Exactly the problem I'm having right now
Gary,
This is exactly the jam I've gotten myself into in the last 48 hours. I've always refused to upgrade to a premier account because I don't find their "very affordable" fees to be all that reasonable. In the last two days, I listed tickets to two Chicago events and as you know, in order to do so, I had to list paypal as an accepted payment method. I tried to warn bidders that credit card payments via paypal would be denied, but two buyers sent payment that way anyway. Now in the past - I don't know how recently it changed because I''d been doing my best to stay clear of payf**k - for the past couple of years - you'd be able to deny those payments and instruct buyers to pay another way. Well, true to their nature, payf**k has taken that option away (they've actually left the deactivated "deny" button in place just to spit in your face), forcing me to choose between one of two things: 1. accept the payments, thereby upgrading my account and paying their fees; or 2. refuse to accept the payments, leaving my buyers' payment hanging in lingo for the next 30 days, probably resulting in negative feedback blemishing the stellar feedback I've ac***ulated up to this point.
I see you've decided to give in and upgrade; maybe that's the wise thing to do but my pride is preventing me from doing that just yet - it's exactly what they want you to do.
However I handle this present situation, I am looking forward to closing out my paypal account altogether - something I should have done a long time ago - but from what I've been reading, they have ways to prevent you from even doing that!
Glenn
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03-11-2008, 09:44 PM
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