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Ref: http://www.paypalwarning.com/home

If you are thinking of going into an online business, you may wish to read the information at the above link before using PayPal to handle your finances.

 
Stuff happens in the best of situations.

I've used Paypal (as purcheser and vendor) for years with no problems.

AND when one gets to the bottom of the page linked above, one finds:

"We highly suggest getting a Real Merchant Account to avoid becoming another PayPal horror story. Click Here For Our PayPal Alternative"

Perhaps they have their own motives for nay-saying Paypal?!?

p.s. I am in no way associated with Paypal other than in being a satisfied customer
 :yy:

I have used PayPal myself with no problems but I've only used it as a customer, not a client. From internic, I get the following:

For http://www.paypalwarning.com/home

Registrant:
PayPal Warning
Unit 1202 , Jiaozhou Rd.
Shanghai, Shanghai 200060
CN
86.21.6299.8446

Domain Name: PAYPALWARNING.COM

Administrative Contact:
Warning, PayPal mailto:abuse@paypalwarning.com
Unit 1202 , Jiaozhou Rd.
Shanghai, Shanghai 200060
CN
86.21.6299.8446

Technical Contact:
Warning, PayPal mailto:abuse@paypalwarning.com
Unit 1202 , Jiaozhou Rd.
Shanghai, Shanghai 200060
CN
86.21.6299.8446

For http://www.free-merchant.com/

Registrant:
Webmaster
17867 Thelma Ave
Jupiter, FL 33458
US
775 659-2848

Domain Name: FREE-MERCHANT.COM

Administrative Contact:
Support, Customer mailto:insaltin@hotmail.com
17867 Thelma Ave
Jupiter, FL 33458
US
775 659-2848

Technical Contact:
Support, Customer mailto:insaltin@hotmail.com
17867 Thelma Ave
Jupiter, FL 33458
US
775 659-2848

Just because the information looks different, doesn't mean that the same organization isn't behind it, it just means that, if they are, they were sneaky about it.

Personally, to me it doesn't matter as I've heard similar stories myself.

I know somebody who had/has a PayPal account, they had about £40 in the account and hadn't used it for a few months.

When they went to pay for an item they discovered their account wouldn't let them log in, assuming they had forgotten the password they followed the 'reset password' instructions, when getting into their account they found it was empty, as though it was a totally new account.

This in my view is quite terrible that people can lose their money in this way, I certainly won't be using or recommending PayPal in the near future.

Ben Last wrote:I know somebody who had/has a PayPal account ...

Do you know this person first hand or by reference?

This person is a family member, they never got around to complaining about it - and I guess its too late now.

Hey! Thanks for this info as well. (I have a family member that uses it as a customer and client haven't heard any thing negative yet) but will be considering other alternatives when ready.

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Recent Phishing attempt against PayPal. Be careful what you click on!