Re: [Leica] PayPal rant

[Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>]

Jeff

Again I say, serves you right.  I ONLY deal with personal checks, money
orders or currency. PERIOD.  I have never lost a penny that way.

Jerry

Jeffery Smith wrote:

> I bought something using PayPal for $1,500, and the seller decided not
> to accept it because I asked that it be sent to my work address (where I
> don't receive my credit card statement). The result was that they held
> onto my money (that was rejected) for two weeks. Great way to keep you
> from overspending on PayPal...freeze my frigging assets (that are taken
> directly from my checking account) for two weeks.
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Eric
> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 5:35 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] PayPal rant
>
> Argggghhh!
>
> I need to rant.  Figured it might help save somebody here trouble in
> the future, too.
>
> I sold my Nikon SLR on ebay.  Decided I wasn't using it anymore and
> wanted to put the money into something else.  Used PayPal because that
> seems to be the defacto standard for money transactions.
>
> We (my wife and I) have over a thousand dollars in our PayPal account
> now.  Money that we can't touch because PayPal no longer wants to do
> business with us.
>
> Several years ago, we were the victims of credit card fraud, and
> suspicious amounts in rubles appeared on our statement.  We found that
> American Express offered one-time use numbers.  Generate a credit card
> number that's good for one time and one time only.  It's been great.
> No more problems with unauthorized credit card charges.
>
> Fast foward to PayPal.  They apparently don't want our using a
> one-time credit card to put money into our account.  They didn't tell
> us this.  So, they decided to freeze our account for suspicious
> activity.  The only way to reopen it was to fax them a copy of a
> credit card statement, and a copy of our latest electric bill.  We did
> that.  They acknowledged they received them.  They decided they don't
> want to do business with us.  They alerted us by...  Well, by doing
> nothing.  They promised an email over a week ago telling us of their
> decision.  Nothing.  Everytime we called, we got the run around.
> Finally, today, they said they no longer wanted to do business with
> us, and they'd hold our $$ for 6 months before refunding it.
>
> Grrrr.  This was the first time I've used PayPal to receive funds on
> anything significant.
>
> Eric
>
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