PayPal Plug-In Going Bye Bye

United States
August 12, 2010 1:35am CST
Did anyone else get an email from PayPal today stating they are doing away with PayPal Plug-In? The service is stopping on September 22nd. This may not be a big deal to some people, but I use Plug-In at least 30 times a day to fill in information for new sites, free samples, every time I need to sign in to a site I have to use it, and it is just a great convenience. If I had to input my name and address manually all day long I would waste tons of time.They stated in their email that they are focusing on other areas. What? What does that mean??? I didn't know it took so much of their time to offer something that worked in an automated fashion. Please tell me if you are as mad as I am, and if you use PayPal Plug-in as much as I do.
3 responses
@zralte (4178)
• India
12 Aug 10
I haven't received that email. But I don't quite understand what you mean by Plug-In. Sorry to be a bit dense. Could you explain it further please?
• United States
13 Aug 10
PayPal Plug-In also offers the ability to generate a secure credit card number when you are purchasing something online and want to use funds from your payPal account but don't have a site that takes Paypal. Plug-In can generate a credit card number for one time use to purchase the item online. Once it is discontinued on Sept. 22nd I will have to use a regular credit card instead of being able to use extra money in my PayPal account. Bummer. I think the only sites that accept PayPal is ebay, and a few other sites listed on PayPal shopping.
@jeaz89 (117)
• Malaysia
13 Aug 10
im not really clear to what are you trying to say and also i didnt receive any information regarding paypal plug-in from them . It might be a spam email or something .
• United States
13 Aug 10
Hi, As far as PayPal Plug-In, please look at the response in the number 1 post. It explains all about PayPal Plug-In. I verified with PayPal that it is definitely not a spam email and the Plug-in free service is discontinuing on Sept. 22nd.
@rameshchow (4426)
• India
12 Aug 10
sorry i the content you mentioned is not cleared to me. care to enlighten me................ and wel come to the mylot great friendship community...
• United States
13 Aug 10
Thanks for the welcome to the site. It seems like a fun place to interact with other bloggers.As far as payPal Plug-In, please refer to the response listed above as to what PayPal Plug-In is (sorry, but it was a long email response and I didn't want to have to retype it in again). Thanks.