I guess I better hop in. I never buy anything using paypal - but I use it for selling . Like Amita, I set up a separate bank account for it, and the MINUTE anyone pays me I take the money out of paypal and put it in my associated account... the very rare times when I've had to issue a refund I sent the person a check, didnt use paypal. The only problem I had was when I changed my email address, rather than added it.
I also rarely sell camera stuff or anything electronic, which I think is most often where people have trouble. I'm only pissed that ebay is double dipping into my small profits. If you don't have a preferred or business account, Paypal doesnt take anything but if you want to take caredit cards you have to be "preferred" and then , whether or not someone used a credit card to pay you, they take a cut. Very annoying. But it seemed to me important to allow credit card payments... You can block people from bidding on your items if they meet certain criteria - a little less chance for grief that way. I took my credit card off - they don't have my number anymore nor does ebay. I pay my ebay bills with my paypal account. This is a tiny bit of discipline I've added to my habits :) But do set up a separate account - thats a great idea ann Paul Stenquist wrote: >I'm a verified Paypal member, and I've used it dozens of times for both >domestic and foreign sales. No problems. >Paul >On Dec 2, 2006, at 1:59 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > > > >>Dave, >>Just don't Paypal... >>There are all kinds of troubles with problem resolution. Paypal is >>reported to resolve many disputes by taking back the payment from your >>account. As a result, I never became a verified member with a bank >>account attached to my Paypal and won't use it for collecting money. >>Too much uncertainty. >>Regards, Bob S. >> >>On 12/1/06, David Bliss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>>How do people access my account. I don;t want my visa or bank account >>>>numbers out there for the taking. >>>> >>>> >>>>Can those that accept paypal give me an idea of what to do/expect. >>>> >>>> >>>>Dave, sir paranoid, Brooks >>>> >>>> >>>Before you do any business with PayPal I strongly encourage you to >>>read >>>everything available at http://paypalsucks.com/ . >>> >>>Obviously the site has a bias. And most people will tell you that >>>PayPal >>>is fine. And most of the time, it is. But if you are really paranoid >>>(and I hope you are), you should see what you could be getting into >>>that >>>bad-apple 1% of the time. >>> >>>Thanks, >>>david >>> >>> >>>-- >>>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>[email protected] >>>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >>> >>> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>[email protected] >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
