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Grasswire2

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3. be careful of paypal
Sat Nov 5, 2022, 12:03 PM
Nov 2022

There are a zillion horror stories of Paypal holding funds, seizing funds, and so on.

I, personally, have had a paypal account and their mastercard debit card for a number of years, and then when I lost my card and requested a replacement, their stinking lousy customer service screwed me over in the process. They froze the money in my account, would not send me a new debit card, etc etc etc. It was under a thousand dollars, but they froze it and were totally unresponsive.

I know now that many, many people have serious disputes with PP that are not resolvable.

What I finally did is purchase things with that account until it is now spent down to fifty cents balance. Never did get a debit card replacement.

Hey. Elon Musk owns paypal. That ought to be enough warning. I consider it a criminal enterprise. And that's a shame, because when it worked, it was very convenient.

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Here is how I do it.... ProudMNDemocrat Nov 2022 #1
Thanks jmbar2 Nov 2022 #5
Manually linking bank account CloudWatcher Nov 2022 #9
Appreciate your helpful response! jmbar2 Nov 2022 #10
Could you claudette Nov 2022 #2
I'm going to do the same jmbar2 Nov 2022 #6
be careful of paypal Grasswire2 Nov 2022 #3
That explains a lot! jmbar2 Nov 2022 #4
I have had PayPal since 2006 with no problems. ProudMNDemocrat Nov 2022 #7
Here is a twitter account documenting people's complaints against PP Grasswire2 Nov 2022 #8
Wow! Eye opening. jmbar2 Nov 2022 #11
+1 dalton99a Nov 2022 #12
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