[Jewelry making - Article 00011] - Re: [Orchid] Experiences with Paypal - good or bad

[Lisa Bialac-Jehle]

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    Paaaaayyyyypaaaaallll....my nemisis. Also really handy. Here's my
    story: After paying for auctions and other services easily and
    quickly with paypal for some months, I suddenly got a notice that I
    had to be "Verified"...meaning that I had to attach a bank account
    to my Paypal account in order to continue to use it.
    Well...ok.....buuuut they let me know this right after I had won
    about six bids on different E-Bay auctions...Hey, it was Christmas
    time. 

    Now... I am totally wary about security and banking fraud on the net
    and I was not a happy camper at the thought of doing this, so I
    contacted Paypal. They weren't too helpful except to assure me that
    my information was secure. So I went to their site, logged in and
    proceeded to attach the bank account. Somewhere along the way, I
    must have clicked on the wrong thing. To make an annoying story
    short, they froze my account. Not good when I have six auctions to
    pay and Christmas a-comin'. Two to three weeks and about twelve
    e-mails later, the account was unfrozen and everything put to right,
    but boy was I pissed off!! Additionally, I had to contact all of the
    auction sellers and tell them what way going on and then pray that
    they believed me and didn't give me bad feedback. I was lucky,
    everyone was nice about it. 

    And another thing, if you use Paypal too often, your bank might
    freeze your account, or not pay some automatic payments, as there is
    apparently quite a bit of fraud connected to Paypal. Consult your
    own bank for info. So...as I said, truly handy when it works, easy to
    use and now almost universal, but when it doesn't.......woof what a
    pain in the keister! 

    Unfortunately Hans, you might have more trouble than others with
    Paypal, as I believe that Paypal may be owned by some guy named
    "Santa" at the North Pole. He apparently developed it as part of his
    toy conglomerate. In fact, I think I saw your name posted on a
    Paypal "List" of some sort.... 

    :-) 

    Good luck!! Lisa, (Ho Ho Ho), Topanga, CA USA 

    (Oh..for those of you who missed some Orchid posts from Santa,
    Christmas 2005.....that last bit was a joke. I just wish that the
    rest had been) 

    http://www.byzantia.com 
    http://lisajehle.blogspot.com
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