PayPal RIP OFF

Brooker_Dave

frivolous_fay wrote: »

Dave, got a thread here begging for your expertise:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1383815

Problem solved.

Good thing I'm here, innit.

Brooker_Dave

chja wrote: »

You could return it, but how do you (cost effectivly) enforce the refund - the buyer has your money and so is in control.

It's like that with all returns.

And in theory when you pay for something the seller has your money and the goods....

Nex0

Brooker_Dave wrote: »

It's like that with all returns.

And in theory when you pay for something the seller has your money and the goods....

But when you pay with paypal you at least have some proof you have paid and some protection no matter how bad it really is some times.

With a cheque you don't get toffee crisp.

frivolous_fay

Brooker_Dave wrote: »

Problem solved.

Good thing I'm here, innit.

LOL! If only posting advice was like a magic wand as it apparently is in your world!

Antispam

Yes we have a resident guru Brooker Dave, full of wonderful advice

I dont know what we would do without him

Brooker_Dave

frivolous_fay wrote: »

LOL! If only posting advice was like a magic wand as it apparently is in your world!

My wand is magic as it happens.

Brooker_Dave

Nex0 wrote: »

But when you pay with paypal you at least have some proof you have paid and some protection no matter how bad it really is some times.

With a cheque you don't get toffee crisp.

With a cheque you have the proof of payment, and you have the sellers address.

To be fair to either system it's only the crooks who mess things up.

Crooks do tend to prefer paypal as there's no trail left, with cheques you obviously have to provide an address which makes them that much more secure for a buyer.

codger

Point of fact: crooks prefer Postal Orders to everything else, which is why eBay has its fair share of listings where the seller burbles on about some 'temporary' problem with his / her PayPal account.

After Postal orders come cheques, with the cheque obligingly mailed off by the buyer to a house in multiple occupation and collected by the scammer who doesn't even live there but has an accomplice in for a cut on the deal.

And finally there's PayPal. Which continues to offer eBayers the best shot they've got at some kind of protected purchase without automatic recourse -- as with POs and cheques -- to ringing police stations or embarking on relatively costly small claims court cases with little or no prospect of success.

frivolous_fay

Brooker_Dave wrote: »

My wand is magic as it happens.

Let's hope the magic isn't as premature as your optimism!