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for PayPal

Rating Summary based on 60 reviews

  • 5 Stars
    		13
  • 4 Stars
    		18
  • 3 Stars
    		12
  • 2 Stars
    		3
  • 1 Star
    		14

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  • Additional Charges
  • Competitiveness of APR
  • Ease of Application
  • Product package
  • Quality of Customer Service
  		• 2.7
  		• 3.1
  		• 4.1
  		• 3.6
  		• 3.1

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  • 155 of 155 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 6 Deru

    Member since 23/11/2003

    Reviews written: 145

    3 Stars PayPal, a Necessary Evil 25/04/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Convenient, User-friendly, widely used, International payments

    Disadvantages Disadvantages FRAUD, High Fees, POOR SUPPORT FOR SCAM VICTIMS, POOR PROTECTION, withdrawal / add funds time

    PayPal is an online payment processor most commonly used for sending and receiving money for online auction purchases, but many websites now accept PayPal as a payment option due to its popularity. PayPal was bought by eBay, so now it is heavily integrated with the eBay sites. PayPal lets people send money from a credit or debit card into another PayPal account as payment for goods or services. Money in a PayPal account can also be sent to another account as payment. You can use Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Switch, Maestro, Delta and Visa Electron cards with your PayPal account as well ... more
  • 45 of 45 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    BananaMan111

    4 Stars A pal for life? 06/01/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A great tool for E-bay buyers and sellers

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Fee's are at every corner and mount up. A prime target for fraud.

    Paypal is a great online web site and money management tool that is a must have to go along with your E-bay account. It speeds up processes for both buyers and sellers on E-bay, plus there are possibly thousands of web sites that now except Paypal as a payment method. If you're not already a member of this great site and you are an active participant in online auctions, this is for you. You must have seen the Paypal signs and logos on the site! I have written about my experience with Paypal.com and the web site Paypal.com as a web site that includes design and navigation etc. I've have ... more
  • 24 of 24 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 Sunnysmiles

    Member since 22/07/2005

    Reviews written: 534

    4 Stars Handy online account 31/07/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages recieve instant payments

    Disadvantages Disadvantages percentage charges on sales

    I have been a member of Ebay for a number of years now and being the sceptic that I am it took me ages to think about and open a Paypal account. Having used this account for about a three years. I thought I'd write and tell you of my views on paypal. Paypal as you may know is an online banking service and can be used in many different ways. Having investigated and used this banking service for about three years, it has in my opinion served it's purpose well. This service is free to join. To open an account with paypal is easy. ----------------------------------------​--------------- You can ... more
  • 77 of 77 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    SusanLesley

    5 Stars Money, money, money! 10/07/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Quick, easy, safe

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Commisiison charges

    I have been using EBay now for a couple of years. I began by selling stuff from the house before we moved here to Llandudno and I have kept this going selling all sorts of bits and pieces that I pick up at boot sales etc. This is the page that you will see if you click on ‘auctions’ on my Ciao home page. I then opened an EBay shop selling miniature clocks and pocket watches. In the beginning I just offered my items to the UK bidders only as I didn’t want to be bothered with foreign currency, but quite a few people asked if they could bid from overseas. Initially they paid by cheque but this ... more
  • 55 of 55 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 1st2thebar

    Member since 11/05/2005

    Reviews written: 461

    3 Stars >Clickety click .. save yourself ££s of bank fees 01/06/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages fast money transfers

    Disadvantages Disadvantages customer support slow and inadequate

    ----Paypal the quickest for online payment---- Paypal is an online payment merchant for fast and efficient service. *The url link is www.paypal.com* Paypal is divided up into three sections when you first view the site. 1. Buyers: 2. Sellers: 3. Merchants: The Buyers The main bulk of Paypal users are the Buyers. The buyers are It is individuals who set-up an online payment for buying products online or for paying for winning auctioned products from eBay. Paypal is owned by eBay and has been for three years. By eBay being the world biggest auctioning marketplace it has contributed in increasing ... more
  • 24 of 24 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    mfhome

    3 Stars Paypal Buyer Protection- a lot of fuss 07/02/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Quick and Easy money transfer - safer than cash

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Not as easy as it seems

    This is a review about the buyer protection services offered to paypal users. I don’t like to moan often, it’s usually not worth the hassle. However, in this case I think my Ciao friends should know a little bit more about the Paypal buyer protection scheme so that they can make their own minds up. I have used Paypal many times to buy and sell items on eBay. The service works well and the cash is transferred quickly. For the most part the cash transfer service works well and is adequately described here. In this review I want to tell you about the Paypal buyer protection facilities. You may ... more
  • 33 of 33 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    bcnlondon

    4 Stars An alternative merchant account Review with images 01/04/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Easy to use payment proccessor

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Very strict security policy

    I use PayPal for 2 years now for business purposes. The curious visitor of PayPal website will think that PayPal is quite like any other payment proccessing webslite like e-gold or moneybookers. Only when you join PayPal you get the full picture of it - especially if you are a businessperson. PayPal has 3 different acount types: Personal, premium and business. - Personal accounts The basic PayPal account designed for individuals. This is the perfect for the occasional ebay auctions buyer/seller account setup. It's very easy to setup your account and get it working in less than 10 minutes ... more
  • 51 of 51 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Sexy_Young_God

    3 Stars The easiest way to recieve money??? Review with images 12/07/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Fast Money via e-mail addresses

    Disadvantages Disadvantages The fees are increasing alot

    In reply to the answer above the answer is YES. Welcome to my personal review on PayPal UK. I started using PayPal at the age of 15. Since then I have found other payment engines on the internet that offer better services and features. For those of you who don’t know who PayPal are, they are the biggest online payment handler within the world. They have just over 45 Million members worldwide. *****REGISTERING***** The registration process is really easy. All you have to do is click on the Sign-Up link at the top of the page and enter you personal details. Registering with PayPal is quick and ... more
  • 30 of 30 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    coleecip

    5 Stars You want fast payment - with security you got it! 10/12/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages excellent money transferral system

    Disadvantages Disadvantages the unwary user can fall prey to scams

    When the internet began being used to buy things online a payment system was always going to be a great asset to the survival and expansion of internet business. Paypal was and is that saviour!! First I shall discuss the benefits please reserve your cynicism of scams until the end. WHAT IS IT Paypal is a facility where you can receive and send funds through many different currencies across the internet. If you receive $100 you can convert it into £ or just pay for something else on the internet in $. This means you never have to convert and pay exchange rates, thus maximising your money. I ... more
  • 15 of 15 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    dbarcl10

    5 Stars Send and receive money with PayPal 17/08/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Easy to use, instant payment

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Perception of high fees

    PayPal is a subsidiary company of eBay that allows online payments for auctions and more recently other sites have begun using PayPal to accept online payments. PayPal as we know it only came into existence in 2000, following a merger between Confinity and X.com. PayPal was the payment method of choice by more than 50% of eBay users worldwide, bigger than Billpoint which was acquired by eBay in May 1999. Given its popularity, PayPal was then acquired by eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion. In the last quarter of 2006, PayPal's total value of transactions was $11 billion, a growth of 36% over the ... more
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