PAYPAL HORROR STORIES>??????

Jim Campbell · #1 12-02-2008, 01:26 PM

bought some gear from the classifieds and paypal double dipped my checking acct big time...anyone have any ideas how to navigate their complaint process....sitting on hold for a half hour to talk in circles with osama bin halfwit is very frustrating......every answer from every guy is word for word from the last guy.....playing their game means i have to wait a month to get my own money back......never again will i use,accept,recommend or anything else paypal.......i bet they make piles from interest bearing escrow accounts from these "errors"

stflbn · #2 12-02-2008, 01:40 PM

Current 'policy' change is to hold money from sales for 20 days unless the buyer gives favorable feedback. Not sure if it's for ALL things, but I know it is for what they consider 'risky' sales like computers, cell phones, etc.

Someone got some big kudo's internally for that idea. Interest money has got to have increase greatly inside paypal.

Jim Campbell · #3 12-02-2008, 01:58 PM

i get that...i deposited enough to combine with my balance to cover the sale,with room to spare.......they went in and took out a second time an amount equal to the item....no authorization for this second debit was given....im sure ill get it back at some point but who can afford to have 1200 bux out there in the void this time of year

NJL · #4 12-02-2008, 02:01 PM

damn

i'm never using paypal again. screw that.

bongomania · #5 12-02-2008, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim Campbell

...no authorization for this second debit was given...

I'm betting that isn't actually true. I have multiple bank accounts, Paypal accounts, and credit cards, so whenever I make a payment with Paypal I have to be very careful to select exactly which funding source I want to pay from. If you don't specify with each and every transaction, then it will just make a selection based on some cookie left behind on a previous transaction. If you really did specify, in that particular transaction, that you were choosing your Paypal balance as a funding source, then in that case they fouled up.

Jim Campbell · #6 12-03-2008, 04:29 AM

well that may be but ive done many transactions the same way and its always worked before......but even assuming an error on my part you would think they would be willing to help correct it.......instead of screw you we gotcha.......it would seem that far more people are pissed at paypal than at me