Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/03

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Subject: Re: [Leica] PayPal rant
From: "lea" <lea@whinydogpress.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 08:07:10 -0600
References: <20040203133436.36606.qmail@web60406.mail.yahoo.com>

How do you go about severing a relationship with Paypal since they have
your credit card and banking information. Is just 'not using' them good
enough or is there a way to clear personal data from their system.

All these stories have me a bit worried.
Lea

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From: "Mark Theken" <marktheken@yahoo.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 7:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] PayPal rant


> Add my name to this growing list of frustrated and
> disgusted former paypal users.  Like many, my problems
> occurred after the paypal was acquired by ebay.  In
> the final month that I accepted paypal last year, I
> paid over $340 in transaction fees.  Things were ok
> until unauthorized payments were made from my paypal
> linked checking account.  Hours spent on hold with
> paypal phone support and a series of notarized
> affidavits from my bank were required for the
> redeposit of the funds to my checking account.
> Unreturned phone calls promised by paypal management
> and an unanswered registered letter to paypal
> headquarters brought my relationship with paypal to an
> end.  Paypal fees, which are comparable to the ebay
> seller's commission, should insure a standard of
> business ethics and conduct which paypal does not
> deliver.  I feel that ebay became a difficult site to
> conduct business now that paypal, as mentioned in
> another post, is the de facto means of payment for
> ebay purchases.
>
>
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