PayPal

Pros: Easy to use and great way to get paid
Cons: no direct deposit for having money in the account on line

I am an Ebayer and I like to recieve and send my money the fastest way possible.

Using Paypal.com, is fast easy and secure. You can sign it up to your credit card or your bank card. Using your bank card lets them directly take it out of...

Pros: Flexible - widely used on ebay and well integrated with ebay auction process
Cons: Fraud Protection much weaker than Credit Card "Tricks" you into funding through Checking

After having an account with Paypal for several years, I have decided to cancel my account, in fact, I have started purchasing less and less stuff via ebay, because so many sellers require Paypal. Why? Not too long ago I used paypal for paying for an ...

Pros: Easy way to make transactions online
Cons: None in my opinion

I sell on ebay and also in direct sales for AVON, Jafra and Shaklee. This comes in SO handy for making transactions with money.

You can use a credit card to pay pal and they send the money on to the party to are paying. That way no one (other...

Pros: FREE!, quick, easy, you get $5 to sign up
Cons: takes 3 days to transfer money into your bank account, only allowed in the US

I discovered paypal.com because of all the advertisement on yahoo auctions. I registered and I have to say it is a great service and I haven't regretted it!

What does it do?
When you register with paypal, you get $5 in your...

Pros: High name recognition
Cons: Extremely poor customer service, helter-skelter customer abuse tactics.

I have to share my PayPal experience.
In December of 2000 I sold some software on ebay. The listing showed the box, the manual, and the disc. It also stated the product name and product version. I advertised it as NIB. It was worth 350.00 and sold...

Pros: easy to setup
Cons: zero human support for fraud disputes, insecure system, misrepresents support information on site

I was reviewing the balance of my checking account and was shocked to learn that $750 had been removed from my checking account and paid to PayPal. I thought that was remarkable since I hadn't made any new purchases with my PayPal account in months. Les ...

Pros: Good idea, in theory,
Cons: Bad customer service. Open to crooks. Security.

I never thought any company could be worse at customer service than a cable or long distance phone company, but PayPal takes the cake. We and another pair were duped by a fake email (from a benchmarkportal.com) claiming to be PayPal. This is where the ...

Pros: Great Service for Auctions. Quick and Smooth transactions.
Cons: Hard to verify information so you can accept larger amounts.

I have been a faithful user of Paypal.com for quite some time now. I can even remember back to when you got paid $10 for refering someone, as I was Lucky enough to earn $10 from a referal. Even now with a $5 referal Fee, as easy as this site is to use,...

Pros: One place to pay to small sellers; keeps shipping and billing address
Cons: Less protected than most financial systems; no customer support; suspicious behavior.

Paypal.com system is relatively large now, and it is used by many small sellers. I am a buyer, and I have to use it to pay for some relatively small items, especially for purchases made through Ebay.com. Of course, if there is an option of direct credit ...

Pros: Safe, quick, reliable
Cons: none

I was a little skeptical at first. Paypal sounded so safe and easy. I have learned(most of the time the hard way) if something sounds too good to be true, it is. Luckily this time, that theory is wrong.

Paypal is great because you get the...

Pros: quick, convenient
Cons: have to give credit card #

I have to say the first thing that attracted me to try out Paypal.com was the fact that they would GIVE me $10 to just sign up! Cool, $10 in a matter of 2 minutes, I liked that!

I figured I'll take the $10 and run but then I started to...

Pros: free, convenient, accepted at thousands of places
Cons: it's an x.com service

IF you're at all like me, then you tend to shop online auctions. Hey gotta get a good deal somewhere. The perfect solution for paying for your purchases is the FREE service called PayPal from X.com.

With PayPal you give them credit card...

Pros: Sign on bonus of five dollars and an easy way to make an purchase
Cons: Too easy for someone to get into your account and take all your money.

I plead with those who read this review to take my warning. It has been over a year since I signed up with PayPal for the free $5 bonus and to purchase a $20 item for my daughter. That turned into a nightmare that ended up costing me big time. After that...

Pros: Great way to pay for auctions
Cons: None come to mind

I don't know about you, but I hate writing checks. I have more interesting things to do with my time, like bid on Ebay auctions. Of course, you have to pay for those when you win them, and that meant writing checks, or worse yet, buying money orders....

Pros: Convenience. High visibility.
Cons: High, unfair fees. Underhanded terms of service.

I've been an ebay member for about 8 years but have been an infrequent buyer and occasional seller, averaging about 5 transactions per year. I've been using PayPal for much of that time. My basic opinion is that PayPal has gone downhill since being ...