Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Philippe certainly true, but then 95% off all topics have the wrong subject... Didier >When getting OFF topic, could you Gentlemen please try and think that you >still have the option of altering or edting the heading. >Thanks you in anticipation for those still interested in the origianal >thread. >Best Regards >Philippe > > >Didier Ludwig wrote: > >>Mark >> >>If you don't want to use it, don't use it. No one will care. The article >>is from 2002, and am I right you post this link everytime the discussion >>is about paypal? I'm shure one could find negative news articles about any >>bank, any postal service, any money transfer company from somewhere in the >>past 5 years. There's a hair in every soup, if you use a magnifier and >>seek long enough. BTW, this class action suit did not lead to a judgement. >>Maybe it was just an opportunity for ambulance chasing lawyers to attempt >>some publicity. >>Don't want to put my hands in the fire for paypal, but I have done several >>100 transactions in the past seven years, as buyer or seller, and had no >>issue so far. But OTOH I have got checks from the USA that took 4 weeks to >>clear, and the bank took a clearing fee which was 33% of the (admittedly >>rather low) value. Or got a check that could not be cleared at all. Or I >>sent a postal money order to Wyoming which arrived after 10 (!) weeks >>only. Or I sent cash in a insured envelope to Germany and the seller >>pretended the envelope had been opened an no money was in when he received >>it. Bank wire from my country to foreign countries cost a minimum fee that >>makes small transactions useless. And so on. Paypal with it's 3-5% fees >>isn't that bad for intl. transactions, after all. >> >>Didier >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>http://news.com.com/2100-1017-842240.html >>>That fact that discussions on helping Doug or anything else can turn into >>>discussions about other stuff especially related stuff is natural and >>>seemly >>>and if Doug cares what discussions evolve out of his orignal thread I'd be >>>amazed. Maybe he'll weigh in on it if he's got the time. >>> >>>I think Play Pal stinks. >>>Its had a huge class action suit against it. >>>I wont have anything to do with it them. Play Pal is no pal of mine. ...I >>>won't play with them. >>>And have not been involved with many "deals" in which people or companies >>>want me to only go through them. If its a play pal only deal I'm not in. >>>Include me out. >>> >>>"PayPal frequently locks customers' accounts if it suspects that fraud >>>played a part in a transaction, even if the amount in doubt is a fraction >>>of >>>the total amount in an account, " >>>"Under the guise of needing to protect consumers from fraud, they >>>themselves >>>are guilty of fraudulent abuse of their customers," >>> >>>Stank even more when EBay bought them. That won't go on for long. >>>Mark Rabiner >>> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information