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Firstly if all my 'pals' treated me in the manner this company has my family and I over the last few years I would have probably run off to the rocky mountains, built a hut, raised and befriended a selection of mountain goats, then gained their trust before regrettably slaughtering them to eat and have nothing to do with them again (after taking their money obviously). My rather weird opening is starting to sound like the behaviour of a company a lot of us know and loathe.
PayPal - Where do I start? So many stories to tell that I don't have time for them all so will start with the first, one around the middle and the most recent and arguably most ridiculous of the lot!
For those of you who don't know PayPal they allow money exchange (for a fee) between different or same currencies within UK and outside. Not the only company who do this kind of service but the biggest of them I would imagine by some distance due to their eBay monopoly (you can only use PayPal to pay for eBay transactions) which I believe has several billion transactions per day, although that statement was not clear on the definition of a transaction but you get the idea of the scale.
So about 7 years ago the fun started. I used eBay a couple of times, no major issues. I then sold a laptop to a chap in the U.S., got proof of postage, tracker etc. About a week later he claimed he got an empty package and sent a photo of the package torn open. It was my package for sure. He immediately opened a PayPal dispute. So they asked him what he was expecting and he said medications or something (which would explain a lot) and asked me for proof of postage which I promptly sent showing date, weight etc and figured that would be the end of it. I took screenshots to prove everything. I did not know at this time that PayPal favours the buyer 9 times out of 10. Anyway received a message a few days later along the lines of "As you have not submitted postal proof we are refunding the buyer" and took the £400 out of my account! I showed them proof that I had co-operated - not interested. I believe in these instances they try to take the money from any card on the account so I cancelled them all which was a major hassle. I never used account again and ignored their emails afterwards as they had defrauded me in my opinion and sided with some buffoon who clearly stole the item and claimed the money back, which they seemed more than happy with!
About a year ago I tried opening another account. Made a few small transactions (£50-£100) before account got blocked as they linked to previous and demanded full payment. They of course kept what was in there although it was not a huge amount. £40 or so. Still annoying though. I do accept part of the risk on this but thought they might have got over it.
I rang customer services and explained that 4 of the transactions were not sales and that the ones marked 'eBay' were. Total transactions only a few hundred quid and the account is barely used. He seemed happy enough and rather perplexed about the lock on the account. He said to give 24 hours and it would be resolved. So job done as far as I was concerned. I expected an unlock email along with an apology. The next day my Dad received an email saying his account is permanently locked due to "the excessive risk involved with his business". WTF? A few hundred quid and there is no business and never was. A few small transactions and that's too high risk for them to run? I wasn't selling missiles to North Korea and none of the sold items were illegal which is what was being implied. So another PayPal account locked. I can't even use normal cards on guest checkout (for either of us).
How can they operate in this manner? Taking money from innocent people, using rubbish excesses about risk and locking accounts with money in them, Just to finish I was told yesterday a friend send £200 to the wrong email and it would take 7 working days to get back, but took them a nanosecond to remove money from her card. Surely this must be illegal? They are not regulated I believe and so can do as they please. I suppose neither is loan sharking but at least you know the score there. Basically using either will cause you physical, financial and/or emotional pain.
PayPal is a disgraceful company and basically a bunch of cowboys who do what they want. Some people like them but why are the courts not tackling them as they have been fleecing people for years? Yet Uber who save people money are being hauled over the coals. It's a total disgrace. I would complain again but it's pointless!
By: Steve L
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