PayPal, good or bad?

[varminter]

Some of the stuff I want for my bike seems to only be available from the US, and they seem to prefer Paypal. So, is it good, bad, easy, whatever?

[steve_t]

I've bought a bit of stuff from the US and have always used Paypal. I've never had a problem but I always only buy from sellers with good feedback and a high number of sales. Shop smartly and you'll be right :niceone:

[CRF119]

I avoided using it for a few years thinking it would lead to problems but so far it has been hassle free.

They do take there cut. Say if the exchange rate was 85 cents they would transfer you money at that but keep some to make it look like a 83 exchange all in all it's cheaper and easier then doing a off shore bank transfer.

[ac3_snow]

good and easy but be careful who the third party is, paypal seems to offer good protection for you credit card details etc but don't give a shit if you never receive the goods.

[steve_t]

good and easy but be careful who the third party is, paypal seems to offer good protection for you credit card details etc but don't give a shit if you never receive the goods.

I know people that have been scammed and paypal has refunded them their money

[pete-blen]

Mate theres no probs with payPal...
I have used it for 4 years making payments
& receiving payments... I have 82 transactions
on paypal & never had one prob..

Westen Union is ok aswell... But no where
as common...

Pete

[hellokitty]

Mate theres no probs with payPal...
I have used it for 4 years making payments
& receiving payments... I have 82 transactions
on paypal & never had one prob..

Westen Union is ok aswell... But no where
as common...

Pete

I have used Paypal for years with no problems, there have been some scams using Western Union....

[flyingcrocodile46]

I know people that have been scammed and paypal has refunded them their money

I too know of people who have had refunds without any problem. It seems Pay Pal is very protective of the buyers interests. I have heard that there are an increasing number of instances where buyers are scamming sellers by claiming refunds from Paypal, stating that the goods they received were junk and supplying Paypal with bogus photographic evidence to support the claims.

I have used paypal for years without ever having the need to communicate with them because there haven't been any problems with any of the transactions. The fees are cheap by comparison to the likes of Western Union and a simpler process.

[NighthawkNZ]

I have had no problems buy stuff (mainly software, and my server) using paypal been hassel free so far

[Renegade]

I have used Paypal for years with no problems.

[Usarka]

I used paypal to look at a dodgy tranny pron site and to order viagra cheap from mexico and i got scammed.

No one's going to say that now are they!

[rastuscat]

Been all good for me for 9 years.

[DEATH_INC.]

Same, never had a problem

[Mungatoke Mad]

I used paypal to look at a dodgy tranny pron site and to order viagra cheap from mexico and i got scammed.

No one's going to say that now are they!There was nufin dogey about that site the fact that the Viagra came in the new eye drop form & may not have made me hard it sure made me look fuckn hard

[bsasuper]

Most sellers only accept paypal payment from international buyers, and only if your account has been verified.

[Quasievil]

we use it all the time, never an issue

[ynot slow]

Just used it for ebay purchase from Aussie today,total $2.99aus lol,blank key for gixxer as the blanks won't fit into keyway,without grinding edges and losing strength of key where the plastic is,and the local dude says the supplier has nothing similar to original profile which is why I grabbed from ebay.

Used befor for no hassle purchase.

[varminter]

Thank's for the feedback guys, however if there is any problem I shall have to have you all killed.

[ukusa]

Thank's for the feedback guys, however if there is any problem I shall have to have you all killed.

Just don't use it at those Nigerian motorcycle stores :laugh:

[Mad-V2]

I use it all the time with no problems.

I have however had a scammer offer to buy all my parts from an ad I placed on trademe, after giving him my paypal address he tried sending me a bogus letter from paypal saying he had put double the amount in my account.
The extra thousand dollars was to be used for shipping. He then asked me to wire that extra grand vie western union to him, and he would inform paypal to release the money to me once he had received the shipping money.
So I would get the purchase price I was asking, and a refund for the shipping.
It was all too suss for me so I tracked his IP Address and found a site dedicated to catching him. I led him on a goose chase for the money saying I couldn't afford etc for a week, and he was threatening legal action and he was even gonna send his cousin (popo) around.
After getting board I sent him a message saying all this shit about an FBI Tracking file attached to the e-mail and ya better pack now.
I haven't heard from him since