Wtf Paypal

[cody0789]

Originally Posted by oldrider

They've recently tightened up their rules because of fraud. It sucks too! Now you have to have the same amount in your account as the asking price of what you're selling & it has to stay there 'till all sales have been delivered & feedback given & God help you, if the feedback isn't all positive!

They no longer trust the seller to make something right. They just pull your money out & give it to the customer. I ordered a new car-cover that was SUPPOSED to be an extra-large for Gavins' car. It didn't fit, so I tried to send it back for exchange. Pay-pal put the money back in my account & wouldn't LET me (?) send the man the cover back! He was mad at me, because he sent the wrong size! DUH!

Wow that's BS if they leave me bad feedback they get money back and the part?? That's F'ed up!

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[oldrider]

Yep! That's what happened with my purchase. All I wrote on the feedback was 5 stars on everything except it was the wrong size. I even emailed the guy off of e-bay & offered to send it back, if he'd give me an address to send it to. His response was: "Just keep it".

[cody0789]

That's BS I just sold 2 front fairings and a Headlight bezel for 225$ and a 2004 R6 exhaust for 80$ if I get negative feedback I will be sooooo pissed. I will start only selling things on here via money orders lol. I use to love PayPal I've used it for years. I guess as long as your buying its ok. I'm going to stop selling on Ebay. F THAT!!!

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[oldrider]

I've had my store since 2004 & I quit selling a LONG time ago! I have 100% personal feedback, so I try to keep that....AND my money....

[cody0789]

I have 100% feedback too but all's it takes is one Ass hat who doesn't read the description right to F you in the A!!! Excuse my French!

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[oldrider]

Just FYI, I did double check my order & so did e-bay, to make sure I had actually ordered an 'extra-large' & not just 'large' on the car cover. (Didn't want you to think I was one of those 'ass-hats'...) I speak 'french' too....

[Wes4386]

I suppose my lack of issues is due to the fact i dont sell on ebay.

[tldave]

you can actually get a vendor account that accepts credit cards with another much better company, and you dont have to deal with the insane illegal practices people are constantly complaining about with paypal/ebay

there is a fairly simple way to insure paypal and scammers NEVER screw you. it is time consuming and costs more money, but it is failsafe.

keep a 0 balance always. when you sell a bunch of shit, do it all at once, and clear out your account. do not keep a valid bank account attached. NEVER attach any main bank account you keep for long term personal use. just set up a free bank of america ebanking account. whenever you sell a bunch of shit, empty it into your bank account with instant verification, and then withdraw ALL of it, 0 your bank account out, and close it. open another every time you empty your paypal account. never keep a valid credit card on your account. use prepay visa cards whenever you need to pay for something. doing this insures that when paypal attempts to automatically debit your account when a buyer claims they did not receive an item, or the item was damaged, not as described, etc etc, paypal ends up paying them out of their own pockets. then you call claims and tell them you wont pay, under any circumstances. they will eventually rescind the payment to the scammer, because they dont want to be out of pocket, and will set your account at 0 balance. they will swear up and down they will NEVER do this, but they will. i have been using the same account now for many many years. no more cycling. it is a pita, and costly, but effective, and they know i have a history of NEVER allowing a scammer to take money out of my pocket, and then like the fact that they make money off me. i am also never an asshole to them. i will hang up on retards in indonesia until i get someone american on the phone who understands english, but i am not a dick. there are many videos on youtube where people advocate these exact things. otherwise, just go with cash or postal money orders. i do postal money orders more and more. text pics of the money orders and the person knows payment is on the way. if they try to commit fraud, they go to jail.

[tldave]

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/12...o-paypal/all/1

Google: paypal+alternative

http://www.webdistortion.com/2010/07...es-e-commerce/