I bet this is why PayPal thought I had a second account. Only found out myself by checking my spam folder at work and noticed emails that I had sent to myself at home had been copied to someone else without my knowledge and getting bounced back. PayPal likely would have seen bounce backs as well and thought that person at Yahoo, who also has a PayPal account, is me!
Forwarding has since been turned off and my Comcast password has been changed. I just got off the phone with PayPal customer service, having notified them of my suspicions. We’ll see what happens.
My Paypal account’s been permanently suspended because I tried to use it while on holiday in a different country. Their verification system was to have someone phone me - at my landline number in England. And it had to be done within 48 hours. Emails sent to them just got an automated response saying ‘this is how to remove the limitations…’ with the same phone call instructions. Oh, I forgot - there was an alternative method of verification: while on holiday in a foreign country I could send paypal my passport. :smack:
A lot of the cheapest sites are paypal-only, so it is going to cost me money. I might end up opening a new bank account just so I can open a new Paypal account.
Someone had access to your emails for two months? That’d be worrying!
You think just Pay Pal suspensions are fun, get one of their debit cards. They love to randomly suspend them for ‘unusual activity’ My best friend travels regularly, anytime she uses the card in an airport their is a 50/50 shot the card gets suspended and she’ll have to call them to turn it back on. I have another friend who runs an online business and they keep suspending his card when he uses it to buy postage at the USPS, I mean it’s really suspicious for him to be buying postage and all…
I remember once I got scammed on Ebay. I was under some bizarre impression that the point of paypal was to protect me if that happened. I emailed paypal about the scammer and asked for my money back.
I was told more or less it wasn’t their problem and I should dispute the charge with my credit card company…so I did. They froze my account and fought the chargeback. The only way to unfreeze my account was to fax them some form with my details on it. I did so and nothing happened. When I asked about it I was sent the forms again. So endless cycle of me faxing the forms and receiving another copy of the forms.
I gave up and started a new account which took about 3 seconds. Still didn’t get my money back. Now I only use them when no other payment option is available.
Yeah, post #23 is a waste of time as are most of yours. This whole everyone is so spoiled and lazy schtick is dumb. Guess what, people use Ebay and find it useful. It doesn’t matter how many other internet auction sites there are that don’t require paypal if they don’t have the stuff he wants. (Not to mention the fact that the smaller and more indie the operation, the higher the likelihood of them using only paypal increases anyway.) So enough of this crap from you please.
I have read the whole thread. I’ve been reading it as new posts appear. I generally don’t go back to the start of each thread and then reread all the posts.
I’m guessing that you haven’t tried shopping on eBay lately. Back when I started shopping on it, I used to pay by check or money order all the time. Nowadays, I can’t be bothered to email the seller and ask if I can send a check. Especially if the seller states that s/he only accepts PayPal in the auction.
There are two sellers who regularly have what interests me; one only accepts PayPal, the other seems to be auction only and starts at more than what #1 wants.
This is all moot due to me being unable to justify the expense at this time.