This website is a collection of horror stories, news reports and other information addressing problems with Paypal, Inc..

PayPal And The Buyer

Writer Wishes to Remain Anonymous As a buyer, not a merchant, I was wondering whether to use PayPal.  It appears that all the complaints come from merchants.  Are there problems or potential problems, faced by buyers using PayPal?  The merchants’ … Continue reading

PayPal Customer Service

By Mark I get a chargeback from some fraudualent account for $85. I called Paypal just to ask a few questions, waited about 10 minutes for an operate, then they hung up on me before I actually got to speak … Continue reading

Scam Looked Authentic

Writer Wishes To Remain Anonymous I received an e-mail this afternoon which may be a fraud. Message looked very authentic. Read: “You have added buy517car7@aol.com as a new email address for your PayPal account. If you did not authorize this change or … Continue reading

Refuse To Use PayPal

By Shirley I only used paypal one time and the amount of not over $20.00…..but they got the money and I never received the merchandise……You could not contact them by-way of e-mail and no one would ever answer the phone … Continue reading

They Asked For My Pin

By Ryouga Keir A month after signing up with PayPal, I started receiving E-mails from PayPal asking me to update my account information. Not, thinking anything of it, I had filled out one of them. I felt uneasy about giving … Continue reading

My First PayPal Issue

By Kathleen I don’t know if you care (and I don’t know much about it).  There is a new service called c2it (www.c2it.com).  It seems to be identical to paypal but run by Citibank.  I would hope that this gives … Continue reading

PayPal Is Full Of It

Writer Wishes To Remain Anonymous I tried to sign up for pay pal account. I entered my data three times. 3 times it said i had not entered the data. They are full of it. If they want my business, they … Continue reading

News Of Lawsuits

By George Before i found this site i was going to use paypal has a online merchant but after viewing all these complaints plus all the news reports of law suits involing paypal and stolen or frozen funds, I will … Continue reading

Letter From PayPal

By William Burket From : Paysecurity <paysecurity@paypal.com> To :    Wcburket <wcburket@hotmail.com> Subject :    Dear PayPal Customer Date :    Sun, 25 May 2003 01:37:00 +0000 Dear PayPal Customer This e-mail is the notification of recent innovations taken by PayPal to detect … Continue reading

PayPal’s Bad Reputation

By Deon Devine I have several bidders on eBay who expected to get their merchandise. I cannot ship because Paypal restricted the account with the funds in there. The only way the people can get their money is to say … Continue reading