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furinkan

Member #10,271

October 2008

http://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/open-lawsuit-settlements/306260-paypal-account-hold-class-action-settlement/

So this happened. Glad they finally got what they deserve.

EDIT:

3.2 million seems a little low, though.

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Bruce Pascoe

Member #15,931

April 2015

It says it was settled out of court. Debatable whether that can be considered "getting what they deserve".

I actually knew nothing about this, although I don't use PayPal so...

furinkan

Member #10,271

October 2008

Whenever clients talk about online payments they immediately ask about having PayPal on their site. I usually take this opportunity to "educate" them on just what PayPal likes to do with their customers' money.

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Gideon Weems

Member #3,925

October 2003

PayPal is outdated. Kudos for educating customers. I hope they take it well.

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furinkan

Member #10,271

October 2008

@Gideon: That is actually the primary reason. There are much better APIs out there with much better features. I have had problems with PayPal processing things in the past, and I don't wanna deal with it.

Same thing with WordPress. I really don't wanna deal with it.

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Bob Keane

Member #7,342

June 2006

Interesting read. They are only giving $2000.00 to the plaintiffs though. I avoid Paypal, I heard they have been broken into more than once.

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Chris Katko

Member #1,881

January 2002

When you can use Amazon or Google payments... it's like why would anyone even use Paypal? "It comes with eBay!" Yep. And the site looks like it did in 1997 and has almost no used items at all--nothing but cheap Chinese knockoffs.

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Bruce Perry

Member #270

April 2000

This thread reminded me to update this one - thank you

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pkrcel

Member #14,001

February 2012

Chris Katko said:

I concur totally about Ebay, it's simply an horrible black hole, ESPECIALLY when there's Amazon out there...I mean, seriosuly!

But I still HAVE to use Paypal a lot, it's basically the go-to paysurface EVERYWHERE....can't say I had any problem with that so far....but I admit VIABLE alterantives would be more than welcome.

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jhuuskon

Member #302

April 2000

Paranoid site admin much?

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