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Re: PayPal.Me

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Post by gorena » Tue, Sep 01, 2015, 2:16 PM UTC

ahmad19526 wrote: post #7

Paypal owns Venmo (via the Braintree acquisition). How is this not cannibalizing on Venmo (whose primary existence is around sending money btwn friends)...?

The Venmo team is a different team, located in NYC instead of California, has a brand that people actually like, something something middle managers. This kind of nonsense is standard issue from eBay and I don't think it would have changed in a month of separation.

Re: PayPal.Me

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Post by christop » Tue, Sep 01, 2015, 2:17 PM UTC

glogla wrote: post #3

praeivis wrote: post #2

Sorry about that...PayPal.Me isn't available in your country.

I love how you can't even see FAQ or About pages if you're not in the supported country. That's Google Play Store level UX.

Even if you are in a supported country, when setting up a page, the "Learn more about our fees" page is a 404: https://www.paypal.com/%7BcoBrand%7D/webapps/mpp/paypal-fees

Re: PayPal.Me

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Post by Aoyagi » Tue, Sep 01, 2015, 2:17 PM UTC

johnnymonster wrote: post #5

paypal is by far the worst payment processing system that I have ever used...

Why?

Re: PayPal.Me

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Post by mmackh » Tue, Sep 01, 2015, 2:17 PM UTC

It's fun to get in on services early and have the choice of a username: https://www.paypal.me/more

Re: PayPal.Me

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Sep 01, 2015, 2:17 PM UTC

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Re: PayPal.Me

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Post by TomGullen » Tue, Sep 01, 2015, 2:17 PM UTC

Paypal, sort out the problems you've had for years on your main site:

* Incredibly slow page loads * I have to login twice each time * If I browse too many pages, the query string gets so long my requests fail * It goes on and on

Re: PayPal.Me

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Post by _jomo » Tue, Sep 01, 2015, 2:18 PM UTC

It doesn't show error messages when a transaction fails, it just does nothing. I had to look at the JSON response to figure out it was denied.

Re: PayPal.Me

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Post by BillPond » Tue, Sep 01, 2015, 2:20 PM UTC

swagswag wrote: post #9

BillPond wrote: post #4

Based on my previous paypal experiences, I would rather send my money with any of the other money platforms that are out there.

Square or Stripe?

Every friend circle uses a different service, but its mostly facebook or square. No issues with either!

Re: PayPal.Me

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Post by dopamean » Tue, Sep 01, 2015, 2:21 PM UTC

TomGullen wrote: post #16

Paypal, sort out the problems you've had for years on your main site: * Incredibly slow page loads * I have to login twice each time * If I browse too many pages, the query string gets so long my requests fail * It goes on and on

> If I browse too many pages, the query string gets so long my requests fail

Jesus. Is that really true?

Re: PayPal.Me

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Post by solaris999 » Tue, Sep 01, 2015, 2:23 PM UTC

TomGullen wrote: post #16

Paypal, sort out the problems you've had for years on your main site: * Incredibly slow page loads * I have to login twice each time * If I browse too many pages, the query string gets so long my requests fail * It goes on and on

Good on you for listing your gripes with them. Too often I see people complaining about PayPal in general but I've managed to miss actual reasons before now.