PayPal

Pros: Secure, insured, convenient, and swift.
Cons: You have to wait for a new password to be delivered through postal mail if you reset your password.

I first discovered Paypal when I started using eBay. What an idea! With a Paypal account, browsing online auctions seems more secure a prospect than venturing out to market in the real world.

New members enjoy a signing bonus and a...

Pros: Fast; Free; Easy to Use; Secure; Nice Referral Bonuses; Great Customer Service
Cons: Address Confirmation could take awhile...

Opinion Last Updated July 8, 2000
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I signed up with PayPal because when I won an eBay auction, I didn't want to run out and get a money order, and I didn't want to pay directly with a credit card. Also, their $10 referral program then...

Pros: Widely accepted
Cons: Slow, horrible customer support, very picky credit card authentication

PayPal has the potential to be a great new way to buy and sell on the internet. It makes paying for e-auctions a breeze, and on the face is an easy, care-free, cost-effective way to make purchases. I even payed with paypal a while ago to buy some records...

Pros: Fast, convenient, unlike anything else
Cons: Need to send to someone with an account

PayPal is an amazingly simple, amazingly great idea. This service, is one that seems to be too good to be true on the surface, seems like you are missing something when you hear about it. But it works and works very well.

What is...

Pros: free service, free money! send money to anyone with email, $5+5 referal bonus
Cons: outages, slightly slow performance, little layout problem (looks fixed as of June 13' 00)

NOTE: This epinion was originally posted under Gifts>Confinity (original company name for PayPal.com, software developer for Palm device) on Jan 31 '00, but seems more proper to fit under this category (online payment). Though PayPal can also...

Pros: so easy
Cons: none

I was told about paypal.com while on Ebay where I buy and sell a lot. When I sold something to one buyer they asked my if I accepted paypal or x.com (see my x.com opinion after I write this one on paypal). I thought to myself well what the heck is...

Pros: Easy to use
Cons: Multiple charges and poor customer service

PayPal's site charged me multiple times for a single transaction. When I reported the problem, they said they would take care of it in 4 business days. However, after several days had passed and no credit was given, I followed up with them, only to be...

Pros: Free, easy to use.
Cons: Support is a bit slow, not as convenient as handing someone paper money

PayPal is the current leader in person to person online transactions and is trying to break into business transactions as well. For anyone who transfer any amount of money on the web, be it $.05 or $500, PayPal is the best option. It is great for...

Pros: Quick, Easy to use, $5 free!
Cons: None, unless if there are not enough features to satisfy you!

What better way to accept payments from auctions or any other type of thing than PayPal!

When you sign up you automatically get $5, used to be $10, and every time you refer someone new, which is fairly easy if you have a lot of auctions you...

Pros: free, easy to use, sign up incentives
Cons: customer service

Quite possibly the only good thing about sending someone else some of your own money is using Paypal! No one likes having some more red added to an already bloody red bank account, but heck if you gotta send money use Paypal. It's easy, fast, and sort...

Pros: quick transfer, get $5 to sign!!!
Cons: None

Well I was on-line one day looking at some auction items on E-bay and I noticed that a lot of the sellers accepted payment from a company called Paypal. I went to go check it out and found the easiest and fastest way to send, receive, pay for auctions,...

Pros: Free money; flawless, quick auction payments
Cons: None, unless you don't want $5 for free

Ever won an online auction and said: "Boy, I wish I could pay by credit card!"? No? Ever said: "Boy, I'd like $5 for doing nothing!"? The good news is that Pay Pal does both these things, and it does them very well.

When...

Pros: Convenient, Secure, Free Service to E-mail Money
Cons: Delay in Getting Money In Your Bank

It may sound weird to you that someone would actually e-mail you money, but this company is on the right track for certain people like me.

Who Are They?
This Palo-Alto company is backed by Nokia and Deutsche Bank. In fact, their first...

Pros: Instant money compared to check
Cons: not mainstream yet

The people at Paypal have created a service which, in my opinion, will revolutionize the pay people pay money for products online. I'm not talking about the way you pay for things when you buy them from Amazon or CDNow. The type of payment I am talking...

Pros: Good service, excellent method of storing money in college.
Cons: Rate just dropped again to 3.75%, small fees associated with the service.

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