Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard What can I say? You did it to yourself when you went for paypal. Jerry Richard Comen wrote: > I just bought something on ebay that I paid for via PayPal. I never > received the item so I had my bank reverse the payment. PayPal froze my > account and the burden of proof was on me to prove my "actions" were not > suspicious. I do not need pals like paypal! > > Richard > Mendocino CA > > At 06:16 PM 2/2/04 -0600, you 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 > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html