Yes, to have a Verified account with PayPal, even back in the free days required a bank account verification of identity.
Your credit card company has your bank account number.... A credit card company is different than PayPal which is a transfer agent. Look at who issued your credit card, in most cases it is a legitimate financial institution. Discover Card is an exception. Look at their card application.... Discover Card is or was owned by Sears and they can get your credit report. All numbers are on that document... On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:22:22 -0800, Mike Stitt wrote: >Robert wrote: >There are so many differences between PayPal and Amazon that it's not >worth comparing. I'll only point out the one difference that matters -- >Amazon is a retail company and eBay is not. Amazon takes your CC >because they sell you stuff. >Robert, >Agreed! But I see you got my point. Third party sellers exist at Amazon. >I own a business. I, the seller do jump through hoops to entice >customers. I do not expect my customers to jump through hoops however. >Paypals growth I feel has more to do with eBay than it's policies. I >admit eBay's Paypal satisfies the I want it now American way, I just >don't like giving what seems to be unneeded personal information to >third parties. I don't remember but before eBay brought Paypal did they >need a bank account number? Maybe this is a result of the class action >lawsuit against Paypal for (?) acting like a credit company? Come to >think of it, hows does your CC company offer you so much protection >without you bank acct number. Paypals problem is that if piad by a CC >you can dispute the transaction. eBay wants no part of that, just the >fees. A thought >_______________________________________________ >Phono-L mailing list >http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
