> Really the only thing to do, as soon as you see a "pay with paypal" screen is to go away screaming.
I recently bought some piece of clothes and paid with paypal (had some money in it and I wanted to spend it before Paypal decides to close the account for whatever reason).
There was a panel saying "you allow the clothing company to ask for whatever amount of money there is in the account and if there isn't enough we will take it from the credit card linked to the accound". That credit card is the one I used to put money in the account in the first place.
A few days ago I decided to give money to a charity a friend set up on facebook for his birthday. Had a choice between paypal and my credit card. Same kind of Paypal panel but I felt better giving facebook my credit card than linking Paypal and Facebook.
I am nervous and I am going to buy a pi or something and close the Paypal account forever.
My credit card is a "fill it to use it" kind. You need to put money on it from your bank account and then it acts as real Mastercard. So there's always 0 euros on it except when transfering money from bank account to buy something online. And I can put the money back from the cc to the bank account, no fees. With Paypal I can't, it's like I am forced to spend it now.
I recently bought some piece of clothes and paid with paypal (had some money in it and I wanted to spend it before Paypal decides to close the account for whatever reason).
There was a panel saying "you allow the clothing company to ask for whatever amount of money there is in the account and if there isn't enough we will take it from the credit card linked to the accound". That credit card is the one I used to put money in the account in the first place.
A few days ago I decided to give money to a charity a friend set up on facebook for his birthday. Had a choice between paypal and my credit card. Same kind of Paypal panel but I felt better giving facebook my credit card than linking Paypal and Facebook.
I am nervous and I am going to buy a pi or something and close the Paypal account forever.
My credit card is a "fill it to use it" kind. You need to put money on it from your bank account and then it acts as real Mastercard. So there's always 0 euros on it except when transfering money from bank account to buy something online. And I can put the money back from the cc to the bank account, no fees. With Paypal I can't, it's like I am forced to spend it now.