Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/13

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Subject: [Leica] EBay Paypal sting - off topic
From: jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:02:40 -0600
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You are required to link to "a" chequing account not "the" chequing account. 
I just opened another chequing account with no links to any of my other 
accounts. You can easily open another chequing account and register it with 
Paypal. Once it's recognized, remove your real chequing account from paypal.

John

On 2010-09-12, at 10:56 PM, Frank Filippone wrote:

> No choice..... I was required to link to my checking account.....
> 
> In the US, a direct transfer of funds is both rare and expensive.... $25 is
> a typical bank to bank transfer cost....
> 
> I much preferred regular old personal checks..... 
> 
> But now EBay ( I think this is now true) requires the acceptance of
> PayPal..... and since it favors the buyer, what buyer would not use it...?
> 
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at earthlink.net
> 
> 
> Good gracious, do not give PayPal and their dependants access to your main
> bank accounts, open a separate, paypal specific account. Transfer monies in
> or out at your convenience and PayPal can simply go to blazes.


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