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I don't trust or like PayPal enough to give them my credit card details or money and neither should you ;)

by Dah00n 5y ago

lmm 5y ago
Why? I've never heard of them being any trouble for customers, indeed their reputation is that they're extremely friendly to the end customer (will give you a refund no questions asked, never dispute chargebacks, ...).
- tohnjitor 5y ago
  Found the PayPal marketing department.
- amanaplanacanal 5y ago
  Agreed, all the horror stories I’ve heard have been from sellers, not buyers. What am I missing?
  - jimmydorry 5y ago
    Having your account locked out of the blue with no reason given, where paypal seizes your funds and the onus is on you to call them and spend many hours / weeks / months to get back your money. Even if you never have funds on your account, suddenly getting banned means forgoing the use of paypal ever again with that card / address / name, unless you sort it out.
    - matthewowen 5y ago
      "Don't buy things using PayPal, otherwise there's a risk that you'll be banned from PayPal and won't be able to buy things using PayPal"
    - SketchySeaBeast 5y ago
      As the poster above points out, that sounds like seller concerns. I use paypal as a way to help anonymize my credit card so as a buyer I never worry about having funds in there. But it does sound like it's bad for sellers.
  - snypher 5y ago
    You're missing that you are fuelling half of the equation and letting the people that your are trying to pay deal with the bad half.
    - lmm 5y ago
      If a band has decided to accept PayPal then they've presumably decided the downsides are worth it to them. So saying that you'd rather not support the band at all than pay them via PayPal seems... paternalistic to say the least.
- detaro 5y ago
  Random account closures, bad support, legally questionable behavior (e.g. they've had to be sued about illegal parts of their ToS a few times), making it difficult to recover account balance from them, ... And when "extremely friendly to end customers" gets to "regularly fucks over small sellers", that's also something not everybody wants to support.

I don't trust or like PayPal enough to give them my credit card details or money and neither should you ;)

by Dah00n 5y ago

I don't trust or like PayPal enough to give them my credit card details or money and neither should you ;)

lmm 5y ago

Why? I've never heard of them being any trouble for customers, indeed their reputation is that they're extremely friendly to the end customer (will give you a refund no questions asked, never dispute chargebacks, ...).

tohnjitor 5y ago
Found the PayPal marketing department.
amanaplanacanal 5y ago
Agreed, all the horror stories I’ve heard have been from sellers, not buyers. What am I missing?
- jimmydorry 5y ago
  Having your account locked out of the blue with no reason given, where paypal seizes your funds and the onus is on you to call them and spend many hours / weeks / months to get back your money. Even if you never have funds on your account, suddenly getting banned means forgoing the use of paypal ever again with that card / address / name, unless you sort it out.
  - matthewowen 5y ago
    "Don't buy things using PayPal, otherwise there's a risk that you'll be banned from PayPal and won't be able to buy things using PayPal"
  - SketchySeaBeast 5y ago
    As the poster above points out, that sounds like seller concerns. I use paypal as a way to help anonymize my credit card so as a buyer I never worry about having funds in there. But it does sound like it's bad for sellers.
- snypher 5y ago
  You're missing that you are fuelling half of the equation and letting the people that your are trying to pay deal with the bad half.
  - lmm 5y ago
    If a band has decided to accept PayPal then they've presumably decided the downsides are worth it to them. So saying that you'd rather not support the band at all than pay them via PayPal seems... paternalistic to say the least.
detaro 5y ago
Random account closures, bad support, legally questionable behavior (e.g. they've had to be sued about illegal parts of their ToS a few times), making it difficult to recover account balance from them, ... And when "extremely friendly to end customers" gets to "regularly fucks over small sellers", that's also something not everybody wants to support.