Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pleased to note you've not gotten soft or compassioniate or anything like that, Jerry. On Feb 2, 2004, at 8:02 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote: > 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 >> >> -- >> 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