Syrius Posted August 12, 2006 Report Share Posted August 12, 2006 So I am browsing the web late last night, and I find an NH600, used with 5 1gb discs on Eby. For 30 dollars buy it now plus shipping. I buy it, the seller requires immediate payment, and then proceed to Paypal...Only to find that "We're sorry, we're currently having problems and cannot process your payment. Please try again. Error number blah blah blah."Now the NH600 is gone. Stupid paypal and their crap. It's their problem, not mine!I need to kill someone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raintheory Posted August 12, 2006 Report Share Posted August 12, 2006 Better be careful.. I know of a few places that PayPal has threatened to sue if they put any derogatory words about them on their websites... Paypal has been pretty nasty recently though in many other ways too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaylen Posted August 12, 2006 Report Share Posted August 12, 2006 And, they'll charge a 3% + $0.30 fee on top of that lawsuit amount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielbb90 Posted August 12, 2006 Report Share Posted August 12, 2006 (edited) And, they'll charge a 3% + $0.30 fee on top of that lawsuit amount. Rofl. -How can they sue for that?Thats like microsoft sueing people who use linux, actually, I woulden't put it past bill to do that. Edited August 12, 2006 by danielbb90 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercury_in_flames Posted August 12, 2006 Report Share Posted August 12, 2006 well theyve started charging people for their beta releases (microsoft office 2007 beta 2 being one program) I myself had downloaded it before they started charging just a few weeks ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted August 12, 2006 Report Share Posted August 12, 2006 Paypal is the most useless service ther is. If you can accept paypal, why not accept a regular Visa card.Has me baffled, and a baffled Bob is not a pretty sight.Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bland10000 Posted August 13, 2006 Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 Paypal is the most useless service ther is. If you can accept paypal, why not accept a regular Visa card.Has me baffled, and a baffled Bob is not a pretty sight.BobTo accept a Visa card requires a subscription to a service that typically charges 20.00 usd a month while paypal can be a one-time only deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberman Posted August 13, 2006 Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 If you can accept paypal, why not accept a regular Visa card.Wouldn´t that force the buyer to give the credit card number to any seller?With PayPal, only they know the number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Low Volta Posted August 13, 2006 Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 indeed, I do not like paypal... it simply is a safer way to pay over the internet than giving your credit card data each time but that doesn't mean it is flaw-free (it is a commercial company handling your money and they do ask for fees especially when switching currencies etc)still, when buying from fleabay etc. I prefer paypal as it gives at least some extra safetywhen dealing with ppl I have decent contact with, I'd prefer international money transfers for safety as it is straight from bank->bank without any possibility for unwanted onlookers... but these things do cost as well (pretty steep fees for some countries)but let's be fair, while each system has its particular problems... it all is still better than the portable headphone preamp I was looking at on almost-for-freebay: it looked very interesting (used but pics looked ok and very very cheap and only for benelux buyers) but then I saw that the seller required you to send the cash in an envelope and he would ship once the cash arrived... yeah right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielbb90 Posted August 13, 2006 Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 (edited) indeed, I do not like paypal... it simply is a safer way to pay over the internet than giving your credit card data each time but that doesn't mean it is flaw-free (it is a commercial company handling your money and they do ask for fees especially when switching currencies etc)still, when buying from fleabay etc. I prefer paypal as it gives at least some extra safetywhen dealing with ppl I have decent contact with, I'd prefer international money transfers for safety as it is straight from bank->bank without any possibility for unwanted onlookers... but these things do cost as well (pretty steep fees for some countries)but let's be fair, while each system has its particular problems... it all is still better than the portable headphone preamp I was looking at on almost-for-freebay: it looked very interesting (used but pics looked ok and very very cheap and only for benelux buyers) but then I saw that the seller required you to send the cash in an envelope and he would ship once the cash arrived... yeah right Those cash sellers probably will only get sales from those people who live localy to them. Edited August 13, 2006 by danielbb90 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Low Volta Posted August 13, 2006 Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 well, benelux is pretty local as it stands for three small countries Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg but still, it wasn't local enough to go and meet the person face-2-face... I saw this auction quite a while ago when I was looking for an amp to drive my Senn HD497 from my NH900. I ended dropping the amp idea and going for a more efficient pair of phones... But I just thought about it again as I'm currently looking at ebay for a cheap portable amp to drive the Sony D66SL eggos a bit more comfortablyI didn't really look further into the auction at the time but as I think about it now, it might not have been that unsafe after all as you would at least have gotten the seller's real name and address (if not, for instance with a PObox it would have been such a clear scam that no-one would fall for it I guess)perhaps it was just some young kid (without paypal) not wanting his parents to know about it so prefering cash over tracable bank-transactions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrain Posted August 13, 2006 Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 I saw this auction quite a while ago when I was looking for an amp to drive my Senn HD497 from my NH900. I ended dropping the amp idea and going for a more efficient pair of phones... But I just thought about it again as I'm currently looking at ebay for a cheap portable amp to drive the Sony D66SL eggos a bit more comfortablydon't bother, they really don't need one, very efficient 'phones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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