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

[Ken Harpur]

The seller in my case was only interested in PayPal. When the trouble with PayPal started I offered to pay via money order, check or directly into his bank...I took his non-response as a 'no!'...hihi

The one time I used western union was when I dealt with Rick Mish...I found it a real pain in the butt as well but the money got to him OK and I got my goods. 


Regards
Ken


On 20/10/2012, at 23:51, "chacuff" <chacuff at cableone.net> wrote:

> 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?
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> 
>> 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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