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Following up on the disastrous EBay laptop purchase and failed PayPal dispute:
Here was their response when I tried to appeal:
Thank you for contacting PayPal.
Because you had stated you installed software on the computer, we were
unable to grant your claim.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us
again.
Sincerely,
Katharyn
Protection Services Department
PayPal, an eBay Company
Here’s […]
Following up on the disastrous EBay laptop purchase
Well, I lost the Paypal dispute resolution. What a joke. The response from PayPal:
“Based on our definition of significantly not-as-described, this claim does not qualify for a refund.We found the seller to has accurately represented the item(s) in question.”
Great. Now I’m out almost 400 bucks and I have […]
I have always had pretty good experiences buying from people on EBay. So, when I recently decided that I would get a used laptop on there I didn’t worry too much. I found one for around $350 that was adequately equipped and bought it and paid with PayPal. After 2 weeks, I started to get […]
Neteller.com has been the primary conduit for Americans transferring funds from their banks to foreign online poker sites ever since credit card companies and PayPal stopped allowing such transfers. That will no longer be the case.
Neteller’s Announcement
Due to recent US legislative changes and events, effective immediately, US members are no longer able to transfer funds […]
I just discovered that PayPal offers a very competitive money market rate. I discovered this in Tim Middleton’s article on MSN from 6/20/06 (rate information is 7 months old now but the article is still very informative) In this weird world, cash beats stocks. I immediately went to my PayPal account and found you have […]
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