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@pnorman @simon @ianthetechie So a lawsuit is only worthwhile for disputes over €10k. This makes Paypal a stupid risk to Europeans. Americans have better access to courts & could sue Paypal for small amounts. It’ll cost <$100 in court fees to file & serve but the loser pays that. OTOH, Paypal most likely has an arbitration clause in their ToS which neuders that option.

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Contradiction Finder replied to Contradiction

@ianthetechie @simon @pnorman I would love to sue Paypal for ~$150 (what they took from me + court fees), but PP didn’t burn me in the US so I’m stuffed. I have no viable recourse.

Contradiction Finder replied to Contradiction

@pnorman @simon @ianthetechie Consider the bottom line as well- if a US bank does a money grab & that goes public, the loss of trust is crippling as consumers have ~6000+ other banks to choose from. When Paypal does that, PP need not worry because of the monopolistic stranglehold they have. Consider that PP cut off Anonymous & Wikileaks at one point. They got burnt but they continue patronizing PP anyway.

Simon Poole replied to Contradiction

@batalanto @pnorman @ianthetechie pls stop, the reasons why the OSMF offers paypal as one of a number of payment options has already been explained.

Contradiction Finder replied to Simon

@simon @ianthetechie @pnorman That’s irrelevant because the payer decides. If Paypal were the only option (as it appeared initially) they’d be getting zero from me. The fact that there are other options is precisely why exposing #Paypal’s wrongdoing is important.

Matija Nalis replied to Contradiction

@batalanto
one could use credit card with paypal if they needed to. If they ever tried not delivering money to recepient, one could simply instruct their creditcard company to issue a chargeback for fraudelant activity and have paypal eat the costs. Of course paypal would terminate their account in retaliation, but its not like one would want to deal with paypal after such experience anyway
@ianthetechie @simon @pnorman

Contradiction Finder replied to Matija

@mnalis @pnorman @simon @ianthetechie You’re talking nuts & bolts of the CC option under a premise that a payer is trapped with #Paypal processing. Yes paying with CC via PP is much safer than paying with a PP acct. But then you still have PP sharing data from your CC transaction with 600+ corps & you still feed PP financially. So by boycotting PP I don’t just refuse to usa a PP acct, I avoid PP getting my CC info.

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