[geeks] grr paypal
Mike Nicewonger
twmaster at twmaster.com
Fri Feb 22 16:00:46 CST 2002
> What worries me about PayPal is there is no way to use it with out opening
> myself to large liabilities. Normal online retailers don't make me go through
> any agreements before I buy from them, so in theory disputing charges should
> be easy. Even still, I don't buy online with credit card much, and if I am
> online, I prefer to go to well known brick and morter stores like JCPenneys
> (cloths for myself).
>
> Paypal on the other hand has a mile long agreement signing away my rights, and
> they either require permenant access to my high limit credit card (IE my only
> credit card) or my bank accont (which usually has a fairly high amount of cash,
> especially for a college student). I don't feel comfterble trying to do
> business under those conditions.
I definitley understand your point. Just this week PayPal got hit with a class
action lawsuit for inappropriate freezing/seizing of funds and crap customer
service.
So I wonder how this has affected thier stock now that they have IPO'ed?
Mike N
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