OT RANT: Paypal is easy???

[nealtovsen@yahoo.com (Neal)]

Yeah, but on the flip-side, the seller of my last auction wouldn't take
PayPal. It took me two days before I could get to the post office during
business hours to get a money order and send it via certified mail and all
that. I told the seller of this difficulty, but what does he do? He gave me
positive feedback, but then added in the comments that I was "slow to pay".
WTF???? Asshole.

Neal

-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On
Behalf Of L F
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 7:28 AM
To: Cathy Boyko; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: OT RANT: Paypal is easy???


The more sophisticated our world becomes, the more complex our lives, the
more chance for utter frustration.
The internet is a large source of wonder and of frustration.

Larry ("what's a telly-phone and why would I need one?")
sandiego16v
----- Original Message -----
From: Cathy Boyko
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 5:28 PM
Subject: OT RANT: Paypal is easy???


Okay, sorry to vent, but maybe you can offer me some insight here. I set up
an
account with paypal in the summer on my Amex card - I NEVER use this card.
So
I accidentally used it once to buy some gas ($21) and then ended up paying
it
late (by a few days). They suspend my card, which I can understand. Long
story
short, I call to check on the status after making the full payment of
$21.33,
and they tell me, no, my account is suspended until I pay another .33 in
interest. Fine.

Off I go to town, pay the .33, and then try to use my paypal. WRONG. Oh, my
Amex account is in fine shape, according to two different Amex folks and
that
was confirmed by the nice person from Paypal. And there is no problem with
the
seller either. The "transaction"  had a "high risk profile", so got bounced
by
their software. ?????? So it's okay on my end, okay on the seller's end, but
somewhere in Cyberspace (aka "the transaction") there is a huge inherent
risk?? I'm SO confused. But I really had nothing else to do tonight.

I can understand there needs to software that prevents fraud and all that.
But
what on earth could be even vaguely fraudulent about a simple transfer of
money from an approved buyer to an approved seller?  (on a side note, Amex
has
really awful "waiting music" compared to Paypal)

And the real kick in the teeth? Paypal has an exchange rate of $1.95 for
USD.
Last I saw in the paper was $1.56, 20% profit may be a wee bit greedy.
(reminds me of a Curt Cobain song...first word rhymes with "ape")

So I'm back to snail mail for payment after all. I set up the Paypal account
to make exactly this sort of purchase easy.

Did I mention what car I was buying stuff for?

Cathy, still having a headache.


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