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Monday November 20, 2006
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PAYPAL IS BAD I LOST 600 DOLLARS BECAUSE
OF THEM I SOLD MI WII AND THEY SAID IT WAS OK FOR MI TO SHIP THE ITEM AND THAT AS SOON AS THEY HAD THE TRACKING NUMBER I WOULD GET PAYED
I NEVER DID ITS BEEN 4 MONTHS AND I HAVENT GOTTEN A PENNY ALL THE SAY IS “WE ARE SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE” WHAT CAN I DO HELP I NEED MY MONEY FOR THE RENT. DONT BUY FROM pauljames4444@gmail.com
Sometimes both eBay and Paypal can be difficult (mostly ebay don’t get me started on the feedback fiasco they have! It is on my blog). Couple questions: Was this transaction on eBay or off? who said it was ok to send the item? I have both an ebay store and off-ebay store and have been selling on ebay for 7 years. I ONLY ship AFTER I receive my money and for an echeck it must clear before I send the item. Paypal does have some ways to fight if the person either bounced a check on them (and you) or used a credit card but then disputed the charge. That would happen if you purchased something gave the money and they never shipped. I have found some very cool ways to get a big business to listen and it works! I got Alltel to take off a $600 mistake because my daughter transposed two numbers on her circle. I tried the route of call and get transferred 20 times then get told “oh well we cannot help”. Everything I needed was on this sight http://consumerist.com/consumer/how-to/the-ultimate-consumerist-guide-to-fighting-back-revised-edition-316524.php
I like to pay with my credit card but PayPal always dings my bank account (yes, I click on alternate payment options and select credit card) so I finally closed the account. Then I lost my credit card and had to get a new one. Somewhere in that mess, PP paid out $ 50 so my account was in arrears. The ONLY way to pay it was with a money order which I sent. Now they claim I still (very mysterious) owe them 53 cents and they are threatening to turn it over to a collection agency!
I have been a PayPal member for many years without any real problems. Unfortunately, PP is so big now that there is no way to find a person who understands their system well enough to cope with my mess. I suppose I could send them another ($5) money order for the 53 cents. But what’s the next snafu?
Still, annoying as it is to be ripped off like this, I would like to be able to use PayPal to pay for things online. Sometimes there is no alternative.