PayPal Reviews

I was late in signing up for Paypal. I must confess: I was suspicious of the whole thing. A service I pay nothing for, but am expected to share my credit card and/or banking information with, and which acts as a conduit between me and the online retailers I fequent? What's in it for them? About six months ago, I finally caved and signed up. I was ordering quite often from Overstock, and got sick of typing in my 15 digit credit card number...and even sicker of not being able when I didn't have my card handy. So, yeah, I signed up and have been using it regularly ever since. Really, though, there...

Other reviews cover Paypal, so I will describe my experience with it. Paypal is the easiest site for sending and receiving money.  

That's great for buyers and sellers actually more great for sellers. The protection policy by Paypal is very inadequate at best. Mediocre.

I've been a seller and buyer on Ebay and a new called Ioffer. Most of my transactions went smooth. However, whenever I ran into an unsavory seller the protection by Paypal has NEVER come through.

One time I ordered a game from myself. The seller never sent my anything. I filed a dispute with Paypal and they told me they were...

I sold a laptop as-is on eBay. The buyer emailed me that they got it ok and it worked fine. A couple days later, they decide it wasn't "described well" and got their credit card company to do a chargeback.

PayPal not only refunded them the money out of my account, the buyer has not returned the laptop!

Good luck to those that have been scammed. And Beware to those who haven't. The seller protection is horrible and they will most likely back the buyer up.

I first discovered paypal through ebay a few years ago, and I have been using them faithfully ever since.  Paypal is an excellent way to give & receive money online.  You simply set up your paypal account (it's free) and link it to your personal bank.  Paypal is the ONLY source that sees your banking information.

Once you set up your account, you can use the service to receive money.  (if you're a merchant, you can use them too.  see the bottom of my review for further info)  You can also use it to pay for merchandise online.  The reason it's so safe is that when you make a purchase, there...

I purchased a "fake" phone from a user on Ebay.  When I returned the phone, the user said I did the damage to the phone when I did not.  He tried to destroy my rep as an online purchaser.  Emails were sent threatening me.  Luckily an Ebay person told me about the dispute option at Paypal since I had payed through Paypal.  I went through the process and Paypal looked at all the emails sent and I won the dispute.  Paypal gave me all my money back.

I've been dealing with paypal for a few years now, mostly for buying and selling on ebay. Most of the time its easy to use and there isn't any problem but when it comes to a dispute from a buyer, the seller always loses. I've went through this a couple of times where a buyer doesn't want something I've sold them and even though there is no refund on the item and I prove to paypal that the buyer is lying or wrong, I still lose and the buyer wins.

The first time it happened, I was selling a nintendo ds lite for a family member. After I'd sold the item the price of them went down drastically. The...

Paypal gets 2 stars from me, solely because they are not a complete scam. They will actually do honest business most of the time.

Many people, myself included, will recount horror stories of their dealings with Paypal. Just Google for "paypal sucks"

For years I have been shopping on line with confidence using my PayPal buying "shield"  Yesterday I filled a dispute with paypal requesting my money back for a dvd I had ordered through ecrater and jfsales51 What I recieved was a bootleg pirated copy. Paypal "investigated and closed" my claim within 90 min of me filling it. When I called Paypal I was informed that of the thousands and thousands of sites that use the PayPal option the only one I am protected one is Ebay. Unless I never recieve the item. So according to Paypal I did recieve it but who cares that it is a homemade illegal dvd......

My Paypal accounts have turned out to be quite indispensible for me!  If you do not have a Paypal account and are wondering why you need one or why you should be bothered with this then I would highly recommended that you go onto the paypal website and read all of the great benefits that you can derive from this tool.  First and foremost, Paypal is easy to set up and it is completely free to setup as well.  I know that there are other financial tools which claim to be completely free when in fact there is a small cost associated with using them.  I use my Paypal account to receive funds from...

I became a PayPal member/user about 5 years ago and have had a wonderful experience with them so far.  I started using it in correlation with my Ebay buying and selling.  Using PayPal in this way makes Ebay very easy and is the most convenient way to collect and purchase Ebay products.  I also have experienced first-hand how security oriented they are.  I went on a trip to Hawaii last year and was using my PayPal card more than usual.  At one point, when I tried to get money from my card, it wouldn't let me until I called the customer care center and verified all of my information.  I truly...

paypal is convenient, however it is expensive.  If you are an ebay seller, you know ebay charges you to sell your item, and paypal charges you to accept payment. The funny thing is ebay owns both companies.  Therefore, you are being doublecharged for each item you sell on ebay.  Paypal is very convenient.  When you are selling on ebay, it is nice to have your money instantly, even if they charge you.  This makes it so you get your money faster, and your customers get their products faster.  I use paypal for this reason, the convenience outweighs the costs.  However if ebay continues to...

Paypal has just become very neccessary for anyone paying for items on Ebay. Some survey sites even pay through it exclusively.  So really it has become the norm for anyone doing business online weather you are purchasing items from ebay or doing surveys on various sites on the internet.  Paypal is a great site and it helps us to manage our funds. If there is any problem on Ebay there is the option of paypal helping you out.  And then you have the wonderful option of direct deposit of the survey funds if you so choose or you can always shop if you want!  Also a fun option!