PayPal

Pros: easy to pay for auctions
Cons: a system with glitches and poor customer service

I signed up for PayPal when they were offering bonuses to try their new service and refer friends. Everything worked fine for me registering my credit card and receiving my funds after I had referred a couple of friends.

I have since used the...

Pros: NO fees, immediate fund transfer, charge transactions versus cash advance fees
Cons: None

Update 3/4/2000:
I wrote this epinion little knowing my last paragraph was foreshadowing the merger of Paypal and X.COM. It was announced on their site these two online services will merge in order to provide better overall services to members....

Pros: $10 or $5 sign up
Cons: Extra money may be lost

I recently signed up with paypal.com for two different reasons and then when I logged onto epinions, I noticed in a search for paypal there were two listings for the same product ( how campy ). After doing some research into the company and reading an...

Pros: Great for buyers
Cons: Starting to stink for sellers

Below is my latest column on PayPal. It's more focused on the business end of what they're doing, but it might also be of interest to consumers.
-Jared

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PayPal has burst into life explosively, but that life...

Pros: Ease of Use, Fast Transactions, Secure, Flexible Payment and Withdrawal Options.
Cons: Both the buyer and seller must be PayPal clients in order to complete the transaction.

Anyone who has been brave enough to sell or purchase anything on eBay knows that posting or finding a desirable object online is only half the battle. The real frontlines of e-commerce these days (or any other for that matter), is sending or receiving a...

Pros: Elegant and simple, just works
Cons: Getting money out

Confinity is the company behind PayPal. They list Nokia and DeutscheBank among their partners. I want stock in this company!

First, the concept is solid. You can send money electronically, from your credit card, to anyone with Email. Think...

Pros: Works well for most transactions, but...
Cons: Woe be unto you if you are defrauded as Paypal will conveniently ignore the facts

I signed up with Paypal as soon as I heard about them quite some time ago. They were offering $10 to sign up and an additional $10 for each person that named you as a referance. It was a great tool for me as I was selling lots of extra computer parts...

Pros: easy, fast, I got a $500 limit instantly
Cons: Paypal's service is sometimes down

Well okay, I admit I exaggerated the truth a bit in my title, but after I submitted my credit card to them they gave me a $500 spending limit. My review will focus on the basic service of sending money through Paypal. I will not discuss receiving money,...

Pros: Unbeatable Transaction Fees, Fast Money Management, Growing Number of Features
Cons: Sometimes Confusing Rules and Regulations

I started using PayPal as soon as it came out in newspapers as a reliable way to transfer money. Ever since then, I have been throroughly impressed with PayPal's services. They continue to get better every day as new features are added. Although their...

Pros: Fast way to send and receive money online.
Cons: None yet, but have read of people losing money.

Paypal has been my first choice since I began buying and selling on ebay.com in December 2000. You can sign up for a paypal account at http://www.paypal.com. The greatest pro about paypal.com is that you can send and receive money lightening fast.
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Pros: Ease of use, accurate accounting, auction and web site services
Cons: I can't find any worth mentioning.

UPDATE: It's been over 2 years now with not a single unauthorized withdraw and every deposit made before the stated date. I opened a website of my own this year and was able to install Paypal checkout banners for free compared to expensive services...

Pros: Instant auction payments, no credit card really needed
Cons: Not many, sometimes a slow site, needs to be international

I recently began seeing the ads for PayPal showing up on various items I was bidding on on eBay and Yahoo. When I won a bid for one and was contacted by the seller I got curious. So, I signed up and went through the steps of making a payment.

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Pros: Free and easy way to accept credit cards
Cons: None Yet.

I searched and searched all over the place for the best merchant account to handle credit card transactions. All the traditional online merchant account businesses had huge fees and they wanted lots of personal information.

I found Paypal...

Pros: accept credit cards from auctions, earn a dividend on your money, debit card
Cons: takes 4 days to withdraw your money, cust. serv. a bit slow

I have been a PayPal user since Dec. 2000 and I have had nothing but good things to say about them. I am a verified premier member which entitles me to have a PayPal Master Card debit card that can be used just like a credit card except the funds come...

Pros: fast, user friendly, perfect for auctions
Cons: must have a credit card or account and secure browser

Paypal is a safe and convenient way to transfer money via the web! You set up an account by registering a credit card and payments will be charged to that card.

I am an experienced seller (and sometime buyer) with Ebay. Paypal has done...