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I've had PayPal freeze an account and ask for two metric tons of paperwork to unfreeze it 48 hours before launching a SaaS business. Postponed the launch by a w
by Xixi 11y ago
I've had PayPal freeze an account and ask for two metric tons of paperwork to unfreeze it 48 hours before launching a SaaS business. Postponed the launch by a week, not such a big deal compared to if had been the other way around. I learned my lesson to be very careful on who I rely on for my business.
That said, I'm only careful in proportion to the risk: why spend much time reading random reviews for a small purchase?
Especially (to go back to the subject of the thread) if it's to buy something from a big brand like Google: I'm certain to find both good and bad reviews, both fake and real. I'll just try and see by myself. Small risk for me. Huge risk for Amazon...
- yc1010 11y agoI had paypal almost kill my business a few years back by freezing thousands of €'s for 6 months and telling me bye bye despite me providing all the relevant business and personal documents they required. I haven't bothered with paypal or ebay since. Hell with them. BTW thats another plus for Amazon, their giftcard program. Beside being able to buy them with cash in any shop one can get amazon.com giftcard on gyft.com for bitcoin and save 3% (or more if want to risk localbitcoins.com) and then go shopping on Amazon. And I prefer the way they group all sellers under the same item and delivery charges + taxes are clearly displayed up front. None of those cringe-worthy ebay pages with HUGE FONTS and misleading delivery information.