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14 years ago
[EDIT] I picked apart the story of the violin with my friend, we found a few discrepancies in the story and what paypal's website asks the buyer and seller to do. That link have been removed. [EDIT]
I hate PayPal. but i'm not just going to rant about it willy nilly. I did my homework!
I have always had issues with them, be it a delay in transferring money, a fine for money that was used while I was transferring money or waiting until my bank account was empty to try and pull money out, two weeks after I had purchased something. Now granted these are small issues, except that last one, it cost me an extra 25$
What I will not stand for is the prevention of charity and good will. Take a look at the following link;
http://www.regretsy.com/2011/12/05/cats-1-kids-0/
Yep, you can raise money for sick cats, but if you want to bring Christmas into a kids life, and maybe for once let a family breath a little easier, forget it. How dare you try to be a decent person!
Is this really what we want to let happen? Are we going to let some company act as judge, jury and executioner? I won't!
I'm not going to leave you all hanging though. A proper rant should offer solutions and alternatives, and I found a few.
Solution #1: Interact E-transfer.
Interact is the system used in North America by banks and credit institutions for all card and digital fund transactions. Basically, if you live in NA and have a debit or credit card, you already use Interact. In Canada, they have set up the e-transfer system. For a charge of a dollar (oh no! a dollar! Paypal can charge you more.) you can send money directly from your back account to someone else's. All you need is an email they can be reached at. Interact doesn’t tell them anything about your bank account. they just say "Hey! <Person> wants to send you money! click this link to go to our website, then pick your bank!" you do that, your bank gets told you want to accept money, and then you sing in. 've used this system to collect money from my parents for school, as well as repay my friends for a lazerquest party.
Check and see if this is available in your country, please!
Solution #2: Google Wallet.
Google already knows everything about you (apparently), so why not let them know your bank account? wait a sec… oh hey! they only want my credit card info! Why is this ok? Because a credit card is not connected to your main account, can be frozen at any time and your credit institution probably does ACTUALL investigations when you claim fraud. Awesome huh? I haven't used this guy yet, but I've grown to trust Google. I'll be signing up for this and giving you guys a nice report on my findings.
Note: If you don’t have a credit card, this probably doesn't help you, huh?
Solution #3 Mail.
Until I can locate another service that could be used for instant payments, I will have to suggest mailing a check or money order. Talk to your bank and see if they can suggest other means to send money as well.
If you guys know of, or use another system to send people money, let me know!
feel free to post it in the comments, and I'll add it to the list if it checks out!
I hate PayPal. but i'm not just going to rant about it willy nilly. I did my homework!
I have always had issues with them, be it a delay in transferring money, a fine for money that was used while I was transferring money or waiting until my bank account was empty to try and pull money out, two weeks after I had purchased something. Now granted these are small issues, except that last one, it cost me an extra 25$
What I will not stand for is the prevention of charity and good will. Take a look at the following link;
http://www.regretsy.com/2011/12/05/cats-1-kids-0/
Yep, you can raise money for sick cats, but if you want to bring Christmas into a kids life, and maybe for once let a family breath a little easier, forget it. How dare you try to be a decent person!
Is this really what we want to let happen? Are we going to let some company act as judge, jury and executioner? I won't!
I'm not going to leave you all hanging though. A proper rant should offer solutions and alternatives, and I found a few.
Solution #1: Interact E-transfer.
Interact is the system used in North America by banks and credit institutions for all card and digital fund transactions. Basically, if you live in NA and have a debit or credit card, you already use Interact. In Canada, they have set up the e-transfer system. For a charge of a dollar (oh no! a dollar! Paypal can charge you more.) you can send money directly from your back account to someone else's. All you need is an email they can be reached at. Interact doesn’t tell them anything about your bank account. they just say "Hey! <Person> wants to send you money! click this link to go to our website, then pick your bank!" you do that, your bank gets told you want to accept money, and then you sing in. 've used this system to collect money from my parents for school, as well as repay my friends for a lazerquest party.
Check and see if this is available in your country, please!
Solution #2: Google Wallet.
Google already knows everything about you (apparently), so why not let them know your bank account? wait a sec… oh hey! they only want my credit card info! Why is this ok? Because a credit card is not connected to your main account, can be frozen at any time and your credit institution probably does ACTUALL investigations when you claim fraud. Awesome huh? I haven't used this guy yet, but I've grown to trust Google. I'll be signing up for this and giving you guys a nice report on my findings.
Note: If you don’t have a credit card, this probably doesn't help you, huh?
Solution #3 Mail.
Until I can locate another service that could be used for instant payments, I will have to suggest mailing a check or money order. Talk to your bank and see if they can suggest other means to send money as well.
If you guys know of, or use another system to send people money, let me know!
feel free to post it in the comments, and I'll add it to the list if it checks out!
