Webuser Forums: PayPal Security Change or Closing The Monopoly?

A little add on to my earlier post where I said PayPal is flawed IF an address is not confirmed. Since then I was emailed by PayPal (along with many others) to join an 'expanded' Seller Protection Programme. Having done that, it now means even the Unconfirmed addresses are covered. The only risk is when you get the one who emails saying 'Can you send it to another address?'. Er, no.

Have yet to 'test' it out, but hope I never have to.

My one counter is that eBay should let Google Checkout in on the site. I had a buyer the other night messing about as he said 'Your PayPal account has changed'. No it hadn't. In actual fact his bank card had ran out and it was defaulting to eCheque, which you can actually block under Preferences.

I ended up sending him a Google invoice, instantly paid AND cheaper in fees.

Another email two nights ago from a Belgium buyer promising to buy 'many of your items' but alas! no PayPal account. Could he therefore have all my bank details? No problem! Would he like my house keys too? My wife? Indecent pictures of my sister?

My advice on the 'lost' PayPal account is simply to email them. If you can quote enough info you should be able to get the account back up again. Also remember with PayPal some of the accounts allow you to register several email addresses to receive money. Always worth adding a few extra ones in.

I used Amazon for three years but eventually got so fed up with the buyers. We get 100% feedback on eBay, but I finished Amazon on 78%, and nearly every 'downer' was asking the impossible - classic was Amazon email the buyer to say the seller is asked to send the item within '24 hours'. Physically 'send' yes, but the buyers we had actually thought that meant NEXT DAY. Our worst was someone who left a string of ten negatives (1 out of 5s). They bought on Saturday night (on a Bank Holiday weekend). We sent the stuff Tuesday morning (eraliest possible) First Class and had the ten negs on Tuesday night. He got the stuff Wednesday and emailed back to say how 'disappointed' he was with the service..............

I think it has been said before, but Amazon do not make very clear to buyers that they are NOT buying off Amazon in Amazon Marketplace, but other dealers and amateur sellers. We had negs simply because we were not Amazon..........

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I loved my grandmother very much.......and she fetched a good price on eBay.

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