Sorry for asking a stupid question, but if you hate Paypal and ebay so much,
why do you keep using them? I am an economist, not a psychologist, but I sense
a masochistic streak in your preference for outdate operating systems,
stone-age internet access methods etc.
I have used Paypal for close to 20 years with no problems, ever. Just last week
I sent my son in New York some money using this method, a not insignificant
amount. When shopping on eBay, I do stay away from dodgy sellers, which
apparently you do not. Caveat emptor and all that.
Cheers,
Nathan
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> On 18 Jun 2017, at 20:26, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I just closed my Paypal account. I had no choice. I had tried to cancel
> a purchase on evilBay, but the seller had bolted and evilBay had pulled the
> item, so a claim process could not be initiated. So, I tried to get the
> payment refunded through Paypal. They showed online that the seller had
> accepted the payment, but the Paypal employee in India insisted it was
> pending. They then told me I needed to change my password, so I did. That
> caused me to be locked out of my account. I managed to get hold of an
> American employee, and she fixed the problem in a couple of seconds. This
> morning I was locked out again, and that was enough.
>
> Paypal has an online verification process that it broken beyond repair.
> It will not let you add a new phone number so you can receive and send a text
> for verification, and a second method they have has them call you and you
> punch in a 4-digit number, then says that you are verified, but then you find
> that you really aren't. The third method requires that you send them an
> image of some personal data, like a driver's license, but I'm not sending
> anybody anything that can be used for identity theft.
>
> The problem is basically this: Paypal used to be a subsidiary of
> evilBay, and I guess their IT people (computer dorks) are still under the
> same roof. Those IT people are about as dysfunctional as you can possibly
> imagine, crippling evilBay time and time again due to incompetent management.
> Looks like they've moved on to crippling Paypal as well for more
> entertainment.
>
> I simply cannot trust them with my credit card information, and I don't
> have any real driving need to expose myself to institutional incompetence.
>
> Chris
>
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
> - Hunter S. Thompson
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