23 Feb
2006
23 Feb
'06
5:22 a.m.
Seconded.
ebay and paypal exist for the buyer, not the seller. I had a
friend sell something online for $80, then take the money out. 2 weeks
later the buyer claimed that "his computer was taken over by hackers"
and denied ever buying the item (which was virtual, ie. no physical
product to ship or track). paypal tore the $80 out of his account,
So much for the theory that E-bay only exist for the sellers!
which was at 0, which then became -$80 and then
immediately -$115
because of an overdraft fee. He had to eat it -- he was out the item
*and* the money.
This is EXACTLY why I refuse to take payments via PayPal. A lot of
uninformed users insist that they're safe as long as they keep $0 in their
accounts but they're not.