And what do you suggest instead? Adapting paypal, NOCHEX, Payhound, eBay online payment services etc, because the same could happen with all of these.
I'd pay a little more to use one of these if they adopted an escrow idea. Remember at this moment you pay two different parties, so if one of the online payment services adopted escrow in with it life would be easier. Seller could notify they want to use that service, send item/s to the service provider, and then add which service provider is being used, e.g. a PAYPAL button. Buyer sends payment to service provider inclusive of p+p service charge etc. Payment arrives, goods sent to buyer and payment sent to seller, all in one go. Must be quicker all in one provider than two separate ones. Easier to account for if things do go wrong. benlynx -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Collier Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 11:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: re :- PAYPAL for auctions, a warning On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Dean Woodyatt wrote: > Having recently been scammed for $300 (thru paypal) for a payment on an ebay > auction, i did a little digging and came up with this > > www.paypalwarning.com > > so i'd recommend not to use 'em! And what do you suggest instead? PayPal is in many ways no different to sending a cheque, postal order, or cash. If the seller scams you, you wouldn't blame the post office for selling you the postal order, so why is PayPal any different? If you don't trust the seller, then pay extra for an escrow service. The only method of payment that gives you any comeback would be a credit card, and chances are that an ebay seller wouldn't have the means to accept a credit card payment. Andrew -- --- Andrew Collier ---- ---- http://mnemotech.ucam.org/ --- -- r<2+ T<4* cSEL dMS hEn/CB<BL A4 S+*<++ C$++L/mP W- a-- Vh+seT+ (Cantab) 1.1.4
