Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 07:52:05 +0200 From: Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> Subject: Re: [Leica] EBay Paypal sting - off topic To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> Sorry to hear about your troubles, Howard. I do exactly as you suggest--one the rare occasion that I sell something and get paid via Paypal, I always immediately take the money out. Mostly, I use Paypal to pay for stuff I buy from North American sellers who want this payment method. Within EU it is much easier (and cheaper) to use bank transfer. As for Hotmail, I would go quite as far. I know many people who use this service--no worse than Yahoo or Gmail. They include a local lawyer, my ex-Spanish teacher, and my daughter. Cheers, Nathan Hi Nathan, I have received quite a bit of advice off list suggesting to clear out my paypal account with every deposit. I'm going to do that from now on and set up a separate bank account which can also be emptied of Paypal deposits. That way there can't be any call back from the account if it is nearly empty. About hotmail - you are right, I may be over reacting (my youngest daughter and her friends are all users) but I need all the clues I can find about my buyers. Certainly the fun of doing business on Ebay is gone. ;-( Cheers Howard