Comments on: Surreal (and exceedingly unpleasant) PayPal Experience http://regex.info/blog/2008-09-04/926 Not a photo blog. A personal blog with photos. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:03:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ashley http://regex.info/blog/2008-09-04/926#comment-36050 Ashley Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:52:12 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-09-04/926#comment-36050 Paypal America did the same thing to me... three times in two months. So I finally just sent them an e-mail telling them that I hated their company and wished them all the best in ruining other people's days. Amazon doesn't rate that highly with me either so I'm pretty much out of luck. :p Paypal America did the same thing to me… three times in two months. So I finally just sent them an e-mail telling them that I hated their company and wished them all the best in ruining other people’s days. Amazon doesn’t rate that highly with me either so I’m pretty much out of luck. :p

]]> By: Scott B http://regex.info/blog/2008-09-04/926#comment-21865 Scott B Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:15:00 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-09-04/926#comment-21865 I guess it just felt like $800 ;) I guess it just felt like $800 ;)

]]> By: Scott B http://regex.info/blog/2008-09-04/926#comment-21846 Scott B Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:39:28 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-09-04/926#comment-21846 I closed my PayPal account and have vowed to never use them again. I sold my Sony PSP to a verified address, sent the PSP, and then received a chargeback. Not only did I have to pay back the $400, but I never saw my PSP again either. So in total, I am out $800 just for one PSP! And that was after PayPal made a "formal" investigation. I've switched to Craigslist, and deal in-person now. As fun as eBay can be, they lost me both on PayPal and the auction site. <span class='jfriedl'>That certainly sounds horrible, and I don't mean to belittle your justifiable angst, but aren't you out "only" the $400 value for the PSP? Presumably, the $400 you had to "give back" to the thief was $400 that you were paid in the first place? Not that being ripped off for $400 is really that much more palatable than $800... the "ripped off" part is probably much worse than the "$400" part )-:  —Jeffrey</span> I closed my PayPal account and have vowed to never use them again. I sold my Sony PSP to a verified address, sent the PSP, and then received a chargeback. Not only did I have to pay back the $400, but I never saw my PSP again either. So in total, I am out $800 just for one PSP! And that was after PayPal made a “formal” investigation.

I’ve switched to Craigslist, and deal in-person now. As fun as eBay can be, they lost me both on PayPal and the auction site.

That certainly sounds horrible, and I don’t mean to belittle your justifiable angst, but aren’t you out “only” the $400 value for the PSP? Presumably, the $400 you had to “give back” to the thief was $400 that you were paid in the first place? Not that being ripped off for $400 is really that much more palatable than $800… the “ripped off” part is probably much worse than the “$400″ part )-:  —Jeffrey

]]> By: ed from kentucky http://regex.info/blog/2008-09-04/926#comment-21442 ed from kentucky Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:08:00 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-09-04/926#comment-21442 A bit of advice, I have dealt with paypal for over 10 years so am very familiar with how they work. If you ever have a problem in the future, always call and avoid email - log in to your paypal account and click on the contact link then place their number in your cell phone or address book. Email does not validate you are even a person (bots can email and email can be forwarded from one email account to another and then replied to with an even different account and all appearing to come from the same recipient). If you would have called a human being the very first time, it would have been resolved right then and there. Enjoy Ohio. A bit of advice, I have dealt with paypal for over 10 years so am very familiar with how they work. If you ever have a problem in the future, always call and avoid email – log in to your paypal account and click on the contact link then place their number in your cell phone or address book.

Email does not validate you are even a person (bots can email and email can be forwarded from one email account to another and then replied to with an even different account and all appearing to come from the same recipient). If you would have called a human being the very first time, it would have been resolved right then and there.

Enjoy Ohio.

]]> By: Paul http://regex.info/blog/2008-09-04/926#comment-20538 Paul Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:08:33 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-09-04/926#comment-20538 Welcome to PayPal hell! I just recently returned from there after PayPal started putting "holds" on my eBay auctions. I have been doing business with eBay & PayPal for over 8 years without a single problem or complaint and out of the blue they started holding all of the funds! The reasons given for the holds didn't even apply to me but they still held the funds for almost two weeks. I tried emailing them but got only robotic responses. I tried calling them and was lied to twice before I just gave up and let this game run its course. My next auction won't offer PayPal as a payment option. Welcome to PayPal hell! I just recently returned from there after PayPal started putting “holds” on my eBay auctions. I have been doing business with eBay & PayPal for over 8 years without a single problem or complaint and out of the blue they started holding all of the funds! The reasons given for the holds didn’t even apply to me but they still held the funds for almost two weeks. I tried emailing them but got only robotic responses. I tried calling them and was lied to twice before I just gave up and let this game run its course. My next auction won’t offer PayPal as a payment option.

]]> By: Dierk http://regex.info/blog/2008-09-04/926#comment-20059 Dierk Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:51:57 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-09-04/926#comment-20059 Interestingly all your correspondence in itself should have shown them you are legit and existing. Nobblers do not go through all this, since it increases the chances of detection; most [minor] criminal activity is a quick-in-quick-out job. Interestingly all your correspondence in itself should have shown them you are legit and existing. Nobblers do not go through all this, since it increases the chances of detection; most [minor] criminal activity is a quick-in-quick-out job.

]]> By: Patrick Henry http://regex.info/blog/2008-09-04/926#comment-20018 Patrick Henry Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:58:52 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-09-04/926#comment-20018 You sent a photocopy of your passport to PayPal? You're insane. <span class='jfriedl'>Actually, pretty much the only information there that they didn't already have was the passport number itself, which I blacked out. The picture page of a US passport (of mine, at least), has my name, birthdate, where/when it was issued (and when it expires), and the number. I was pretty surprised that there wasn't more. —Jeffrey</span> You sent a photocopy of your passport to PayPal? You’re insane.

Actually, pretty much the only information there that they didn’t already have was the passport number itself, which I blacked out. The picture page of a US passport (of mine, at least), has my name, birthdate, where/when it was issued (and when it expires), and the number. I was pretty surprised that there wasn’t more. —Jeffrey

]]> By: Jon Van Dalen http://regex.info/blog/2008-09-04/926#comment-19998 Jon Van Dalen Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:49:50 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-09-04/926#comment-19998 Jeffrey, just today I was alerted of a possible third party access/hack to my paypal account, and my account is now limited. There is also an un authorized charge pulled from my bank account and paid to an online web site. Jeffrey, just today I was alerted of a possible third party access/hack to my paypal account, and my account is now limited. There is also an un authorized charge pulled from my bank account and paid to an online web site.

]]> By: Peggy http://regex.info/blog/2008-09-04/926#comment-19947 Peggy Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:09:23 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-09-04/926#comment-19947 Good Heavens! What a sequence of events. Have done very little on-line shopping. Too many bad stories. But don't get out much so... I will get a paypal. (So far it is unused.) Have never heard anything bad re that company. Then again, I don't talk to many people. You, sir, have the patience of a saint! Good Heavens! What a sequence of events. Have done very little on-line shopping. Too many bad stories. But don’t get out much so… I will get a paypal. (So far it is unused.) Have never heard anything bad re that company. Then again, I don’t talk to many people. You, sir, have the patience of a saint!

]]> By: William http://regex.info/blog/2008-09-04/926#comment-19946 William Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:32:52 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-09-04/926#comment-19946 Sorry to hear about this. I've heard all sorts of horror stories, had long avoided opening one, until finally in 2005 I opened one, used it for almost a year, then closed it. Then about a week ago, I opened up an account again at Paypal. Now here are the interesting (and possibly scary bits): -They still remembered me - OK no big deal. But they also had retained MANY personal details that I had gven them before. Hrmmmm... -They really want to link a bank account. No way! I had read too many horror stories about money disappearing. If only the larger banks, like HSBC, could be used, or if Paypal were forced to operate under banking regulations, then I'd feel better. But for now, I try to avoid using it as much as I can, which is 99 times out of 100. Sorry to hear about this. I’ve heard all sorts of horror stories, had long avoided opening one, until finally in 2005 I opened one, used it for almost a year, then closed it.

Then about a week ago, I opened up an account again at Paypal. Now here are the interesting (and possibly scary bits):

-They still remembered me – OK no big deal. But they also had retained MANY personal details that I had gven them before. Hrmmmm…
-They really want to link a bank account. No way! I had read too many horror stories about money disappearing.

If only the larger banks, like HSBC, could be used, or if Paypal were forced to operate under banking regulations, then I’d feel better. But for now, I try to avoid using it as much as I can, which is 99 times out of 100.

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