[TriLUG] (OT) Paypal/eBay Payment Thoughts

[Mike Johnson]

On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 02:25:30PM -0500, Bill Vinson wrote:
> Just wondering what people's thoughts were on either of these services.  
> I know there is a decent set of people both for and against paypal.  
> This is on my mind as I won an auction at eBay for 2 16MB SPARC IPX 
> SIMMs.  The seller wants $0.30 extra if I pay with either of these 
> services (which seems fair), but I am unsure as to the safety/security 
> concerns.  I would use a VISA so I have some protection, but is one more 
> secure than the other?

The seller wants the extra to cover the costs associated with these
services.  I've never used the eBay payments stuff, but I've been
happy with PayPal.  I haven't had to try and dispute a charge with
PayPal, and have no idea if it's an option.  I do feel that they're
resonable secure, though.

Of course, your other options are check or a money order.  I'd
take PayPal over those, any day.

Mike
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