Paypal Is Crooked

[jimmyjobob]

well i had heard the warnings in the past and i guess i should have heeded them. i learned the hard way. let my mistake be your education.

after unknowingly receiving a stolen credit card payment thru paypal, my account was frozen and my balance wiped to 0. to make it worse the dollar amount in question was for 160 and paypal took that along with 2 more payments in excess of 100. as a result my account has been frozen.

no investigation on their part, no warning. along with that it has made me nervous enough to clear my bank account that i have linked to this paypal account.

these guys are crooks and not an online banking service, they are a privately owned company that will **** you. wanna know more, go to www.nopaypal.com

BE WARNED, if you own a paypal accnt you might want to rethink it. needless to say i no longer accept paypal. this has been a costly mistake on my part, dont let it happen to you.

[jimmyjobob]

Paypal Is Crooked

well i had heard the warnings in the past and i guess i should have heeded them. i learned the hard way. let my mistake be your education.
after unknowingly receiving a stolen credit card payment thru paypal, my account was frozen and my balance wiped to 0. to make it worse the dollar amount in question was for 160 and paypal took that along with 2 more payments in excess of 100. as a result my account has been frozen.

no investigation on their part, no warning. along with that it has made me nervous enough to clear my bank account that i have linked to this paypal account.

these guys are crooks and not an online banking service, they are a privately owned company that will **** you. wanna know more, go to www.nopaypal.com

BE WARNED, if you own a paypal accnt you might want to rethink it. needless to say i no longer accept paypal. this has been a costly mistake on my part, dont let it happen to you.

[JtHM8685]

this is why i only use checks or money orders. HEED THIS WARNING. sorry to hear it jimmyjobob up for a good guy and up even more b/c i got robbed tuesday night

[dansim]

hmm how do i close an account?

[Potatoboy]

Quoted from http://www.nopaypal.com/faqs.shtml
How do I close my PayPal account?
You'll have to log into your account first. Then click on "help," then "contact us" and then on the left column you'll see "account profile" and the right you'll see "close account."

Added: The way I just did it was Login, Then click "My Account", Then click "Profile", Then under the "Account Information" section click "Close Account".

I've known Paypal was shady for a while, even back when they were x.com
The reporst have been getting more guesome and more fequent so I have closed my account and encourage others to follow suit.

Oh, and I know this is in the wrong forum, it's more of a friendly topic, or maybe even feedback.

[dansim]

so how do you cancel your account ?

[ScoobYSnax]

Ouch... mine will be closed once I deposit the money I just received (if that was stolen, i'm gonna be ripped). Thanks for the heads up jimmy. This might be inappropriate, but if the person who gave u the stolen CC was an AO member, or other member at pb trading forums, who was it? Just so that nobody gets burned by the same guy again.

Thanks for the heads up jimmy! P.S. thanks again for that barrel

[than205]

Thanks.
I will be closing my account tonight.
I will also be monitoring this issue to see if/how it improves.
Another link: www.paypalwarning.com

[than205]

You'll have to log into your account first. Then click on "help," then "contact us" and then on the left column you'll see "account profile" and the right you'll see "close account."

[jimmyjobob]

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no it wasnt an AO member, fortunately.

i just noticed that although i can still log into my accnt. i can no longer access the transactions. this means i cant even access the addresses of the individuals i owe items to. no worries raidenproject, got your funds today and tank ships today. (as far as i know all my AO peeps are ok and items have shipped)

ridiculous.

[Potatoboy]

On a side note, from what I read on paypalsucks.com (the same site as nopaypal.com they were trying to inform people about C2it and were told to stop. One of the reasons is assumed that they don't want to be involved with any bad press, but they dug a little dirt and one of PayPal's underwriters is Solomon Smith Barney, a Division of the Citibank group.

So, as they say, "The plot thickens..."

I think that the best method right now until all of this boils down a little bit might be good old fashioned Checks and Money Orders, or wire transfers like Western Union.

Also, RougeFactor, I personally consider it a common courtesy to inform people that if they sign up using the links you provided that they will be using you as a referal and I also give them the option of a link without a referal baked in.

[Potatoboy]

That is understandable.

I don't have a huge problem with it, but if anyone wants a non referal link, it's simply www.c2it.com

The referals are pretty much useless anyway, you end up getting 5 dollars if a person signs up using your name and then puts a bunch of money into their account.

C2it seems a little better than paypal, and is FDIC insured, I'm just a little weary as they seem to have the same business model.

[mattyfatty182]

i still use paypal, just not anything over 100$. Even then, I immeditaly put whatever money I get in the bank, I NEVER let Paypal keep it in their "online account"

[1shot]

The problem with c2it is that I can't use it because I am on a Mac. At least that is what they told me from their CS line when I called to get assistance. Now I can't deal with anyone because everyone cancels Paypal and I can't get to c2it.
Oh well, maybe next time around.

bob

[marley618]

1shot, that's what money orders are for. They aren't hard to get and you know you won't be getting money from a stolen credit card.