I know several here sell on EPay so this should be on topic. Anyway when you use the Withdraw Funds function you are told it takes 3-4 business days to complete. Fine so far. Then 3-4 days later your account says Completed. OK there. Now the problem Im having is that it takes another 3-5 days to show in my bank account. Ive called PayPal and they say when it shows complete it goes right to the bank. My bank says since it is all computerized my account gets credited at the same time they receive it. Someone is lying and getting 3-5 days interest here on the money IMO. Why do I suspect PayPal is the culprit? Anyone else having the same experience? Ive filed a complaint with the state banking commission but that is only for my local bank. Only after they respond can I take it to the state AG office to go after PayPal.
I've been getting a PayPal email that says they need to verify my account or it will be shut down in 5 days. If you have been getting the same, IT IS A FRAUD, do not send them anything. Anything sent through email is insecure anyway, so you could be giving your information to lot's of other scammers not just the original emailer. According to the PayPalsucks.com website, PayPal doesn't care, they still get their money. Beware
Carl, my experience is when I withdrawl funds I usually have them in my checking account within 2 days. I usually notice it in my Wells Fargo account before I see the "finalized" message on PayPal. Talk to your bank. PayPal isn't all that responsive, but I think some banks interface with them better than others. FWIW: I'm in Houston - big city with hubs for lots of business - USPS - UPS - Continental Airlines - Southwest - etc...
I use PayPal for a lot of online transactions. When I use PayPal to tranfer money from my bank account to Mastercard, the money usually takes between 2 and 3 days to get there. I have watched all three places on the internet to see whats going on and PayPal pulls the Money from my Bank immediately, then for the next two days shows "processing" on the Account page. If they can pull it immediately, they can transfer it immediately to the Credit Card, so I would say that Yes, they are probably setting on it for those two days.
Thats how the big scumbags operate.....it all adds up to more interest than you & i could ever dream of!! Stick with Bidpay, everyone loves a Western Union money order its as good as cash!
i got an e-mail from pay pal saying that my credit card expired, and they need another one. i havent had time to really read it, but my card didn't expire and after reading this crap it's making me think that is a scam too, has anyone gottin one of these e-mails. -jeff
You should try to wire money abroad, in or outbound...there is always some money missing, like $15.00 or more. Neither my bank or the sending bank takes responsibility for it. Plus they get a nice float on my money for 2-5 days...Amazing I commend you for challenging them. Good Luck. Sometimes I think we need to bundle up all the Enron, Arthur Anderson, Worldcom, Mutual Fund rip off artists and bank folk and ship them off somewhere, and then we can start over with consumer friendly entities for us workings stiffs ! My humble opinion, of course...
I got the Paypal credit card e-mail update. I then relised that the number they were looking for wasn't the same as my Paypal credit card. Possibly a scam. I know paypal takes a percentage of the final price on a completed auction, but other than that I've had no problems with it. I usually sell about 5-10 items a month.
www.paypalsucks.com has more horror stories than you can shake a stick at. WOW, that is some scary shit, Ive been reading for an hour! Going to open another bank acct tomorrow and immediately switch PayPal transfers as they happen. I was told by a long time EBay merchant to do withdrawals several times a day and never let the balance they hold get over $200-300 or so. I guess the same goes with paying EBay fees. I use a card that has a low limit just to minimize my exposure to getting scammed by them. Never did trust that outfit.
It seems that online places like Ebay, Paypal and many others are a breeding ground for lowlife people trying to scam. About 2 months ago I got an e-mail from Ebay saying that my account with them was suspended because I had been using fraudulant(sp?) practices within my Ebay trading. It said that I couldn't buy or sell on there until I had my account verified. The same message had a link to click on to give "Ebay" the correct information and clear up my name. Well, I clicked on the link and nothing happened. I don't know if it's because the person who sent the e-mail didn't know what he was doing, or because my e-mail account is with Netscape and very little junk e-mails get by or what. After the link failed to work, I went to my "My Ebay" page to check things out. I had just spent the better part of the day listing some items for sale. Everything looked fine. The auctions were going fine and I had bids. I still wasn't sure, so I found some cheapie little do-dad that I wanted that was a Buy-It-Now. I went through the buying process and it all went perfectly. Turns out the e-mail was a fraudulent(sp? again, sorry) one. I have found that suspicious e-mails are usually a "hit and run". I mean, they'll kick it your way once and it usually never comes back. They might snag a few people in the scam, but then again, they may not, so on to new e-mail addys. On the legit e-mails, it seems like if you ignore the first few times they send them, they'll keep trying until you respond. At least it seems that way for me. You have to be very cautious when dealing on line. Sorry for the long post, but this kind of thing is very important FYI for Hambers! Like that guy used to say on Hill Street Blues, "Alright people, let's be careful out there!" I'm out......................Layta.............E
anybody have any bad stories about bidpay?after reading paypalsucks.com , im outta there!bidpay looks better.anyone?
better yet pay pal is not federaly regulated and has no fedral ins because they are not a bank supposedly they keep your money in there bank account and send and receive money orders electronicly so they need no insurance and only state permits but charge premium fee`s
Those emails from 'Paypal' and 'Ebay' to 'update' your account or credit card info are generally BOGUS..!! If you click on the link, make SURE the website info in the address bar starts with either "http://www.cgi.ebay.com" or similar,("http://www.cgi1.ebay.com" etc.) or for paypal, "https://www.paypal.com" (https means secure) If it has a numerical web address it is BULLSHIT..!!!("http://211.48.205.84:371/index.htm") The page will LOOK identical to the real deal, but all they are doing is getting your credit card info to STEAL from you..!!!! another trick is, when you get one of those emails, right click and 'select all'... if in the background you see a bunch of code or other nonsense it is also a scam... Please be careful everybody..!!! Later, Snacks... and slazzen, come on dude, try some punctuation... it would make your posts SO much easier to decipher man...
The email floating around currently from PayPal is a VIRUS!!! delete it @ once!!! don't even open it, this is from techtree.com "Paypal virus trawls the Web Sriram Sharma EmailPrint November 17, 2003 A computer virus that camouflages itself as a message from online payment gateway PayPal has started spreading among home users. The W32.Paylap worm is a varient of Mimail, and comes disguised as an email from online payment service Paypal. The worm appears with the subject line "YOUR PAYPAL.COM ACCOUNT EXPIRES" and contains an attachment named paypal.asp.scr. When run, the program asks for credit card information which it then sends to a remote server. The latest version is attached to an email forged to look as though it came from PayPal, which was bought over by eBay last year. Running the programme infects the victim's computer and asks the PC user for credit card information, which the virus then sends to the attacker. When a person opens the email attachment, a window appears bearing the PayPal logo and asking for credit card information. The virus stores any information provided by the victim in a file called "ppinfo.sys" and the file is sent to four email addresses stored in the program." Skip
I have used pay pal a lot and am happy with their service. the email question is best addressed this way.....never click an attachment in an email from [saying from Pay Pal....Just go to your favorites wher you know you are on the actual[HTTPS]"S for secure] Genuine-paypal site,then you know you have no problem.
I sold a posi unit on Ebay for some significant bucks and shipped it when PayPal told me the payment had been made. A day or two later I got an email that the Buyer's account was in question and they were withholding payment. They weren't more specific than that, but told me I wouldn't be able to get the money until the problem was cleared up. However, I had shipped the part and purchased the Delivery Confirmation that Priority Mail offers for 45¢. PayPal told me that as soon as I had confirmation that the package was delivered, their Fraud Protection guarantee would kick in. A couple of days later confirmation was posted on the USPS web site and I again contacted PayPal to tell them it was delivered. They then went ahead and paid me, even though their dispute with my Buyer hadn't been cleared up. If I hadn't bought the Delivery Confirmation, I would have prolly been screwed. Best damn 45¢ I ever spent !! I've used PayPal in hundreds of on-line auction transactions, both buying & selling, and this was my first and only problem and they took care of it quickly. Make sure, if you're the Buyer or Seller, to read the fraud protection section carefully, follow all their directions and save yourself a hassle. Just to be extra careful, I also never keep more than $200 - $300 in a separate PayPal bank account and I have a credit card posted with them that only has a $500 limit and is only used for Ebay.
I have gotten an e-mail saying to update my account and started too, then they were asking question that i knew they wouldnt ask for in an unsecurde e-mail. I deleted the info I did respond too, so far no virus.
I have gotten those e-mails as well, if you read what eBay, Pay Pal, or any OTHER online service says in the fine print, they say that they will NEVER ask you for your name and password in such a manner... I got a certain letter from "eBay"...it was quite funny, actually, telling me that my account was going to expire for some reason....my first clue was the use of what looked like a cross between ebonics and english used by a russian immigrant in some of the tezt that was modified from what probably was an actual ebay page at one time... after viewing the HTML source of the letter, I found the e-mail address of the character that sent this piece of cyber-shit, it was where the information was to be sent when I would have cliked "login"...this genius spelled it "l0ggin"... the lil would-be account thief was pretty slick in putting it together... hope he liked his flooded inbox...and the spam he got subscribed to.... I reported it to eBay, never got so much as a thank you, nor did I get a response from them about it...now THATS gratitude and customer service/appreciation at its finest...
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