I got so fed up with eBay and PayPal, having been cheated both as a buyer and as a seller, after years of paying and earning money for eBay, having been afflicted by feedback blackmail, having had false PayPal scam claims made against me, I finally, no matter how wise I had become to try and avoid such issues, decided to give eBay up as a bad joke. My buddy is in EXACTLY the same boat; he decided to launch his own fraud free auction site to get back at eBay, <a href="http://www.vbid.me">v Bid me</a> (do NOT use the link code if it is not allowed – if links in the html arte not allowed simply put "v Bid me"); he does not charge sellers listing fees or commissions for basic / regular listings, which is nice. But me, I think I have decided to go for legal action against eBay and PayPal. I want to share some info and advice with others, to help them I hope. PayPal - Open a second saving or whatever account and use that one for PayPal, so you can keep nothing in it. Just use it to receive your PayPal bank withdrawals and then immediately transfer it into your real account. Then if and when PayPal try and grab money from your account, they can not. Also, only ever use a credit card with PayPal, never a debit card. This is because you can not claim money back (for fraud) from a debit card, but you can with a credit card. So if PayPal grabs some money from you or you pay for something you do not receive, etc. you can then apply to your credit card company for a refund (from PayPal); they hate that! Paypal feedback - Got a problem with a buyer or seller - too late or can not leave feedback on Paypal / Paypal remove your feedback? Find an Paypal user warning site and leave feedback for them there; just look at what Google shows for certain Paypal users names (search for the likes of "leonmad", "majabali" and "history_relics") I hope this helps. As I said, I am going to sue eBay and PayPal. If anyone wants to chat about this, let me know.
Is it true?I'm new to paypal but so far,there is no problem for me.I'm using a debit card too since I'm not qualified to have a credit card since I'm still student.
I have same problem with PayPal. I have verified premium account but suddenly one day my accounts get limited, but I don't know why? I give them the documents which PayPal want but still now my account not get in normal mode. I have something $315 in my account, I was not able to withdraw it. But suddenly after some days I got an email that I can withdraw my payment. I feel so good that I cant tell you. Therefore I think PayPal is not a scam site but I have not still understand why my account is limited?
Nice site! Although I think it is hard to compete with eBay I wish him good luck. Before going ahead make sure that you have carefully checked PayPal's and eBay's terms and conditions. Your/our understanding for good and bad not always means legal and illegal. Yes, payments funded by cards are protected by the card issuers and in cases when the PayPal Buyer Protection doesn't work this usually is the only way to get your money back. Recently because of a fraud by incorrect seller on eBay, I wrote two articles on my blog: 1. How effective is PayPal Buyer Protection and what to do if it doesn’t work? 2. The art of voiding Buyer Protection by prolonging after sale support About the debit cards, actually the protection doesn't depend on the card type (credit or debit), but on the card issuer. I have had a case when I received a chargeback for PayPal payment using my Visa debit card, so as long your debit card has the logo "Visa" ot "MasterCard" I believe you are still protected. I fully agree with you about the feedback (by "Paypal feedback" I hope you mean "eBay feedback"). And you not only cannot leave a feedback (after 60 days), but you cannot open a dispute (after 45 days) either... In my article How effective is PayPal Buyer Protection and what to do if it doesn’t work? one of the cases that I mentioned is exactly about the same (Fraud after 45 days is not fraud!).
PayPal blows. Although they allow a debit card feature, which is nice. I've been fleeced multiple times for no reason via PayPal. All a member has to do is open a dispute with any accusation and you're hosed as a seller (downloadable product). PayPal has terrible seller protection and will lock your account without notice and it's a bth to reverse.
People still not realize, PayPal sucks, condolences Melissa... I hope triumph against the battle with Paypal.and Ebay... (they do not care, 'casue those are 800 pound elephant and bear) Since Paypal is the sis concern of Ebay, both suck form both sides. An advice finally for the people.. "Do not place your Eggs in very one basket, and do not left the Eggs long term..." I wish you all the success...
Don't know about the fraud parts in PP =although they certainly charge you a lot in fees. I try my best to avoid using them , but so many people love paypal. Moneybookers are a lot beter.
Perhaps you could piece it together by the documents you were asked to submit. Probably, they are related events