Paypal echeques bollocks - heads up

[Shooms]

Make sure your credit card details are up to date - I've paid a load of paypal today & realised that I've sent those wanky e-cheques which take 7-9 days clearance... when I investigated why it's coz my credit card expired 31/12 & I didn't upload the new card deets...

[coggledots]

My missis has been having the same trouble, she usually pays direct from her bank account through PayPal & all of a sudden the only way she can pay is e-cheque shit way

[anthonyf218]

yep, i had same prob, my old card expired end of Nov and i sent out a load of echeques, people werent happy. The thing is, the card that paypal has on record doesnt have to be the one that ur using, it just needs to be within the valid period. Otherwise they treat the transaction as a standard direct debit request to ur bank (rather than from a debit card), which carries the standard 7-9 days. Pile of shit.

[Shooms]

Originally Posted by coggledots

My missis has been having the same trouble, she usually pays direct from her bank account through PayPal & all of a sudden the only way she can pay is e-cheque shit way

That'll be because the guarantee card (debit card she loaded on her profile to open the paypal instant bank xfer) is out of date.

It's proper bollocks

[Jiglo]

Wish everybody would wake up and switch to Google Checkout, or at least offer the option

[anthonyf218]

Originally Posted by Jiglo

Wish everybody would wake up and switch to Google Checkout, or at least offer the option

agreed, but ive tried getting a few people to use it if theyve bought something from me but generally they're not arsed, prob cos on the face of it to them its only beneficial to the seller so are not boghered about going through the registration etc.

also - didnt the google checkout commission-free period run out at the end of 2007? what comission do they take now?

[Jiglo]

I wouldn't know for sure, but I thought they extended the free usage until february, probably because it hasn't grown as quickly as they'd like

I'm just a buyer, so it doesn't really benefit me really, but i'd rather use other alternatives to Paypal after the shit i've had with them when they forced me to become a verified member after the 750 pound limit paypal uses for debit cards was used

Sure I read something about Paypal charging buyers soon too, so bring on altenatives from the competition

[anthonyf218]

heres a nice site to have a scan at...

PayPalSucks.com is where you will learn about the PayPal Class Action Lawsuit, Abuse, Fraud & evil behind the PayPal system!

[Rewind_2007]

Arr right i sould something on e-bay and still have not recieved the payment it says on my paypal awaiting clearance that must be why you learn something every day.

[Jiglo]

Originally Posted by anthonyf218

heres a nice site to have a scan at...

PayPalSucks.com is where you will learn about the PayPal Class Action Lawsuit, Abuse, Fraud & evil behind the PayPal system!

Ebay and paypal are squeezing every last penny out of sellers there, but if sellers are happy to pay up and take it up the shitter, then nothing will ever change

There are alternatives and Google Checkout seems to be to most popular