Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]http://paypalwarning.com/ Jerry Lehrer wrote: > Eric > > I would normally say that it serves your ass right for dealing with paypal. > > Too many of my friends have been screwed by paypal for me to even think > of it. > > They have lawyers that will make mincemeat of you. Take your losses > and declare them on your tax returns this year. It is not worth the grief > to get back a few thousand dollars. They are bigger than you and will > eat you alive. > > jerry > > Eric wrote: > > >>Argggghhh! >> >>I need to rant. Figured it might help save somebody here trouble in >>the future, too. >> >>I sold my Nikon SLR on ebay. Decided I wasn't using it anymore and >>wanted to put the money into something else. Used PayPal because that >>seems to be the defacto standard for money transactions. >> >>We (my wife and I) have over a thousand dollars in our PayPal account >>now. Money that we can't touch because PayPal no longer wants to do >>business with us. >> >>Several years ago, we were the victims of credit card fraud, and >>suspicious amounts in rubles appeared on our statement. We found that >>American Express offered one-time use numbers. Generate a credit card >>number that's good for one time and one time only. It's been great. >>No more problems with unauthorized credit card charges. >> >>Fast foward to PayPal. They apparently don't want our using a >>one-time credit card to put money into our account. They didn't tell >>us this. So, they decided to freeze our account for suspicious >>activity. The only way to reopen it was to fax them a copy of a >>credit card statement, and a copy of our latest electric bill. We did >>that. They acknowledged they received them. They decided they don't >>want to do business with us. They alerted us by... Well, by doing >>nothing. They promised an email over a week ago telling us of their >>decision. Nothing. Everytime we called, we got the run around. >>Finally, today, they said they no longer wanted to do business with >>us, and they'd hold our $$ for 6 months before refunding it. >> >>Grrrr. This was the first time I've used PayPal to receive funds on >>anything significant. >> >>Eric >> >>-- >>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- Jim - http://www.hemenway.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html