[Mccoypottery-talk] Pay pal is VERY maddening

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I recently tried to change the credit card on my account, but my
password seemed to be hosed.  So, stupidly sent email to the
support folks and got no help.  Next I closed the old account and
opened a new one, putting the other credit card on it.  
Then they notified me they would take the "startup" fee from that
credit card and there would be some stupid number somewhere
I'd have to dig out and write down and then remember to go
back to the paypal form and put in that stupid number, in order
for them to activate the new account.  

That is SOOOOOOOO  idiotic.  Well, I've never bothered to
look for the stupid number, so my new PayPal acct. is out there,
and not active.   And they probably did charge my credit card.  

I emailed support trying to get them to just reinstate the old
account, but they sent me a form letter back and I still have
no PayPal account.  

I had one for years and hardly ever used it.  Now, I'd like to
use it and I don't have one.  

The PayPal people are complete idiots and about as customer
oriented as Jack the Ripper.  :-(  
Has anyone ever been able to call them to get them to resolve
a problem??  If so, what number did you call??

Is there an alternative to PayPal???

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Betty Nelson wrote:

>Those of you that read every message the way I do will remember a problem I
>had with Pay Pal not allowing me to access my acct. refusing my password,
>requiring me to fax photo ID and other paperwork then said I had to wait 180
>days... That is 6 months!!! before I could do anything with my money.  I
>found out the next month that my password was working and I could get in.
>Another on the list had told me about a class action law suit and I did not
>join in that but I accessed my accout, requested my $560. be sent to me in a
>check.  It had only been about 60 days but I wondered what would happen.  I
>got my check yesterday.  I do not know what was going on but apparently my
>acct is up and running on the $5.?? that I left in there.  I will continue
>using it but will never let it build up like a little savings account.
>Betty the O. in Ia.
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