PayPal Account

I was thinking in the matter of opening a PayPal Account. But before I do I want to know the pros and the cons of getting one. Now I know most of you must have one and I hope one of you could answer my question. I also have another question in mind, do you have to pay for this account? And if so how much for every transaction?



Thankyou in advance

pam...

 

i have never had problems with using paypal before, never. its free to setup, and there are usually no fees for transactions, unless some stingy person on ebay says please add 5% of total cost if paying by paypal, just a way for them to con more money out of you i feel. but yeah, no problems from me

 

Thankyou guys for your advise, I am thingking about it twice and I don't think I wanna get it....Thanks.....


pam...

 

That's the big one. Of course, those emails get randomly sent to ALL my email addresses, not just the one I have registered with eBay/PayPal, so I've always ignored them, but more people fall for them than I care to think about.

The biggest problem I have with the PayPal account (which may or may not be true, I've not used it in almost two years) is that you can't be considered a reliable customer unless you link the account to your checking account. Which is something I NEVER considered as an option. I use my debit card (which they process as a credit card) for each transaction. I don't feel they need my checking account information above and beyond that.