Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The problem with Paypal is they refuse to help you establish a shipping address that's different. Eric Calsbad, CA "In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, 'Make us your slaves, but feed us.'" - Dostoevsky On Feb 3, 2004, at 8:45 AM, John Collier wrote: > Most businesses will only ship to the billing address. This is after > being stung many many times. For you to ask for a high ticket item to > be shipped to another address and then trying to reverse the > transaction would trigger all the alarm bells of a hijacked account. > Not pleasant I will admit but sometimes it works to protect people > against theft. > > John Collier > > On Feb 2, 2004, at 5:16 PM, 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. > > -- > 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