Paypal.com to receive payments online. Good idea? Any views or advice?

This was just posted to a newsgroup I frequent. I do not know the author, and can’t swear to the accuracy, but it does raise some concerns over PayPal’s service.

I haven’t checked out the links he supplied. Perhaps you’ll find more information on those sites.

“Who even followed the ‘fax us your drivers license and statement copies’
request.”
My friend also got that notice once. So I know its true.

On the other hand, why not just visit your local bank & get a credit card machine & a business account??? So easy to do & pretty safe too. Costs a little more though.