OT: Pay Pal Has To Pay

AMF · #1 July 30th, 2004, 12:32 PM

Check. If you're outside the US, there are a number of people (I am one, I think Slynky is another) who will front the money to you until you can get a check to them. So...if you want in, let me know and I can paypal the $, then you can send me a check, or whatever...

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Originally posted by Randallw:
If you refuse to use PayPal how are you supposed to pay for the SE5 tournament?

se5a · #2 July 30th, 2004, 12:52 PM

thats a lot of words....
what does it actualy say in a nutshell?

AMF · #3 July 31st, 2004, 01:04 AM

If you've used paypal in the Last four years, you can get some settlement money. Go to the link, fill out the form, and wait and see.

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Originally posted by se5a:
thats a lot of words....
what does it actualy say in a nutshell?

Kamog · #4 July 31st, 2004, 01:33 AM

Well, I got that e-mail from Paypal, and I have used my account once in the past two years to buy something from e-bay.

Is this for real? Why should I be entitled to any money, I haven't had any trouble with Paypal.

Edit:
Oh, I see, it's another one of those fake Messages made to look like it came from Paypal, but it's actually a scam designed to get you to type in personal information at the fake web page.

[ July 31, 2004, 01:09: Message edited by: Kamog ]

tesco samoa · #5 July 31st, 2004, 06:15 PM

actually this one is true...

Xentropy · #6 July 31st, 2004, 07:27 PM

It's not a scam, but neither is it free money to everyone that's used PayPal over the past four years.

What it is is a legal remedy for those who HAVE had any problems with PayPal regarding erroneous entries or amounts. By filing a claim, you give up the right to sue them on your own for your particular issue(s) in return for a portion of the settlement money IF you've had any problems such as those mentioned in the claim.

Personally, I've never had an issue. But apparently some people have. It looks to me from the site narf posted that most of the problems are had by those receiving money, not just sending.

Gandalf Parker · #7 July 31st, 2004, 08:06 PM

There are some scams floating around which talk about this court case and then direct you to a page that is not paypal. Its hard for most people to tell the difference between a good or bad link. I NEVER clik a link I get in email from somewhere like my ISP or Bank or anywhere I have an account. I go manually to the site and search for what I want.

As far as the PayPal thing I dont plan to ask them for any money. Its been a good service for me.