I bought something from ebay and I’m debating on whether to put it on my credit card and pay for it thru PP. I have already had my credit card comprimised on another internet purchase, not Ebay. So I am a little gun shy. I bought a rod a while back and just sent the seller a cashier’s check.
So what are your experiences?
anglerdave…
Definitely go with the PayPal payment. It costs the buyer nothing (only the seller is charged for the service) and if something does go amiss with the seller, PayPal will arbitrate for you and refund most of the money that you sent to the seller if the seller is really a dud. I have been using the service for 5 years and they have helped me many times.
I have used PayPal thru Ebay for the last couple years and have never had one problem with a transaction thru them. I have purchased over 50 items on Ebay and almost all were paid by using PayPal. I trust them with my account.
Rocky
My wife has become super ebay junkie lately and pay-pal has been wonderful for her to work with.
No, I am not just saying that because they are down the street here in Omaha either. 
Don
Thanks for the feed back. I should have asked this question before I selected my payment method. I told the sellar I would send him a cashier’s check. oh well, next time I’ll know better.
just set up your paypal account now, that will you will be ready later
roger
princess anne, eastern shore of md.
When I sell on ebay I never use Paypal… Takes way too much effort and time to get your money from them… If they immediately sent you a m.o. instead of it going into an account… maybe. Had a bad experience with them several years ago when it took 3 weeks to get money out of them. Guess if you only want to buy with it and it goes against your card it could work okay but I would just as soon send a postal m.o. for anything I buy.
I’ve been using ebay and paypal since both were in their first years with over 200 transactions to date. I’ve bought and sold and I’ve never had a transaction problem with paypal. I have a confirmed account with a confirmed shipping address and that’s important for smooth transactions. On the other hand, if you’re not comfortable with all that, money orders and cashier’s checks are a great way to protect yourself.
Diane
Time for me to be devils advocate here!
I had my Paypal account accessed by some crooks. They did the usual of duplicating the site and emailing me asking me to verify details, same old same old. Anyway I saaw it was a sham and didn’t put anything in, but apparently once I had looked at it was enough to give them access to my account and then the transactions started.
I will say that Paypal actually picked it up fast and notified me, were very helpful and professional about it all, and I have no complaint with them.
Anyway I do not use Paypal anymore, you make up your own mind.
(“Once bitten” syndrome)
I got pished by some crooks trying to get my paypal info .I notified Pay pal and they already knew about the guy , he was already in jail . I have used paypal for years now and have never had a problem .
PayPal is great!
Gringo…My rule is that I NEVER, and I mean NEVER open a business email. IF I have a business relationship with a company, as I do with Ebay, payPal & others, and the email seemed legitimate, I will go on the internet, sign on to the secure site, and check it out. As you stated, just OPENING a site can result in problems.
Mike
This site’s about sharing!
As a steady buyer on ebay…I am partial to sellers who except paypal…and am highly unlikely to bid on any item where the seller does not accept paypal…any emails at all from them…except the ones I know are coming…" conformations of a purchase "…are Immediately reported as spam…Thanks mostly inpart to the good ppl here who alerted me to such scam’s as afore mentioned…
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[This message has been edited by billknepp (edited 23 November 2005).]
What you want to be careful of if you’re using Paypal is if you are a seller. The problems have improved since Ebay bought them out, but you could still get hung up. Search Google for “paypal sucks” for more info.
If you are a buyer, you have nothing more than usual to worry about. Most credit card and identity theft info is stolen from large databases at the credit card processing company, or in person when the clerk takes your card–not from small retailer’s websites.
If you are an Ebay or other seller that accepts Paypal:
DANBOB
For sellers (and I have about 1,000 transactions 746 plus the repeats) Ebay is a tough nut to get money from. It goes into an account and then you have to request a check be sent to you… It used to take 3 weeks! Bid pay is great…a check straight to you within a couple of days of completion of auction. Danbob is absolutely right. I never buy anything from anyone who ONLY excepts paypal! And if you ever go in on the ebay chats you will find a ton of people who will not use paypal… I feel they want to hold on to everyones money for day to day interest for a few weeks, what the heck, even a 10th of a percent of a few hundred million adds up pretty fast. Again, buying is a different story. Plenty of people on ebay with a fast M.O. to make up for the few who are charging purchases against a paypal account who only buy that way…
I use PayPal and it works great for me as a seller and a buyer. I have a paypal debit cark so I have access to receive money immediately both to purchase or receive money.
I do not use Pay Pal. I used to but after a few transactions, they demanded my checking account #s and other classified information. I do not give these out to anyone! Anyone who needs them already has them. Also, I quit when I found out that they not only are anti-2nd Ammendment, but they contibute heavily to the Brady Bunch, so I want no part of them…period!