Paypal, like all other online services, is only as good or as bad you want it to be. The system itself is neither good or bad, its the people using it who make it good or bad. One thing's for sure, paypal is there to make a profit and it woun't cheat your money, if that's what you mean.Arc_Trooper71 wrote:Oh. Plo Strax-Avix, How good is Paypal, i mean by, how reliable? Highly? Give me your feedback on that, i've never used Paypal. I've herd bad things about it from a couple of my mates where i lived.
However, being THE biggest and most popupar online payment site, they tend to be less customer friendly. If you're in the USA at least you can call them up and talk to a real person if you're having problems. But if you're outside of the USA, even with very affordable call packages its a hassle to call them, especially when you take the time difference into consideration.
Paypal is, and will be (for the forseable future), the most convenienet and the fastest way to send money through the net, and most online sellers will only accept paypal as the only form of payment.
I'm not endorsing paypal, but personally I've had no problem using it; meaning I've not had to file a claim or had someone file a claim against me. I've heard paypal can be slow to respond when you file a claim but I've also heard most people who filed a claim do get their money back if they indeed have a case.
One horror story I've come across is you may get into trouble with paypal if you receive or send money to someone who's had a long running dispute with paypal, because they'll consider you an associate of that person and freeze your account. This if the most worrying thing as far as I'm concerned because there's no way to tell if the next person you're dealing with has had problems with paypal.
Anyone else who's had any dealings with paypal/ebay or other type of online trading please do share their information so that new users can be aware of the many pitfalls of online trading.