Hello Paul, That is a good tip re using a specific “low ceiling credit card”. Thanks.
Justin, I have dealt with all three companies that you mention. Your experience with Paypal sounds horrific, but like Mike B, I have not had any problems with them over an extended period. Telstra and eBay are something else again. I am a current Telstra customer( only because of their scope), and am at this point in time, reasonably satisfied with their service. However this was not always the case. In the past from my experience with them( 30 plus years), I am sure that they would rate in the bottom 5% over most of this time. So it comes down to who is driving the company at any point in time, and what standards/values are set by these people. As the members of the Board and senior executives change, so will policy change regarding the level of customer service offered. I would be very interested to get comment from Simon Hackett. As to eBay, they are a VERY sophisticated company, and their policy has never changed. They work on the principal that “We will look after you” if things go wrong. In fact this rarely happens. Their staff is trained to look after the interests of eBay only – not your interest: Just in case you don’t get it, let me add that I am talking about the Company eBay. I have almost invariably had a pleasant experience when dealing with people that use the eBay system. In his post I am surprised that Justin did not mention Insurance Companies. Every one of them works on exactly the same principle - ”we will look after you”. Be assured that eBay and your insurance company are NOT your friends. Gary From: Aus-soaring [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Bart Sent: Monday, 11 April 2016 4:54 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] SkySight.io - next generation soaring weather forecast Hi Justin This is quite concerning as I use PayPal. However I wonder, why did your friends had entire sets of accounts registered with PayPal? I operate a low ceiling credit card I use when OS and for all Internet purchases, including PayPal, however one has to link at least one bank account as well. So I am very curious how they could lock other bank accounts. So far I had zero problems with PayPal over many years of use, unlike my other( local) credit card provider which allowed my credit card emptied from some casino in Egypt. That was quite a few years back though, I think they are far better at monitoring unusual purchase patterns now. Cheers Paul On Apr 11, 2016 04:57, "Justin Couch" <[email protected]> wrote: On 11/04/2016 12:46 PM, DMcD wrote: Absolutely atrocious company to deal with Are they any worse than Ebay? Or Google? or Telstra. Yes. (well Paypal used to be owned by eBay....) Two friends had their entire set of bank accounts and credit cards frozen by paypal and given no reason why. I also had my own sacrificial credit card locked by them as well. They were not able to get anyone to answer, nor get them unlocked for quite a few months causing severe financial distress (house loan defaults etc etc). They were eventually unlocked without any hint of wording or why, nor any apology or restitution for the financial problems caused. If you don't mind having your entire financial life screwed over, by all means make use of them. They are completely unregulated because "we are not a bank". At least ebay/google/telstra etc are not capable of causing that much damage to your life. My and my friend's experience is very far from isolated case. -- Justin Couch http://www.vlc.com.au/ Java 3D Graphics Information http://www.j3d.org/ LinkedIn http://au.linkedin.com/in/justincouch/ G+ WetMorgoth ------------------------------------------------------------------- "Look through the lens, and the light breaks down into many lights. Turn it or move it, and a new set of arrangements appears... is it a single light or many lights, lights that one must know how to distinguish, recognise and appreciate? Is it one light with many frames or one frame for many lights?" -Subcomandante Marcos ------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
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