both here and elsewhere -- and there have been plenty of topics about alternatives.
If you choose to do business with them, you're choosing to take on a great amount of personal and business risk. Maybe that'll work out for you, maybe it won't. That's gambling.
Can we stop the PayPal complaint train now?
- sabat 16y agoCan we stop the PayPal complaint train now? If you have a viable alternative to suggest, then yes, it would be reasonable to tell people to stop whining. Given that PayPal is the only game in town, and that there is no obvious competitor for use by individuals and small companies, the complaints need to be shouted from rooftops. Ask HN: what about WePay, is that a real competitor?
- thaumaturgy 16y agoComplaining loudly and often is only effective if it's likely to create a different outcome. PayPal isn't going to change their business practices (people have been complaining about them for years, hence my fatigue over it); there has been an opportunity in this market for at least this long; and authorize.net and other similar services are available to anyone that wants to spend a little bit of effort integrating their API. That's the last I'll say about this topic, because it's a waste of time.