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I'm trying to order some parts for a Hallicrafters S38-C rebuild, and the only method the company takes is paypal.

Normally you can just pay as a guest, and not create an account with the processor - just like every other payment processor in the world, but not with this place. I suspect it's more of a "I don't know what I'm doing" with the company but still. paypal just sucks, it sucks bad, and it's sucked since the day it was created.

Why do companies still use that payment processor? They have such inane walking on glass policies that it's only a matter of time before you get burnt with them.

I'm trying to order some parts for a Hallicrafters S38-C rebuild, and the only method the company takes is paypal. Normally you can just pay as a guest, and not create an account with the processor - just like every other payment processor in the world, but not with this place. I suspect it's more of a "I don't know what I'm doing" with the company but still. paypal just sucks, it sucks bad, and it's sucked since the day it was created. Why do companies still use that payment processor? They have such inane walking on glass policies that it's only a matter of time before you get burnt with them.

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[–] • 2 pts

I tried to pay an invoice with cash, “my bank is 3 hours away, I don’t take cash. I take PayPal”. I deleted PayPal for a reason and I’m not going to get a new account because you don’t want to get a bank account in your current town. It’s bullshit. They can do a mobile deposit with a check, but they wouldn’t take the check while I was in the office trying to pay in cash, so I stuffed it in their mailbox when the business was closed. I will pay with cash, check or debit card, but not a payment application. They wouldn’t send an e-invoice because that would incur processing charges, they only wanted me to use PayPal “pay a friend” which requires you to have an account. Now they can do a mobile deposit, also free.

[–] • 2 pts

I did some digging into my issue, apparently guest payments have to be activated and/or you can't have used an email address that you've used before.

So I created "<paypalsucksdick@mydomain.com>" and tried that, still won't do it. Apparently this merchant doesn't have guest payments turned on, or his shitty storefront with the time set Alaska Standard isn't set up well.

[–] • 2 pts

Not only are the accounts automatically blocked&unusable since the Ukraine circus started for every citizen in Russia through no fault of our own, I can't even delete the damn thing! The only reason I even went to use it was because there was no other option at the time, and even that required total deanon + a phone call to activate the account, and that's how they treat their customers.

Fucking jewish tricks through and through, never ever again.

[–] • 2 pts

I use PayPal for freelance work because it's free and has a good invoicing system where I can issue invoices on the spot through my phone.

I do hate them and would change for something better if I was aware of it.

[–] • 2 pts

I understand that it has uses, but why force me to create an account just to send you money?

[–] • 2 pts

You don't have to do that, you can pay through the invoice in email by using a card. I'm not sure if it's the same if you are ordering online.

[–] • 2 pts

In this case, the vendor isn't invoicing me, they're passing a request to paypal to collect $X.

I realize that's a thin line, but the only piece of information paypal gets is collect money and return it to the vendor. They don't know why or for what. When I attempt to pay it, it only gives me the option to create an account so I can pay it.

Usually, there's "Pay as a guest," but for some reason that's missing for this one.

[–] • 2 pts

They definitely shouldn't.

  1. They helped end Voat.

  2. Amendments to the PayPal Privacy Statement (Effective October 16, 2020)

We are adding biometric data to the types of personal data which may be collected to accommodate voice recognition capabilities for increased security. Your consent will be requested before this data is collected.

[–] • 2 pts

But Elon!!!

[–] • 4 pts

But Elon!!!

Can go shove a tesla up his ass and puncture one of the batteries while capturing a rocket with his mouth.