Re: [Thinkpad] How to buy a notebook on Ebay

I agree, don't leave money in a Paypal account. Let me add that you should
never login into a Paypal account from a non-US IP address, as they are
very sensitive to changes in your IP address. The login may work the first
time, but soon thereafter you'll probably get an account login security
error. Then they'll want copies of your ID papers, your firstborn child,
and you to change your account password before they'll let you back in.
People who use anonymizing proxy server systems (e.g. TOR, privoxy) may run
into problems if they try to visit Paypal while the proxy system is active.

Also, don't upgrade to a Premier account unless you intend to leave your
account Premier forever. They don't let people change between the free and
premier accounts more than once, and they'll charge you about 3%
transaction fees on transactions made via a Premier account, even if it is
a direct bank transfer. Better to create a new Paypal account specifically
for Premier purposes if you need to accept credit card payments via Paypal.

At 08:08 PM 3/3/2006 -0500, Bruce Markowitz wrote:
>Absolutely, never leave any funds in the account. That is one of the givens.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "gwydion" <gwydion@courvilles.com>
>To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
>Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 8:00 PM
>Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] How to buy a notebook on Ebay
>
>
>> Not sure about current practices, but I wouldn't count on the credit card
>> protection if you have money in the account. I had one situation where
>> the seller sent me goods that were completely different than described. I
>> paid through PayPal using a credit card. When I objected to what was
>> delivered, PayPal reversed the charge on the credit card and then just
>> took the funds from my account, leaving me with a dispute that could only
>> be resolved through PayPal. Their dispute resolution process was
>> non-existant, and they froze me whole account, even though the remaining
>> funds clearly had nothing to do with the dispute. I still use PayPal, but
>> I never leave funds in the account.

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Received on Mon Mar 6 01:44:14 2006