Agreed, Edward! PayPal isn't any indication of honor, don't get me wrong. It's first and foremost a convenience thing, even beyond how easy it is to pay (all my eBay purchases go to tax deductions, for instance, so it's easy to keep up with them), but at this point, it's just archaic not to accept PayPal. I generally only deal with sellers who have feedback that's way above average, mind you, so I certainly don't blame the occasional sellers who don't want to deal with the 3% fee and/or hassle of setting up an account. But I do stand behind PayPal 110%, having had not even one single negative experience on any level in about 8 years of using it as often as humanly possible. Now that eBay has folded PayPal into their infrastructure, any trust issues with the company and/or process are just needless paranoia. And every form of online trading involves risk of scammers; it doesn't take much to float above them, especially with the safegaurds and tips offered by eBay. (Two rules to PayPal by in particular: one, you never receive an email message from eBay that won't also show up in your Messages on the actual eBay site; and two, PayPal will only address you in emails by the name you have registered, which isn't available to phishers, who usually address as "Dear PayPal User," etc. And don't forget SquareTrade!)
Nothing's perfect, of course, and to each his own, but I love me some PayPal. : ) best, r. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 11:04 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Whaddya think it will Pay Pal? > > In a message dated 2/13/2007 8:24:15 PM Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > I don't take any > seller seriously who doesn't have PayPal by now, anyway. > > > Not a bit snobby? > > I don't use pay pal when occasionally into e-bay to buy or sell > something. > I got scared away by too many spammy scams while I used Pay Pal and would > just as soon send and receive real money. There are a few ways to know > if > someone is a square dealer. Useing Pay Pal should not have to be one of > them. > > My two dollars' worth, > > : ) > > Edward > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >
