Hello,

[PhilSL]

I have just joined and I would like to upgrade to the full membership.
However, as I do not and will not use Pay Pal, is there another way to pay for the membership?
Thank you in advance.

 

[UKSBD]

I have just joined and I would like to upgrade to the full membership.
However, as I do not and will not use Pay Pal, is there another way to pay for the membership?
Thank you in advance.

send a PM to @Ray Newman

 

[fisicx]

However, as I do not and will not use Pay Pal.

Any particular reason for this?

 

[PhilSL]

send a PM to @Ray Newman

Thank you, I will do.

 

[PhilSL]

Any particular reason for this?

Yes, Read a fair few horror stories re Pay Pal.

 

[fisicx]

Yes, Read a fair few horror stories re Pay Pal.

Ok. But there are millions of successful businesses using PayPal without any problems. I’ve never had any problems. In fact I couldn’t do what I do with any other payment provider.

 

[PhilSL]

Ok. But there are millions of successful businesses using PayPal without any problems. I’ve never had any problems. In fact I couldn’t do what I do with any other payment provider.

i appreciate that, but I choose not to use it.

 

[alan1302]

Yes, Read a fair few horror stories re Pay Pal.

Which provider would you use then? They will all have 'horror stories' to read up about.

 

[PhilSL]

Which provider would you use then? They will all have 'horror stories' to read up about.

I don't have the need for a provider at present but I do appreciate they will all have "horror stories".

 

[alan1302]

I don't have the need for a provider at present but I do appreciate they will all have "horror stories".

If you know that then why dismiss PayPal?

 

[PhilSL]

If you know that then why dismiss PayPal?

Because I choose to do so.

 

[patientlady]

Hi PhilSL, welcome.
As this is a help forum, might it be helpful to others to explain a little more why you do not use Paypal, could it be helpful for us ?
many thanks p/l

 

[JEREMY HAWKE]

Cash in a Bristol Starbucks

 

[simon field]

Cash in a Bristol Starbucks

Lucky you, I had to go to Greggs in Milton Keynes

 

[alan1302]

Lucky you, I had to go to Greggs in Milton Keynes

Lucky you then - hope you got a sausage roll

 

[Joseph K]

I don't like using Paypal, because I occasionally get scam messages from someone who pretends to be from Paypal saying there are issues with my account (an account which I don't really use). I find it unsafe.

 

[fisicx]

I don't like using Paypal, because I occasionally get scam messages from someone who pretends to be from Paypal saying there are issues with my account (an account which I don't really use). I find it unsafe.

That makes no sense at all. It’s like saying you get a scam message from someone pretending to be your bank therefore your bank is unsafe.

 

[alan1302]

I don't like using Paypal, because I occasionally get scam messages from someone who pretends to be from Paypal saying there are issues with my account (an account which I don't really use). I find it unsafe.

I et these messages from most financial institutions - so based on your way of thinking I should not use any of them...even my own bank! LOL

 

[Alan]

I don't like using Paypal, because I occasionally get scam messages from someone who pretends to be from Paypal saying there are issues with my account (an account which I don't really use). I find it unsafe.

I get scam email about my TV licence, that make me feel unsafe, so I won't pay my TV licence.

 

[Mr D]

I don't like using Paypal, because I occasionally get scam messages from someone who pretends to be from Paypal saying there are issues with my account (an account which I don't really use). I find it unsafe.

Presumably the person sending them isn't paypal.

I get those emails mostly on email addresses that are not registered with paypal. Its a common scam one.
Doesn't impact on ability to use paypal. Or indeed my bank.
Heck, was getting scam emails that were supposed to be from my bank years before I ever opened an account with them!

Scammers will try anything.

They send something supposed to be from the police - you never going to contact the police either?
They send something supposedly from your employer, you going to quit your job?

 

[The Byre]

For a company to ONLY accept PayPal is madness on a stick.

There are perfectly valid reasons for NOT using PayPal that have NOTHING to do with security and everything to do with bookkeeping. If someone has company expenditure and that company does not have a PayPal account, private payments have to be booked over to a company account and according to our books person that is a right royal PITA as some payments fall through the cracks and do not get booked.

Every bloody month I get a list of payments that I have to chase down and work out what the hell they were and then find out that we paid VAT but can't reclaim it as the vendor didn't issue a VAT receipt, etc., etc. It's a waste of time and we lose money.

So for the controllers of thought, word and deed of this forum, go all adult and go down to a bank and open an account. Then tell people what the number is so that they can pay you via a company account and not play silly games with PayPal and then have to dig through private emails to find out WTF it was weeks later.

 

[Paul Kelly ICHYB]

@PhilSL I can understand not using it to take payments, but you choose not to use it to pay? Not even by just using it as a gateway for your card and not opening an account?

 

[fc-ramon]

@PhilSL I can understand not using it to take payments, but you choose not to use it to pay? Not even by just using it as a gateway for your card and not opening an account?

On most paypal checkouts you can pay without a paypal account. Making it pretty much the same as another payment gateway. I bet you've used braintree before when paying for something on a website - They're owned by paypal too. I understand why people dont want a paypal account but the option "Pay by debit / credit card" is below the sign into your account on the paypal checkouts.

The backend systems of paypal, stripe, braintree all NEED to be compliant with regulations such as pci. Plus the horror stories are most of the time from sellers