> My experience in europe is, the shop on the internet requires you to tell
name and address.
That has nothing whatsoever to do with payment method. Just because a shop
makes that their policy doesn't mean it has to be that way.
> Even among well known shops in europe, I would rather not display that
level of trust.
So, I take it you never use a credit card, and especially never a debit card,
right? You insist on paying only in cash, and only after receiving goods.
That is the only behavior which is consistent with what you are saying here.
If so, I can tell you right now that almost everyone I know is perfectly
willing to entrust their credit card information to Walmart, and those who
think they aren't actually are; that's necessary because of the way credit
cards work. Credit cards and debit cards are both far more popular than cash
in the store I work at.
Besides this, I must say that there's a fantastic irony here. You refuse to
trust even well-known, major stores to not scam you, and yet you put your
trust in a different company (PayPal) to act as a middle-man and provide
"purchase protection". This makes no sense whatsoever.
> You say, you can get paypal's purchase protection without having a paypal
account?
PayPal's purchase protection is not protecting you from Ebay. It's protecting
you from sellers that are using Ebay. PayPal can't protect you from Ebay
because Ebay owns PayPal. So it makes no difference if Ebay just offers you
that exact same protection directly rather than routing it through PayPal.
So, since you have to trust Ebay anyway, all you have to do is send e-cash to
Ebay and let them handle everything else. If you need a refund, they can just
send e-cash back to you.
