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Yup. My advice for using PayPal is do not unless you have no other choice. I just got my monthly account statement and, as usual, thankfully zero activity. T
by calmbonsai 1y ago
Yup. My advice for using PayPal is do not unless you have no other choice. I just got my monthly account statement and, as usual, thankfully zero activity.
Though extremely innovative (for its time), it's been a slipshod org since inception and slipshod is a property you decidedly do not want in a payments processor.
- thevillagechief 1y agoMy only use case for paypal is booking an internal flight in a country I visit annually because they do not accept my credit card, but will accept paypal. Literally the only reason I reluctantly got an account. The horror stories I've heard, I wouldn't put any serious money in there. And their drama during the heydays of censorship a few years ago, literally fining people $2500 for politically incorrect speech at the time, I couldn't believe sane people at the company thought that was an acceptable idea. I'd really like to know the inside story of that decision. We forget how crazy 2021-2022 was.
- ramesh31 1y ago> My advice for using PayPal is do not unless you have no other choice. This is literally their business model, which is why they are able to get away with so many shady practices. Until very recently they held a practical monopoly on web based international payments.
- calmbonsai 1y agoI concur. Thankfully, that's changing and changing very rapidly. I really hope to delete my PayPal account sooner rather than later.