I do raise my eyebrows and salute a fellow OMD fan, I thought we were extinct by now :)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Marco Thorek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 1:19 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Paypal "protection plan" > > Stefan Lindblom schrieb: > > > > This truly sucks, but what other useful options are there out there? > > And especially for us not living in the US? Paypal have, until now, > > been a great and fast way of paying for things, and I thought it was > > very safe. But this brings everything into new perspective. I have > > sent thousands and thousands of dollars in cash overseas in envelopes > > before, but I really have no intention of going back there again. I > > would like to leave, but Paypal has got a firm grip on way too many as > > things are now. > > Correct. Sending large sums of cash in an envelope to remote corners of > the earth never leaves me with an easy feeling until the money has > arrived and the seller tells me so. > > And while ago I bought some OMD posters from a guy running a reputed OMD > fanpage (OMD = Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, a band from the 80s). > I sent him the $20 via PayPal, but my posters never got here. After > allowing time to see if they still arrive and then all the forth and > back with him (he plainly said no to even sharing the loss) I contacted > PayPal about it, only to be told that the complaint needs to be filed > within four weeks or something. I replied that would be hard for an > international user to fulfill and the reply I got then was, between the > lines, "tough luck, dude." > > So Stefan again is right: Where to go if you leave PayPal? > > Marco > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to > the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' > Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
