stevenb

Ah, I thought you had to be federally licensed or some ---- to do that whole cc thing.

I guess not. :1

Yeah, google has been prototyping a pay system... what do you know... ebay won't allow payment through it when it finally goes live... gee I wonder why.

Dr.Boost

Providian issues the actual credit cards and from personal experience you don't want to ---- over Providian. They're the biggest ******** in the business and they WILL NOT give up. i've been fighting to get their ---- off my credit report for 4 years now and they keep validating the accounts EVERYTIME so I can't remove them.
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beaker

yep. amazing what happens when an auction site buys a company thats a pay-medium used in 90% of its auctions.

yayopwrcrx

paypal probably made more money than ebay

figure they hold a couple hundred dollars from thousands of people - they're banking on the returns they're getting from other investments with money that's not theirs

beaker

yep, those nickel and dime fees they tack on, normal fees.....

and this

is how they make there money.

stevenb

Didn't they get in trouble recently for holding onto people's money like that?

beaker

yep. big class action lawsuit...cant remember the total sum of money. something like 5.4 mill. shitty thing is that paypal didnt release a statement to those who qualified(figures). so most of the people involved never claimed there money. anything not claimed in a certain time frame is considered paypals money.

paypalsucks.com is a good site
paypalwarning.com is a more "to the point" site.


but yea. find out the name and mailing addy of the DA in cali and nebraska. call there "support" line. dont get rude/bad attitude(basically play dumb at first). when the CSR tells you theres nothing they can do(chances are high that this will be said), smack him with the "ive already contacted my lawyer and are planning to file suit, we have already contacted (names of DA's in both states make sure they even know who they are).....blah blah blah" dont threaten any of their jobs/or to bankrupt the company. just tell them in a professional matter, "i just want my money".


btw. when you send them an online complaint, that department has been outsourced to china. so good luck with that. but there phone dept, is in like omaha. unless somethings changed since the beginning of the year, most of the CSR's have never been trained to do a job like this..think about it..a guy that was flipping your mcCheeseburger a few months back has access to your credit information.

little bit of food for thought

BigD

Yeah I know all about the call center crap. I don't think people with access to financial or personal information should just work at a call center. That's just asking for problems. Just think of how many people probably have a few hundred $ in Pay Pal when it gets locked and they just get tired of the BS and let them keep it.

The thing I hate about Pay Pal and eBay is the buyer is ALWAYS right. ---- the seller. I don't know, this Middle Eastern guy has pissed me off. He's a total dick. Since he closed the Pay Pal claim can't I just refuse the package and stick him with it? I bet anything he bid on more than one I just doesn't want to be stuck with both.

ichbinsobose

my paypal that is 28 verified and attached to my bank has been locked for a month
I don't even want to talk about it im so pissed.

theebluecrx

If banks made 60 billion is overdraft fees last year imagine how much paypal made.I use them but thier fees are ridiculous.I refuse to own thier "card" and withdraw any leftover money i have in thier even if its a penny.