OTOH, there is plenty of evidence of how criminal and corrupt these jokers are. But people are blinded, as usual, because of "convenience".
Oh well. I won't say I told you so when you get screwed. Brian On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 20:06, Bruce Johnson wrote: > Brian Deuel wrote: > > http://www.paypalwarning.com > > http://www.paypalsucks.com > > > > PLENTY of people have had problems with them. I lost $4,500 a couple of > > years ago when they froze my account for "suspicious" activity. > > Note: Your problems with using them to accept funds as a business do not > necessarily have anything whatsoever to do what the vast majority of us > on the other side do with paypal, which is to pay for things. > > I'm sorry you have had problems with Paypal. > > OTOH, there is NO OTHER way to pay things in a manner convenient or > conducive to protecting our interests as consumers. If someone tells me > they won't deal with Paypal or a credit card, I'll often say 'I won't > deal with you'. > > If not Paypal, we have the choice of using (and paying for) an escrow > service, or sending cash, check or money order off into the ether with > no assurances at all. > > If they have wrongfully siezed your money, then you have at the very > least a valid civil case against them (for damages, costs and punitive > damages), if not a criminal one ($4500 is well over the limit to qualify > as grand theft in any jurisdiction I've ever heard of, let alone $60K). > > If you do not have the records necessary to support your case, then > well, caveat proprietor. This is why businesspeople keep books, > reciepts, etc. > > You would have the same experience with a major credit card company if > they thought you were commiting fraud, except they'd harm your > businesses credit rating quite severely, and possibly have criminal > fraud charges brought against you as well. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
