[geeks] grr paypal

[David Cantrell]

On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 02:37:03AM -0500, Dave McGuire wrote:
> On February 22, David Cantrell wrote:
> > The trouble *I* have with Paypal is that it Just Doesn't Work.  They wanted
> > me to fax them a copy of my credit card statement with their micro-deposit
> > on it to authenticate myself.  Fair enough.  I blanked out all the other
> > transactions and the balance, cos that's none of their business.  But no,
> > they wanted the whole lot.  They ain't getting it.
> 
>   Wow, that's pretty paranoid.  Sure, I agree that it's absolutely none
> of their business, and I wish they didn't have these
> requirements...but is the information in there REALLY that sensitive?

It's a matter of principle.  I sent them all the information they *needed*,
but they *wanted* to be able to see who else I'd been buying stuff from.
They would have been able to make pretty good guesses at *what* I'd been
buying too.

If it's none of their business, why did they want it?  It is reasonable to
believe that they had an ulterior motive, cos they certainly didn't have
any good excuse when I asked them why.

-- 
David Cantrell | david at cantrell.org.uk | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david

   Lefties are usually well-intentioned at least, and possess
   a far greater command of grammar and spelling.
      -- Noel, in soc.history.what-if