Why do so many people hate paypal?

@ajalitus (127)
United States
February 21, 2012 11:40pm CST
I find that a lot of people hate paypal...they either got their account closed or lost some money. I've used Paypal for about a year and never experienced problems. I usually get payed through Paypal and if it takes too long...it's because of the sender. I guess the website looks kind of unappealing and the customer service isn't first class but i kinda like Paypal. Without paypal, I wouldn't get paid. What's your experience with Paypal?
6 responses
@syoti20 (5293)
• Philippines
9 Jan 13
I belong to the fortunate people to don't have problem in withdrawal or sending money. I don't have clue why they encounter such problem especially in India. i guess paypal has a valid reason why is this happening to them.
@venkit (2955)
• India
26 Feb 12
Ya I have also seen that Many are hating paypal.. I dont know why?? Although It may be difficult to do some verification first time, its the best payment option in internet.. I have seen a discussion saying that there should be some other option for mylot payout.. I am satisfied with Paypal and its the best(I think..) Specially for bank transfer, paypal is best.. No need to hate it..
@jlamela (4898)
• Philippines
22 Feb 12
I've been with paypal since 2009 and so far I did not experience any terrible event. My money is safe and no further delays in transferring account. The only thing I detest about paypal is the foreign exchange to peso because the amount is reduced a little bit but in general, paypal is okay and very convenient.
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
22 Feb 12
I guess I'm also one of those fortunate people who are satisfied with PayPal. I've signed up for an account 3 years ago and till now I haven't yet experienced any problems. Besides, it was the first online payment system that's recognized by the banks in my country. AlertPay was recently recognized but the charges for transferring funds from it is too steep.
@samaire (154)
• United States
24 Feb 12
I use it from a couple of years with no problem but 4 months ago i had a problem. I received money from a site but a couple of days after that the sitewanted the money back and Paypal gave them without asking me!!!! It was one of those scam sites. How the most trustable site can do this? I wrote so many emails. They told me that there was a mistake or eror, i still can't understand, they told me to contact the site but they are those who gave my money!!!!! The money were in other account for bigger safety but they gave money and my original account had minus balance!!!! But i had to transfer the money and gave them away if i want to use my account to buy stuf!!!! I wrote so many emails but still no normal response from PayPal!!! My advice is DON'T keep card number in your account! Make another account where you can transfer the money that you receive to avoid any "mistakes"!!!!
• Italy
22 Feb 12
I'm fine with paypal as well. It's very likely people complain without realising they did something wrong, for example I heard money earnt by gambling is against their rules.