Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/03

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Subject: Re: [Leica] PayPal rant
From: Eric Welch <eric@jphotog.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 17:30:23 -0800
References: <000001c3e9ea$ef10f1b0$b2710e44@newukolbqveo9i> <55A86734-5668-11D8-868F-0050E42E6E0B@shaw.ca>

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.
>
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In reply to: Message from "Jeffery Smith" <jls@runbox.com> (RE: [Leica] PayPal rant)
Message from John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca> (Re: [Leica] PayPal rant)