...but if you want to accept someone's credit card payment, you have to upgrade to a premier account (at least that's what it was called when I signed up).
No problems other than I wish the fee was less. A friend in Europe sent me some money via credit card to buy something for him and the fee took a big bite out of what he sent ($17.27 out of $435). Rich wrote: > Free account is gone. But the personal account is reasonable. If you > are only going to use it for payments it is free. > > Peter Fraser wrote: > >> i've managed to hang on to the original free account all these years. >> there's unceasing pressure to "upgrade" to a fee-based account but if >> you read the fine print and pay attention you can still use it free. >> >> i don't know whether they still even offer the free account, but it's >> worth looking into. most complaints that you hear are from cheapskate >> sellers who resent the 2.5% (or whatever it is) fee...the service is >> obviously worth it, and is secure and easy to use. >> >> -- peter >> pjfraser at alamedanet.net >> >> On Sep 23, 2008, at 8:53 AM, Steven Medved wrote: >> >> >>> PayPal has been great to me I have had no problems. You can use a >>> credit card and I would recommend this for added protection when you >>> pay someone you are not sure of. I have had PayPal since it was >>> free. PayPal is like any other thing you have to avoid the weak >>> areas. Poor customer service, fees keep going up, not much >>> protection but with care you can avoid most of the problems. >>> >>> >>>> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:11:09 -0700> From: ddazer at sbcglobal.net> >>>> To: phono-L at oldcrank.org> Subject: [Phono-L] should I get Pay Pal?> >>>> >>>>> I never got a Pay Pal account because most ebay sellers would >>>>> >>>> take a check or money order. Over the years, I have heard of many >>>> problems with Pay Pal. Have those issues been resolved? Those of >>>> you who use Pay Pal, do you like it?> Any advice in this matter is >>>> appreciated. I do sell some non-phono related items once in a >>>> while on Ebay, but I am not sure it is worth the risk of using Pay >>>> Pal.> Dave> _______________________________________________> Phono- >>>> L mailing list> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Phono-L mailing list >>> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > >
