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Paypal

East BayEast Bay Member Posts: 98 ✭✭
edited January 2002 in General Discussion
I bought an item at auction. Seller prefers payment by Paypal. I dont know anything about that, pro or con, so before I sign up for it I would like to hear some opinions, please. I won't do it on this item, I'll send money order, so there is no hurry, but would like to hear what you think.
Vic [:D]
The second childhood is a lot more fun than the first!!
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  • East BayEast Bay Member Posts: 98 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Anyone ever get a notice saying your paypal account is going to be expired? I got a notice today telling me to open an attachment to upgrade my security something or other. Im kind of reluctant to do this.

    Larry
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  • East BayEast Bay Member Posts: 98 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you use paypal to pay for any parts or service be sure not to put anything about gun parts or services on any part of the payment I have had some big time arguments with those liberal jerks about this several times
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  • East BayEast Bay Member Posts: 98 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Why do so many people on the GB auction side demand payment through paypal? WHy would they even want their money going to an anti-gun company? [V]
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  • East BayEast Bay Member Posts: 98 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I thought paypal would not allow you to pay for firearms . I was looking at the auctions, noticing a lot of nr sellers wanting to be paid via paypal. Here is 1 of several i was looking at.

    http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=174027564
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  • East BayEast Bay Member Posts: 98 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Boycott PayPal. I have been a member since they began...Bought and sold all kinds of stuff...had their credit/debit card...life was great...until...someone paid me for a gun using Paypal. He put "For Smith & Wesson 39-2" in his memo. This must have sent an alert because after getting that money...I have not been able to use PayPal again to send or receive money. (5 yrs now) I now have a "lifetime ban". I have written and threatened to no avail. The gun was sold on GunBroker, but because the buyer used PayPal to pay for a legitimate sale from me, a FFL dealer, I now am banned.
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  • East BayEast Bay Member Posts: 98 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Can Paypal be used to pay for a black powder revolver?
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  • East BayEast Bay Member Posts: 98 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I looked & looked in the Buyer & Seller tutorials about Paypal. What does it do/cost? Where do I find info on this?Can someone help the blind man? Thanks!
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  • East BayEast Bay Member Posts: 98 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ok, so if paypal is so anti-gun, what online payment service should i use? I want to be able to use my checking account and my credit card. Thanks alot!
    -Casey

    When they come to get your GUNS, make sure to give them the AMMO first!!!
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  • East BayEast Bay Member Posts: 98 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I noticed that most sellers refuse to utilize the services of paypal. Why is that?
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  • East BayEast Bay Member Posts: 98 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I just received my statement from GunBrokers stating that they do not accept payments through PayPal, due to unspecified "problems."
    They should know. Word to the wise?


    "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country."
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  • East BayEast Bay Member Posts: 98 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a account with paypal, how do people pay into your account.
    Thanks Dennis
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  • East BayEast Bay Member Posts: 98 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Is everyone in the world afraid of paypal. They seem to have intimadated vertually everyone. They certainly do not like guns and do not beleive in the Consitution and the right to bear arms and they say its because all of us dealers are selling guns to every criminal that walks in the door. They never consider the backgrounds that are run and the fact that most criminals do not go to a store to buy a gun. I hated them anyway but even Visa and MC will not take you if you are a Internet business and selling guns. So you have to put a terminal in your house and start selling sporting goods. I have one of them approvals from the Calif dept of Justice to sell guns and transfer to a Calif FFL but each year there are fewer and fewer FFL's in CA and I bet the crime has not dropped a bit. Just wondering if anyone else out there hated paypal as much as I do. I have used Gpal and despite some people that have had problems I have been fortunate and had no problems at all and unlike Ebay who I think owns Paypal Gunbroker allows you to charge 3 or 4% to recoupe some of your loss as everybody gets a peice of your sale till there is nothing left.
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  • East BayEast Bay Member Posts: 98 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    paypal sent me a survey
    so I blasted them.
    early today, I get am email.
    they want to solve my problem.
    they want me to open another account
    like hell I will
    money order, I hate to do it, they are slow.
    But I'll be damn if they are getting anymore
    money off my dealings
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  • East BayEast Bay Member Posts: 98 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I closed my paypal account, they sent
    me a check for .45 cent, the stamp cost them.
    I should frame it.
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  • East BayEast Bay Member Posts: 98 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have just closed my account with these people and would strongly suggest everyone reading this to do the same. You have to draw the line somewhere there are others out there who dont feel it is their place to tell me or you what to spend our money on.
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  • MFIMFI Member Posts: 7,899 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I know a little about paypal so Ill shoot this out. You go to paypal and sign up with an account, you have to have a credit card and you can also verify your account using a checking account. After you get set up you can either accept cc payments from people or you can pay someone else that has paypal. All you do is go to your paypal account and type in the persons email address and the money goes in his account. If you want to accept paypal I believe they take 2-3 % of the total sent to you. Hope this helps some.
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    Paypal gives you $5 for signing up. A basic account is free but you may only pay or recieve paypal balance transfers. A premier account lets you recieve credit card and checking account funded payments and costs 2.9% of all purchases plus $.30.
    "...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conference in 1899.
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  • Master7thSonMaster7thSon Member Posts: 229 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have been using paypal for quite awhile now----and it sure has been an exciting change for me
    for example
    earlier today I received an email from a vendor concerning an item i wished to purchase
    and sent him the money
    and his wife has ALREADY shipped my item!!!
    as a seller on ebay---i have also noticed my sales have increased dramatically as a result of offering this service
    indeed
    i buy more than sell
    and seldom will bid on an item that requires a money order (hassle)most things i buy and sell are thru paypal---and frequently will receive my item within 2-3 days!!! The small fee for this serice is a mere pittance when you weigh the convienience.
    if you need help signing up----email me at yesvancan@hotmail.com----and i'll send you a 'no-hassle' referral---and you'll get $5.00 (and so will I) :-)
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  • GreenLanternGreenLantern Member Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Do some research before using paypal!Master7thSon obviously has had good results. If you do a search on google, I'm sure you'll find some 'narratives' of peoples experience with paypal.
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  • john carrjohn carr Member Posts: 1,717 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I had Pay=Pal but made the mistake of forgetting my password. Was a Catch-22 situation from then on. Every step I took, including getting on the phone to them, took me back to ground zero, no further ahead than I was when I started. Finally just gave up.
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  • WEASEL-88WEASEL-88 Member Posts: 998 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I use Paypal all the time, never a problem.
    Too Old To Fight,Too Lazy To Run!
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