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I’ve been using www.ebay.com now for the best part of two years. In that time, I’ve sold loads of different things, but mainly music CDs. In my experience, the way to really maximise your chances of getting good loot is to open your auction out to the global community. Sadly, this can lead to delays and complications for both parties, because cash payments take a long time to arrive. For my latest batch of auctions – some 500 in total – I decided ...
...within my auctions, if I wanted to reduce the grief for everyone concerned. One of the most popular and well-known virtual banking facilities is managed via www.paypal.com. I’d seen the payment method advertised some time ago, but when I originally tried to sign up, I found that I needed a bank account in the USA. Fortunately, this is no longer the case and Paypal has literally revolutionised the end to end auction process. REGISTRATION AND STUFF ...

LostWitness 26.11.2002 (29.08.2003) · Read full review
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I like Paypal. There are those who argue against it because of the charges that they levy for their services, but for me, it is a swift way of getting money from A to B, and if I have to pay a little for the use of their services, I really do not mind very much. WHAT IS PAYPAL ? Well its a secure way of getting money from A to B. Suppose for example, you want to sell something on Ebay (one of the auction sites on the internet). People place bids ...
...the persons address and details of how much the postage costs, and doing everything by email and then post is not only longwinded but you can wait so long that you actually forget what you sold to whom !! Yes, of course, your ebay account keeps details, but when you have a memory like mine, I can never remember if I have billed someone or not, and sometimes your personal page on Ebay is a little slow to track things and I lose my way. Paypal is ...

thingywhatsit 06.08.2004 · Read full review
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If like me, you spend a lot of buying and selling at auctions, or have a website where you want to sell to folks worldwide, sending and receiving payments overseas can be a nightmare! Banks and Building Societies can charge you a fortune in commission for converting cheques into sterling (and vice versa) and you can lose a lot of profit. An alternative is PayPal, a simple and reliable way to send money to any email address in the world and accruing ...
...now take advantage of this useful means of sending and receiving cash anywhere in the world. It’s also a boon if you sign up to lots of ‘get paid’ schemes on the Internet, as more and more are now offering PayPal as an alternative payment method. No more hefty commission charges! UK subscribers can register a credit card or bank checking account at PayPal and have funds transferred directly from and to them. It’s very easy, ...

Squiggles 01.06.2001 · Read full review
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...online auctions or rewards programs, PayPal.com is the site for you. The leader in E-commerce transactions has provided, for several years running, an absolutely free service for private users along with inexpensive rates for business transactions. Users from many different countries and regions can indeed send and receive money through PayPal.com’s tried and tested secure servers. Yes, your transactions are as safe and secure as any online ...
...space: In fact, in my experience it’s proven to be more secure than using my debit or credit cards to purchase goods via the Internet. When you point your browser to the URL, you will be greeted with a basic, user-friendly layout: Subdued colors with clearly marked buttons and links for ease of surfing. You can create an account at no cost by clicking the “Sign Up” button located in the top left corner of your screen, or click ...

Sarah_B 26.01.2002 (27.01.2002) · Read full review
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As you know I have recently opened a shop on Ebay selling watches and clocks – the shop address is on my Ciao home page if you’re interested. I had quite a few overseas bidders ask if I used any of the automated payment sites and I had to say ‘no’ and request cheques including an extra £5 costs so that they could be converted back to sterling by my bank. Clearly this isn’t a good idea and, if wanted my shop to be a success, I needed to sort out ...
...the items that they had won. I decided to go for Paypal for two reasons – firstly I read some of the opinions here on Ciao and it sounded good, and secondly that Ebay have just taken over Paypal and so logically it must be the ideal choice for proceeds of Ebay auctions. Easy Registration To register with Paypal is a piece of cake! They ask for the basic information of name, address, telephone number and your preferred currency. Obviously my preferred ...

SusanLesley 15.12.2002 (30.12.2002) · Read full review
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Right this is for all of you who buy and sell in Internet auctions - or take part in any of the Web rewards programs - Pay to Surf, read email etc etc. Paypal is a MUST ! You must have seen the logo while you have been browsing an Auction site. You’ve probably also seen it as a payment option, if ever you discover a ‘rewards program’ that actually pays. Well, Paypal is a long established and highly reputable system whereby people ...
...an email ‘payment request’. Additionally, you can, of course pay for goods and services yourself by this method or send a cash gift to a friend across the other side of the world. • NOW AVAILABLE TO US ‘JOHNNY FOREIGNERS’ Initially Paypal was set up for and to be used by US and Canada residents. The principle is simple. You have an ‘account’ – not the same as, but also not unlike, a Bank account. ...

flashpointz 01.05.2001 (06.05.2001) · Read full review
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Pay Pal is one of the easiest and safest way to transact your online purchases and expenditure. At present there are over 9 million Pay Pal users worldwide (in 36 countries) and the number is increasing rapidly. The company is American based and are completely open to International members. The major reasons why this has been such a success is the Security. Providing your Credit Card number on the Internet has always been very scary to me. What ...
...charged and being charged for things you never really purchased. In this day and age retrieving someone’s credit card details, for fraudulent use, has never been easier. Everyday crooks are finding ways to beat the security systems. In may case I have only used my Credit card twice on the Internet and for those two transactions I made sure that I checked out the security policy and system, that the sites in question were using. Many a time ...

vinodgm 01.09.2001 · Read full review
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Paypal is an online payment company which is owned by Ebay and is mainly used by the masses for sending and receiving payments for items brought and sold on Ebay. The site is free and easy to join up and then there are various accounts that you can choose such as a business or personal account and each account has different criteria such as how much you can send or receive and what the fees you will be charged are. Fees vary from transaction to transaction ...
...can also verify your account by having a small amount deposited in your bank account by paypal and receiving information (such as a pin code) on the phone or by post. This then lets other members of paypal/ebay know that your account has been verified and the details you have provided are correct. The paypal site is very quick and simple to join up to and it's very easy to send a payment. You can either be linked via e-bay once you have won an item ...

katyeverett 22.06.2009 · Read full review
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The premise behind paypal is both simple and appealing: The internet is a slightly scary place to shop, so rather than risking giving your credit card details out online, you set up a paypal acocunt and shift money through there - they deal with the companies, you get added piece of mind and everything is joyous. Better yet, you can send money to people, demand money from people, all at no cost. Furthermore, reward sites can reward you, shifting ...
...charges. Until you get into the small print. Paypal offers three kinds of service - Basic, free service (allows you to accept money from other paypal accounts, and to buy online using your paypal account)It costs $1.95 to set up - a fee they extract to check out the validity of your credit/debit card, and which you should get back eventually. You can use this account to shop online, but you can't accept payments from credit cards, which can be a ...

Bryn_Pearson 02.07.2002 · Read full review
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PAYPAL.com, and PAYPAL.co.uk is one of the largest online money transfer sites available today. With over 45 million users PAYPAL has become the leading company for consumers to send and receive money for customers, clients or friends. SO WHATS SO SPECIAL ABOUT IT? *PAYPAL is open to everyone who has an email account and its free to join. (small amount charged to bank account initially, but refunded once account is active) *PAYPAL offers a very ...
...very wide number of currencies *PAYPAL is safe to use and gives regular reminders on how to keep your account safe and private *PAYPAL offers efficient help, through online sections about FAQ's, as well as emailing option and telephone support *PAYPAL is linked to EBAY, so paying for auctions or receiving payments is direct and simple *PAYPAL downloads funds directly into your bank account on your request (within a few days) So theres the basic ...

Jennyben10 26.04.2004 · Read full review
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PayPal has always meant "no cheques needed" to me, someone who must have spent at least a thirtieth of his life on eBay and who is sick of licking those thin, long envelopes. When I received my 'proper' debit card from the bank on turning 18 I went straight to it, and began to build up a considerable balance through selling things on eBay. But now, this has ceased... read on to discover the terrible secrets of PayPal.com... The acquisition by eBay ...
...into the auction webite, perhaps a little too prominent for non-users, but at least it's very easy to list items under PayPal to make them more appealing to buyers who really, really don't like cheque hassle. As PayPal requires one's credit or debit card to go on file, I still use it to pay for eBay items directly from my bank as this is faster for me. My major problem with PayPal, although I'm sure this would become secondary if my account were ...

gunmenoftheapocalypse 28.04.2004 · Read full review
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A lot of new internet sites are springing up especially in the U.S. and most of them allow U.K. members to collect rewards, especially "Paid to Click" and Paid e-mail sites, however with most of them the pay out can be very small, around 50c to $2 a month each, payment being in U.S. currency, a lot of them also have a minimum payment varying from around $15 to as much as $100, this obviously can take a long time to collect, indeed with the earnings ...
...take me over 100 years to collect the minimum amount. Recently however, a number of sites offered to pay out using PayPal and very recently I found two sites, Webearners and Dealerz who not only will pay monthly, but both have no minimum payment, so what you earn is what you get (both pay out 30 days after you have earned the money). PayPal itself is an American Company and allows international members to join, It is not quite a bank, but acts in ...

gander 30.05.2001 · Read full review
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Paypal can be a wonderful way to send and receive money securely and anybody who uses it will agree. It is easy to do transactions and you are always emailed a copy of your transaction be it money going out or in. This is where the praise ends!!!!!! Firstly Paypal is not a bank it is a company who handles online secure payments and is therefore not governed by the same rules or regulations of banking institutions For those who are not familiar ...
...strongly suggest that you read them in full as sometimes what is said in those terms and conditions are not all they seem to be. Paypal is owned by Ebay and all sellers are now being encouraged and sometimes forced to use their facilities. If you are using Paypal to buy things on Ebay then it can be quite safe and I have bought many items without anything going wrong. The pitfalls mainly fall to the sellers and there are many. 1 If a seller sells ...

lona 01.12.2007 · Read full review
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Paypal for those that don't know is essentially a way to pay people over the internet by debit/credit cards. As long as they have an email address they can receive money. All good in theory as may not want to wait for check to clear or may have difficulties paying with cash etc. Main use for me is paying for items purchased on ebay. As pay instantly item is sent quicker as no waiting for cheques to clear etc. All was fine until I just sold a mobile ...
...apologise if this turns into a rant but this happened today and I’m still a bit raw about it. My mobile phone was purchased using buy it now and the buyer paid the money into my paypal account. As the money was sitting there I clicked on the withdraw button and got the confirmation of transfer....I would have to wait the five days per normal but I assumed nothing could stop me getting the money. Now if I had received a cheque I would have waited ...

Staggly 30.09.2004 · Read full review
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I gamble in a small way at online casinos, my tactics have been to cash in when my account showed $100+ balance. However some casinos will charge $25 to send a cheque, taking up to six weeks to arrive from the USA to the UK, and then my bank was charging $15 (£10) to cash it, leaving me with $60 (£40). I was starting to wonder if it was worth the hassle, considering I was leaving my credit card details with lots of different Casinos mainly in the ...
...know if they are operating from a back street rented premises, and may any day just shut up shop and disappear with a Database of credit card numbers ready for “cloning”. This actually happened to me when the suspect security leak was a site in America that I purchased a Gambling book from, and I forgot to check that the Yellow Security Padlock in the bottom right hand side of the ordering page was active, my card number was subsequently ...

Kalidonya 02.03.2001 (11.03.2001) · Read full review
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