[Coco] Re: Wikipedia in trouble

[Mark Marlette]

At 12:43 PM 12/29/2003 -0600, you wrote:

I have used PayPal since it started, never a problem.

Top notch service for the price. I checked others at the time and some of 
the services wanted up to 20% of the total transaction. So I asked myself. 
Would I or someone else want to pay $20 on a $100 item to use a credit 
card? I wouldn't. PayPal is 3.5 or 4%! Automated, secure as you want it to 
be. Meaning. Watch the people that try and grab your PayPal account. Yes it 
has happened to me but I never answered the Email, just sent it to their 
security department.

My $0.02

Mark
Cloud-9



>Whoa !!  "Total control of your bank accounts"???  They do have the bank
>account information for funds transfer, same as credit card companies do
>when you pay your credit card bills electronically, but the PayPal user has
>to request the transfer.
>
>Also, by quoting internet comments, "41,300 hits", you can prove just about
>anything you want to.  I am interested in your personal experience with
>PayPal.  Do you, yourself, have any horror stories, or are you just passing
>on rumors?
>
>My experience has been positive, but if enough people on this list have had
>problems with PayPal, I won't hesitate to dump them if I feel I'm at risk.
>So, Neil, what are your personal experiences with PayPal?
>
>Do you pay credit card bills electronically?  Do you file your taxes
>electronically?  Do you renew your license plates or tabs electronically?
>I do all the above, and in each case you need to give your bank info to the
>company you wish to transfer the money.  Are you against all these forms of
>modern funds transfer?
>
>-- Steve --
>
>
>
>On 29 Dec 2003, Neil Morrison wrote:
> >
> > Just Google "PayPal Sucks" and you'll see (41,300 hits). Basically it
> > removes all of your C/Card protections and gives them total control
> > of your bank accounts.
> >
> > Neil
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Richard E. Crislip" <rcrislip at neo.rr.com>
> >
> >
> > > Hello jimcox at miba51.com
> > >
> > > Other than their "anti 2nd admendment" issue, (and I gotta tell ya
> > that I'll
> > > have to check to see what the 2nd admendment says) what are the
> > problems
> > > with PayPal? I use it all the time and it has saved (or atleast
> > seemed to
> > > saved) me alot of heart burn when transacting via the net.
> >
> >
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