[R-390] O.T. Is there an alternative to PayPal?

[chacuff]

I typically only accept Paypal or postal money orders and have made payments 
to others by both methods.  I refuse to use western union...has been a pain 
in the backside.

Just my 2 cents worth...

Cecil
K5DL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Harpur" <igloo99nz at yahoo.co.nz>
To: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 2:24 PM
Subject: [R-390] O.T. Is there an alternative to PayPal?


> Hi group,
>
> Firstly my apologies for the off-topic post but curiosity (and recent 
> experience) has me wondering about this.
>
> I won't go into details but a few days ago I made an eBay purchase...it 
> went well, payment was made then Paypal decided to limit my account and 
> investigate. Consequently they reversed payment. The seller relisted and 
> PayPal have my money and insisting on me sending photo I.D. to restore my 
> account.
>
> So...when this is finally sorted I will be shutting down my PayPal account 
> and will never use them again.
>
> The thing is...what are the alternatives? For those of us that want to buy 
> and sell radio gear that is. All my radio stuff I've either bought off 
> eBay and used PayPal, or I've bought privately and paid via PayPal. One 
> exception is when  the seller insisted on western union. It seems though 
> that as far as eBay goes, you generally pay via PayPal.
>
> Are the days of paying directly into someone's bank or sending them a 
> check over? I recently moved to Australia so doing a road trip and paying 
> cash isn't an option (3/4 of what I have has come from the U.S. the rest 
> from Europe).
>
> Are there any thoughts/opinions/ideas on this?
>
> Kind regards,
> Ken
>
>
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