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if you google something like 'paypal rip-off' or 'paypal fraud' you will find thousands of pretty awful stories.




Perhaps, but that’s how the Internet works (and indeed how all media work).

Guy buys a couple of printer cartridges. Pays by Paypal. Cartridges show up 3 days later and his credit card has been debited with the right amount to an address which corresponds to the seller.

Is he going to post a blog on the Internet. ‘Paypal works and is actually rather convenient’ ?

But this is what happens over millions of transactions.

It is only the errors/frauds (real and attempted)/glitches etc. which show up on the www.

Question you have to ask yourself is how many regular successful transactions take place for every horror story.

There is risk attached to the use of every type of exchange – even cash (you may get mugged walking to the store).

I would argue that, on balance, Paypal is among the safer forms of payment.

And no, I have no connection or interest in this operator.

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