PayPal

Pros: none that I can think of
Cons: Hard To Reach Customer Service E-mail answers in 99% autoresponders not addressing problem

I am a US Citizen living overseas and had an paypal account for years but one day my account was blo ...

Pros: Mostly worldwide, great alternative if you have bad or no credit.
Cons: Costly to sell, buyer protection costs you without any guaranty.

I opened my account some five years ago now. It doesn't seem that long but anyway... This was a good way to make purchases on the Internet when you have bad credit and no credit card. You can link a bank account or a credit card. International buyers ...

Pros: Convenient for payments between unknown parties.
Cons: Protects criminals, exposes victims, appears unsympathetic and unhelpful.

Brief: Sent money to a non-Ebay (this is crucial) truck parts seller that seemed to have a good reputation within the vintage truck community. Payment went through in the speedy Paypal way. However, after repeated attempts to get some response from the ...

Pros: Fast Money
Cons: Poor Customer Service

I joined Paypal several months ago when they were offering people $10 free to sign up. You can also get $5 for each person that you refer to Paypal once they verify their account.

With Paypal you can send money to anyone that has an e-mail...

Pros: Easy to use...convenient
Cons: no protection for sellers on overseas transactions

I've used Paypal for about five years on Ebay and have had no real problems with it. I've used it to purchase items and used it to receive payments for items. The expense for receiving payment as a seller is minimal(3%). That can add up if shipping ...

Pros: Good to use ONLY by Buyers on eBay.
Cons: Unwarranted chargebacks to Seller accounts will happen.

We have maintained seller and buyer accounts on PayPal since the PP began service. Over that period we have generally been satisfied with the services we have received. No longer. Two recent episodes illustrate our dissatisfaction: 1) We ...

Pros: Easy world-wide payment from or to anyone
Cons: They ransom your money and limit you to $500 per 30-day period

We've been using PayPal since the late 90's. Our first experience with them was when they "suspended" our accoutn due to noticing "activity from a Malaysian IP address" while we were accessing our account in Malaysia (they are a "banned" country for ...

Pros: There are no "pros" to using PayPal over other payment methods.
Cons: PayPal knowingly engages in deceitful business practices.

PayPal engages a practice intended to trick people into changing their "no fee" account into a premium account for which regular fees are charged. When a Seller lists an item on eBay and uses PayPal as a form of payment, eBay inserts the PayPal logo, ...

Pros: site appears efficient, lean, mean, only game in ebaytown
Cons: You don't EVER EVER EVER want a problem! AND only game in ebaytown

Bottom line and one word: ARROGANCE. To what effect: On a whim, they will strip down your account in a process called a "limitation" per user agreement that will inhibit you from removing money or closing the account unless you provide numerous ...

Pros: Easy to use
Cons: Bad customer service, company attempts to rip off donations

PayPal sounds like the perfect solution to on-line purchases made from private parties: You provide some banking and personal information, and in return you can handle the financial part of on-line transactions almost instantly. You can transfer money ...

Pros: Handy for sending CC payments to people/businesses that do not have CC merchant accounts.
Cons: If you have a problem, tough luck.

I was a member of paypal in good standing for over 4 years, buying and selling here and there on ebay. In May '04, I bought football tickets on ebay from a seller with 300 positive feedback, with the paypal buyer protection seal on the auction, as ...

Pros: Easy to use, instant debit and credit posting, easy UPS shipping
Cons: Hard to reach a live person. They are mostly on-line.

In the two years that I have used Paypal, I have gone from utter disappointment to guarded enthusiasm. As a beginning E-bay business I have used them for the past six months. It makes the transactions much faster and easier to keep track of. They also do...

Pros: Easy to use, All In One Service makes Live easy if you use it RIGHT
Cons: Fees for service can be expensive, Paypal will lock cards if you change email address

I have been using this service for a little over a year now; mainly to pay for auctions and I thought it was pretty cool. Recently I became a seller on EBAY and realized that I would have to use a pay account a little more often. Since so many people on...

Pros: Convenience for E-bay-aholics, can send anyone with email a bill
Cons: Can't accept CC payments w/ personal account, have to register a bank account, poor service

UPDATE: As of July 2004, PayPal has tenatively settled a class-action lawsuit dealing with some of their problems, including their "Money-Back Guarantee." So, it's taken a couple years, and the threat of legal remedies, but it seems I might actually ...

Pros: paypal is the easiest and fastest way to pay for auctions
Cons: they charge you to accept money when you have a premier account

I have used paypal for a couple of years now. I buy and sell a lot of stuff on ebay auctions, so it is a very useful tool. When you buy items and pay by paypal, you usually receive your items very quickly. When you sell items and the person sends it...