Pay Pal wants my bank account number.

I hate giving it out. Is anyone else "verified" any problems, caveats, concerns? I really don't want to give the info out, but think I might have to unless I have a good reason to not.

I have been with PayPal from the beginning. I have never, ever had an issue with security/confidence.

I will say that their fees are onerous for those collecting money when it is paid via credit card.

PayPal is reputable. It has been around for a long time and it's widely used. I have never had a problem, and I would trust them over pretty much any other site looking for my financial info.

[Edited on May 11, 2005 by MissTyrios]

Have you given them your bank accout number?

I gave them my account number years ago, and have had no problems. But you have to be careful about the spoofed paypal emails. Any email from paypal will be addressed to you by name, not "Dear Paypal Customer."

One of my coworkers got suckered with that one.

welll duh

how whould you get your money

unless you want to keep it just for ebay and the like you may rack up $300 on there and wish to get hold of it, so unless you give em your bank details how whoudl tehy do a transfere

as do i .

*verified*

*happy*

generally...I try to avoid paypal...but since I already have a verified account it's not too big of a problem...but if you can, I'd say skip it...if you can't then you'll have to bite the bullet...or nip it in the bud...or whatever colloquial expression you prefer to use to indicate taking action.

I've never had a problem with them

seriously not one.

happy enough to say that they have been ok to me.

Exactly. Send any email like this to spoof@paypal.com w/all the contact info and everything and they'll tell you in minutes whether it's legit or not (it's been not for me every single time).

You need the bank account # because using a CCN is only if you have a "business" account, which costs more in the way of fees.

I heart PayPal, especially where I can be an eBay whore. I've never had problems.

-TM

See, there it is: a caveat. Take that, G1, and your 'Well Duh,' put them in your pipe and smoke them. Also, I don't sell on ebay, and they can credit your credit card.

If you're concerned, just set up a second checking account at some free bank, and link that to Paypal.

I've been set up with my CC acct. number for ages and no problems. Very convenient.

Pay Pal is reputable, but many of the people who utilize it are not, and Pay Pal do not do much of anything about fraud. Use it at your own risk.

a what...?
anyhoo

i whould have thought anyone who deals on ebay who got emails from paypal /ebay whould know that there are peaplo who do spoof ones and whould go direct to the site to see if there is a problem, (if they use the internet a lot that is)

or something

i stand buy my well duh statement aswell, a site like ebay/paypal is gonna be legit, its one of the nets biggest things

Thanks, cheers.