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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.