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No more paypal, what's the alternative?
Ninehigh - 21/4/11 at 07:44 PM

Seeing as I only had paypal to pay for the odd £30 item through ebay, imagine my surprise when I got told I'd transferred $975 while I was asleep. After cancelling my card they took it anyway, only to return it the same day/yesterday/instantly/5 days/7 days/30 days (these are the timeframes I had for getting a refund.

Seeing as I've had no satisfactory explanation as to how this happened and why Paypal allowed it to happen (a transfer in a way I've never done before, in a currency I've never used and for an amount many times more than ever) and I now cannot log in unless I tell them the 16-digit card number (which I cancelled, cut up and binned) I've told them to stick their account where the sun doesn't shine.

So, how do I pay for my razor blades now? I'm sure there's other (and more secure) ways of doing what paypal do... Or is there a way so I have to manually enter my card details so this can't happen again?

Simon - 21/4/11 at 07:48 PM

Having heard of the horror stories I refuse paypal point blank. Cash or precleared cheque only. I'm sure ebay and paypal could be had by the authorities for illegal restrictive practices if they really tried.

ATB

Simon

stevegough - 21/4/11 at 07:50 PM

Pay, Pal........or we'll send the boys round.......

Ninehigh - 21/4/11 at 08:00 PM

Thing is most of what I'm buying is razor blades and other stuff we use that I can find cheaper on there, I'm happy to pay through my debit card I just don't want paypal to have anything to do with it.

v8kid - 21/4/11 at 08:28 PM

Could it be a unfortunate coincidence it was you?

Hard to buck the system - hard on you that is so don't do it unless you really have to. I mean what are you gaining by telling them to put it .........

Nowt.

Play the system and try to turn it to your advantage.

Cheers!
(and good luck)

Ninehigh - 21/4/11 at 08:42 PM

The only way I can think of to play the system is to remember my card number and use my own one fradulently... I can't get into it anyway.

Thing is if it's happened to me it can quite literally happen to anyone, it's a case of when not if.

Got any "playing of the system" in mind?

Chippy - 21/4/11 at 10:04 PM

Guy I knew uses something called, (I think), "No Cheques". Similar to Pay Pal but the charges were a lot less. May be worth having a Google and see what comes up. HTH Ray

Ninehigh - 21/4/11 at 10:47 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Chippy
Guy I knew uses something called, (I think), "No Cheques". Similar to Pay Pal but the charges were a lot less. May be worth having a Google and see what comes up. HTH Ray


Paypal charge for this? That's news to me!

Yeah I've heard of it, I think it might be Nochex.

HowardB - 22/4/11 at 05:41 AM

there is a third(?) way, and that is to have a credit card with a low limit on it and use that for the PP account. If the CC has a £50 limit, then there can be no way that you'd be hit with a $900 bill,...? Also there are some cards that offer additional internet payment protection if I recall correctly.

hth

big-vee-twin - 22/4/11 at 07:59 AM

I use Moneybookers on occasion to send money link