OT [nzlug] Vendor of bits & pieces in NZ who does Paypal

[cr]

On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:53, Robin Sheat wrote:
>
> Sure, and that's why you have the option: use that vendor and put up with
> it, use a competitor, or don't use anything. With Paypal there is very
> little competition, so many people choose not to use it. As others have
> said, it's not very efficient currency-wise for merchants to use here, and
> what concerns me is their habit (I don't know how bad it still is, but I've
> heard of it happening not so long ago) of freezing accounts, or pulling
> money out of the back/credit accounts that back the paypal account.

I wonder if that's a Paypal habit or phishing emails  - "Your Paypal account 
has been frozen - click on this link" [to go to a spurious website and enter 
all your personal details so we can rob you]

I get 2 or 3 of those a week, also from Ebay, ASB, Trademe (!) and any number 
of other banks and financial institutions I've never belonged to.   The 
Paypal and Ebay ones I forward to  spoof at paypal/ebay.com

> For that reason, I refuse to connect paypal and my bank account, even
> though it would mean I could get my money out. (Instead I use the money
> that goes into there to pay for other things)

That's a cautious approach but works if your income / outgoings are roughly 
equal.

cr