What happened to paypal?

Tommy B

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Just went through the usual paying procedure and it sent an eCheque which is extremely annoying. I then found out it now takes 7-9 days simply to add funds into your paypal account? What on earth is that all about, when did they stop giving customers the ability to instantly add funds into their account?

Cheers
 
Yeah, I bought a lens off ebay for £800 and it would only let me use an echeque which took a full 9 working days to clear which was almost 2 weeks :/ I have bought more expensive items before and it has worked normally. It seems they are clamping down on security for some reason.

I called them up and from the broken English spoken by "Greg" (more like Sanjit) I was told that it was a security measure.

Sucks. I bought the lens 2 weeks ago and payment only cleared on Thursday :(
 
This happened to me the other day when i bought a bass, now ive gotta wait till the end of next week while my fingers are kept idle.

I need to play lol :(
 
Scuzi said:
Yeah, I bought a lens off ebay for £800 and it would only let me use an echeque which took a full 9 working days to clear which was almost 2 weeks :/ I have bought more expensive items before and it has worked normally. It seems they are clamping down on security for some reason.

I called them up and from the broken English spoken by "Greg" (more like Sanjit) I was told that it was a security measure.

Sucks. I bought the lens 2 weeks ago and payment only cleared on Thursday :(
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Oooh, what Lens Scuzi?
 
Tommy B said:
Just went through the usual paying procedure and it sent an eCheque which is extremely annoying. I then found out it now takes 7-9 days simply to add funds into your paypal account? What on earth is that all about, when did they stop giving customers the ability to instantly add funds into their account?

Cheers
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Happened to me a few weeks ago. Don't post it until you get the notification (cleared echeque) e-mail from Paypal.

It was what the buyer wants and thats his problem with the waiting time he asked for! The bonus is that you don't get charged for it as a seller! :)
 
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Scuzi said:
Yeah, I bought a lens off ebay for £800 and it would only let me use an echeque which took a full 9 working days to clear which was almost 2 weeks :/ I have bought more expensive items before and it has worked normally. It seems they are clamping down on security for some reason.

I called them up and from the broken English spoken by "Greg" (more like Sanjit) I was told that it was a security measure.

Sucks. I bought the lens 2 weeks ago and payment only cleared on Thursday :(
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Thats odd as I had received echeque of only £28.00. :confused:
 
Paypal are morons. Good security is of course vital, but this will only serve to aggravate all their customers. I can't see their business going well following these new measures.
 
Tommy B said:
Paypal are morons. Good security is of course vital, but this will only serve to aggravate all their customers. I can't see their business going well following these new measures.
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True. I'll not be using eCheque again. IF that's the only option available to me from Paypal, it would be much quicker to do a bank transfer or even post a normal cheque instead.
 
Paypal is absolutely fine - so long as you take the time to get your account setup correctly.
99% of the moans and complaints seem to be from people who haven't.
All Paypal are doing is protecting people - but of course people don't want to hear this.
Unless of course it is them who end up being scammed, in which case Paypal aren't doing enough to protect people.
Like Microsoft and many other company's - Paypal are damned if they do and damned if they don't.
So rightly so they take the attacks like water off a ducks back and go the protected way for security reasons and let people just moan.

If you have taken the time to get a credit/debit card correctly setup on your account you won't have these problems.
When I say correctly I mean you've been through the full process of having the card have credit made against it, checked your statement and then reported back what those credits were.
This way Paypal confirm you are the owner of the card.
The card is "authorised" and you can use their service at will.

An echeque is used when somebody hasn't been through this process or wants to use a card that isn't setup on their account.
The time to process is a lot longer and yes, the system can be open to abuse - there will always be people who want to scam you no matter what it is you are doing.
There is a short article on this here:

http://ezinearticles.com/?Avoid-The-Paypal-e-Cheque-Scam---It-Could-Cost-You!&id=334526

As always - the best way to deal with Paypal is only dealing with confirmed addresses/accounts.
 
stoofa said:
Paypal is absolutely fine - so long as you take the time to get your account setup correctly.
99% of the moans and complaints seem to be from people who haven't.
All Paypal are doing is protecting people - but of course people don't want to hear this.
Unless of course it is them who end up being scammed, in which case Paypal aren't doing enough to protect people.
Like Microsoft and many other company's - Paypal are damned if they do and damned if they don't.
So rightly so they take the attacks like water off a ducks back and go the protected way for security reasons and let people just moan.

If you have taken the time to get a credit/debit card correctly setup on your account you won't have these problems.
When I say correctly I mean you've been through the full process of having the card have credit made against it, checked your statement and then reported back what those credits were.
This way Paypal confirm you are the owner of the card.
The card is "authorised" and you can use their service at will.

An echeque is used when somebody hasn't been through this process or wants to use a card that isn't setup on their account.
The time to process is a lot longer and yes, the system can be open to abuse - there will always be people who want to scam you no matter what it is you are doing.
There is a short article on this here:

http://ezinearticles.com/?Avoid-The-Paypal-e-Cheque-Scam---It-Could-Cost-You!&id=334526

As always - the best way to deal with Paypal is only dealing with confirmed addresses/accounts.
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I have three funding sources on my Paypal account, all of which have been properly verified. It still only let me use an eCheque. I'll not be using Paypal again if this is going to continue.
 
Don't know whats going on. I do appreciate paypal improving security but I'm really not sure random echeques are the way forward as they are a pain in the bum for both buyer and seller.... Ebay are going thru a faze of "if it aint broke then change it anyway and increase the fee" at the moment so goodness knows...?
 
stoofa said:
Paypal is absolutely fine - so long as you take the time to get your account setup correctly.
99% of the moans and complaints seem to be from people who haven't.
All Paypal are doing is protecting people - but of course people don't want to hear this.
Unless of course it is them who end up being scammed, in which case Paypal aren't doing enough to protect people.
Like Microsoft and many other company's - Paypal are damned if they do and damned if they don't.
So rightly so they take the attacks like water off a ducks back and go the protected way for security reasons and let people just moan.

If you have taken the time to get a credit/debit card correctly setup on your account you won't have these problems.
When I say correctly I mean you've been through the full process of having the card have credit made against it, checked your statement and then reported back what those credits were.
This way Paypal confirm you are the owner of the card.
The card is "authorised" and you can use their service at will.

An echeque is used when somebody hasn't been through this process or wants to use a card that isn't setup on their account.
The time to process is a lot longer and yes, the system can be open to abuse - there will always be people who want to scam you no matter what it is you are doing.
There is a short article on this here:

http://ezinearticles.com/?Avoid-The-Paypal-e-Cheque-Scam---It-Could-Cost-You!&id=334526

As always - the best way to deal with Paypal is only dealing with confirmed addresses/accounts.
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There can be a good reason why someones address is not confirmed. Most European (UK aside) addresses cannot be confirmed anyway and if you move house or want goods delivering to work then obviously the address will not be confirmed. Check peoples accounts are verified. This is important and use your commmon sense. If it is a high value item and you are in any doubt then return the payment and politely ask for payment by bank transfer. State on your listing that you only take bank transfer from people whose addresses are not confirmed.
 
Scuzi said:
I have three funding sources on my Paypal account, all of which have been properly verified. It still only let me use an eCheque. I'll not be using Paypal again if this is going to continue.
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Maybe the guy you were sending to wasnt correctly set up? I never had a problem with Paypal tbh and have found them more helpful than the likes of HSBC. It is a pain to set up an account now and can take 4 weeks to verify, other than that its been ok.

Cant see why Paypal would set up a cheque system, the whole idea of Paypal is instant payment, may as well send a normal cheque. :confused:
 
PayPal, its like Linkin Park, its become 'socially cool' to hate them regardless of how you actually feel about them.

To make instant payments you need a primary and secondary source of funds that can both make instant payments, i.e. credit card, visa debit, bank account. All need the be verified and working. The only time ive ever had to use an eCheque was when my debot card expired and I forgot to change it on my account.

The reason people are seeing this more is becuase I think up until recently you could make an instant payment with only one source. PayPal made it more secure.

If your gonna moan and winge, go send your hundreds of pounds in nice bundles via Royal Mail, just see how much they care when something goes wrong!
 
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