PayPal

Jazzy · Post by **Jazzy** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 7:15 am

PayPal is an e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet.

My questions are: Do any of you use this service and is it safe?

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 7:20 am

I do use Paypal on occasion. I found it to be safe and convenient.

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 7:23 am

I have, in the past but I notice some won't accept paypal so there must be some problem.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 7:37 am

I've had problems using it in the past, and no longer use it.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 8:00 am

Jazzy;1287076 wrote: PayPal is an e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet.

My questions are: Do any of you use this service and is it safe?

Paypal is much safer than just giving out your credit card number, I have trusted them for years.

Peg · Post by **Peg** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 8:14 am

I've never used it as I don't trust it. I can't find a Wii at any store around, and I went to many, so I am going to order it online using a prepaid Visa. Safer, IMO.

Mustang · Post by **Mustang** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 8:25 am

I rarely use Pay Pal, but when I do, I've never had any problem.

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 9:42 am

I've only used PayPal to pay for my FG membership, and did start getting emails from someone pretending to be from PayPal....It was a scam. They asked me for personal info.

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?c ... n4-outside

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:57 am

I have used paypal in the past but i would not use it again.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 11:27 am

I use it at home at for business at work it has always been a safe and reilable tool.

yaaarrrgg · Post by **yaaarrrgg** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 3:11 pm

paypal is probably safer than giving out your credit card account info directly. Just don't click on links that say they are from paypal and enter your username and password. Could be someone spoofing the site. Always go to paypal's site from your own bookmarks, or a reputable site like ebay.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 3:19 pm

Jazzy;1287076 wrote: PayPal is an e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet.

My questions are: Do any of you use this service and is it safe?
My husband buys antique fishing reels on E Bay, renovates them and re-sells all by Pay Pal. Yes, It's highly reliable and PayPal even have their own policies where they will refund your money if you have been genuinely ripped Off. You can also get a Paypal visa card now. I've got one and It can be used In any store that takes Visa.

Post by **LarsMac** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 8:13 pm

Use it a lot. Same and convenient.

Some folks won't accept it, because the payee pays the fees. Others won't because Paypal is because it has terrific buyer protection.

I will not buy online product from someone who refuses Paypal.

GoGreen · Post by **GoGreen** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 9:47 pm

I use PayPal and have never had a problem.

Post by **spot** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 7:12 am

Kathy Ellen;1287117 wrote: I've only used PayPal to pay for my FG membership, and did start getting emails from someone pretending to be from PayPal....It was a scam. They asked me for personal info. Do you see that as cause and effect, Kathy, or as coincidence?

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 10:35 am

Kathy Ellen;1287117 wrote: I've only used PayPal to pay for my FG membership, and did start getting emails from someone pretending to be from PayPal....It was a scam. They asked me for personal info.

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?c ... n4-outside

that happens to me also with a lot of things including emails that look like they are from someone I know......must be so careful!:-5

That blew up my son's computer once, it said it was from his brother.:-5

Barman · Post by **Barman** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:12 am

Used paypal hundreds of times, never had a problem.

Post by **spot** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:02 am

What's not mentioned in the thread is how Paypal compares with online banking, as far as security's concerned. Both involve having money in a place where, if your account name and password or your credit/debit card details are given to criminals, you'll be robbed.

Every time you give your credit/debit card over a counter to a shop you're at the mercy of the shop assistant. If he then sells the details to a criminal, or uses the details himself, you'll also be robbed.

Every time you respond to a bogus email request for your details you're in the same boat, whether what you reveal are your Paypal or your online banking account secrets.

What's far less likely is either Paypal or an online bank allowing those details to be stolen from their own records. To that extent they're a safe place to keep money. The lapses which allow criminals to spend your own credit always involve theft from the account holder, not from the account issuer.

Whenever you type in your online password to any site it really has to be your own responsibility to be sure the details are going to the right place. If you type them into a site which has been made to look like a legitimate business but has actually been constructed by a criminal then yes, you've been duped, but it's scarcely Paypal's fault any more than it would be the online bank's fault or the card company's fault. At that point you've been scammed.

is it safe? Undoubtedly it's safe. The real question is whether or not you're competent to keep your money anywhere but under the mattress.

melaniecheng · Post by **melaniecheng** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:49 am

I haven't used it, may have a try in the future.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 11:04 am

Never had a problem sending or receiving. Use it in my business. Great tool.