Ok, what the heck is PayPal and is it safe?

Welcome to 1997

Sux. They want every bit of info from you they can get. And I was a trouble free customer. Not doing them again

Pointy hat, lives at the Vatican, Catholics kiss his ring.

They do suck but it’s a super easy way to pay anyone else whose a user. Also lots of online vendors accept it.

I've been using them for 10 years and haven't had a problem. Makes paying for basically anything online or person-to-person very easy.

Everything but guns and gun parts. Once they catch it, they lock both accounts until they "investigate". Meanwhile, both you and the buyer/ seller are out of luck.

Yes, you may have gotten away with it once or twice in the past, but you will get caught.

I've been using paypal for years. They have my CC number and instead of giving my card number to every Tom, Dick, and Harry, I just pay with Paypal. Now, how they conduct the business, I'm not sure. They will confirm they made the payment and tell you what you will see on your CC statement, such as payment made to so-n-so.

They keep wanting me to send more info, but I ignore it. I've been signed up for 10 yrs or so, with no problems.

My .02

It's a way to pay without having your CC information all over the place. I haven't had trouble.

They are a left wing group who hate guns. I won't do anything with them.

These Train Schedules are confusing, wheres my Conestoga?

I have it, don’t use it much!

My publisher pays my royalties through PayPal, so I have to have an account there. Painless and simple. I occasionally buy stuff from eBay and use PayPal Credit, not to stretch out payments (I pay in full within 30 days) but because that adds another layer of buyer safety in case the seller is dodgy. Paypal is very good about refunding payments if merchandise never arrives, for example. Using PP Credit gives me a 30-day no interest security blanket.

I've run over 30k through it

The app is very easy

Venmo is good as well.....owned by Paypal

PayPal does have its uses although firearm related items are a no-go

Great for sending payments- - - -not so good for receiving. They take a big bite of the total anytime you withdraw money they have received for you, like 3% or so. There's no charge to the party sending the payment, and it adds a layer of security when using a credit or debit card to pay for online purchases.
Jerry

It’s a super convenient thing to have. No driving to post office, no driving to bank, no 10 day wait. It’s instant money with security.
Plus a lot of online businesses have the option of(pay with PayPal). Don’t have to type everything in(address, cc info etc).
I really like it when selling in the classifieds. I can receive payment and have the buyers item shipped within an hour.

I've bought lots of gun related goods through Pay Pal and have never had a problem. Many times it has been through well known gun businesses like Midway.

Are you serious? 🤣🤣 You've obviously had a computer since at least 2006 when you joined here, you get kidnapped by Apache's or somethin'?

Been using Paypal since the late 90's. Nary a glitch. More user friendly with age, now.

Below is something I copied from another forum that Steve of Hammerbullets.com posted. I have no financial interest in their bullet company; other than using their bullets for a few years.


As an update to our PayPal problems.

It has been well past 180 days since we had our account frozen, so we tried to get our money. They responded to our request by telling us that they found a problem with our account and will be permanently freezing our account and will be holding our money for 180 days. I don't think they have any intention of ever giving our money back! They are crooked and anti constitutional in respect to their anti gun stance. Anybody that uses PayPal for any reason should reconsider. There is no reason for freedom loving Americans to feed the beast that wants to limit the freedom and liberty of the citizens of our great country. Anyone using them for the convenience or because it cost less than other methods are funding the efforts of those that want to limit our rights guaranteed by our constitution. It makes no sense for anyone to use them that cares about freedom. As far as I am concerned, using PayPal is like selling a product of war to an enemy state because there is money to be made.

Pass the word and let people know that PayPal is not their friend and to stop using them. Empty your accounts and close them.

Steve also posted,

I contacted our AG office and the flunky that I talked to informed me that they were not interested in defending a business and alluded to the fact that businesses have lots of money. I told him that we are a young business and money is an issue since we pretty much put everything we make back into the business, as well as the fact that their home page says they help businesses. He then said he would take it to his boss. I never heard back.

I have reviewed their user agreement. We do not have a violation. It says that their service can not be used for firearms or ammunition. Neither of which we ever used them for. In review they told us that they do not like the business that we are in and decided to freeze our account anyway.

Fact is they don't like the firearms industry and there is no way we can hire an attorney for the amount of money they have stolen from us. They are simply terrible and crooked.

Steve

They are anti gun so they are anti me..... I won't use them under any circumstance because of that!

I had a PayPal account well over a decade ago. Things are smooth with them, until they aren't.