PayPal abuse

Originally Posted by hhmoore

Visa supposedly took it upon themselves to cancel my debit card, and issue a new one...I found out when I called the bank after a purchase was declined.

Really?
I have never had them do anything like that. I got a phone call once regarding a charge they thought was out of the ordinary (a one cent charge) which turned out to be someone testing the number before using it but I had to cancel the card. They just notified me of something odd. Didn't do anything else on their own.
That's freaky.

Originally Posted by SPJ

Really?
I have never had them do anything like that. I got a phone call once regarding a charge they thought was out of the ordinary (a one cent charge) which turned out to be someone testing the number before using it but I had to cancel the card. They just notified me of something odd. Didn't do anything else on their own.
That's freaky.

I have had mastercard do something like that .... cancel my card & issue a new one.

My bank also blocked/cancelled our debit card one year during Christmas time. Took forever (seemed like it any way) to get it straightened out.

Sometimes, card companies jump the gun when looking out for their customers.

I can see a card company doing it but paypal?
When has paypal ever done something proactive? They don't even issue refunds when you get stiffed on a purchase.

The reason I am accepting this at face value is because the same thing happened recently from a long term member over on my CornSnakes.com site. The guy didn't know anything at all about PayPal initiating a dispute, and it appeared to be actually an issue between PayPal and his credit card company. So apparently PayPal tries REAL hard to keep from losing any money themselves, and I guess this is the way they handle it.

Anyone who works with PayPal will likely take some lumps from them sooner or later. However there really aren't any feasible alternatives for financial transactions on the net. Burning bridges with PayPal in a snit is really not a wise idea, in my opinion. So you have to treat them like an eccentric rich old uncle who acts irrationally at times, but for the most part is handy to have around.

Have you ever thought of email money transfers?

Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

Have you ever thought of email money transfers?

If it's not handled automatically via the coding of vBulletin, then no, that is not an option. I've got enough to do just trying to keep spammers out of here, handle "I forgot my password!" emails, and trying to point people in the right direction when they ask "Why can't I post replies in the classifieds?"

Originally Posted by WebSlave

If it's not handled automatically via the coding of vBulletin, then no, that is not an option. I've got enough to do just trying to keep spammers out of here, handle "I forgot my password!" emails, and trying to point people in the right direction when they ask "Why can't I post replies in the classifieds?"

Touche.

Originally Posted by WebSlave

If it's not handled automatically via the coding of vBulletin, then no, that is not an option. I've got enough to do just trying to keep spammers out of here, handle "I forgot my password!" emails, and trying to point people in the right direction when they ask "Why can't I post replies in the classifieds?"

lol... at least you arent manually resetting peoples passwords... i seem to forget mine ( i have like, eight?) all the darn time. The only way i can access things most of the time is if the machine im using remembers it for me.

Originally Posted by Mooing Tricycle

lol... at least you arent manually resetting peoples passwords... i seem to forget mine ( i have like, eight?) all the darn time. The only way i can access things most of the time is if the machine im using remembers it for me.

Heck, years ago I was offered a job to do network administration and I turned it down flat. When asked why, I told him that I just did not want to have to deal with having people contact me all day long because they forgot their password or otherwise could not log in. So much for that....

Seriously, I will get emails from people who will say nothing more than, "Hey, I forgot my login name and my password. And my email address has changed. Can you help me?" Yeah, I'm supposed to be psychic and pull that information right out of thin air. Lately I don't even bother to respond to them. Well, once I did. And I just replied back, "Yeah, sure, here you go. Have a nice day." And nothing more. Sorry, I guess I just snapped.....

I had a similar issue with PayPal where they took it upon themselves to "protect me from potential fraud" by blocking me from sending money to the same person I had been sending money to for weeks with a payment plan. Even when I called they refused to lift the "protective block" and the only way I could send that person money through PayPal was to buy one of those stupid MoneyPak cards, load it and send it that way.

As if that somehow was going to protect me.

Even now they refuse to let me send money to that person. They claim they cannot override it.

I hate PayPal.