[geeks] UnPaypal?

Jonathan Katz jon at jonworld.com
Wed Feb 20 07:46:51 CST 2008


On Feb 20, 2008, at 8:39 AM, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> I too am curious - I've not had any problems with PayPal, but my  
> use has been pretty low volume (in my peak I did about 10 - 12  
> transactions a month,, now I average one or two a month). I've seen  
> other options out there, but they never had critical mass to get me  
> to switch. I think Western Union has/had such a service, they  
> called it an escrow service IIRC...

I'm in this camp; I've heard rumors of paypal being evil but they've  
done OK by me. My dad even fell for a phishing scam and within 48  
hours they rectified it and he had his $1100 back.

-Jon



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