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Re: GitHub Sponsors will stop supporting PayPal

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Post by moneywoes »

AussieWog93 wrote: post #109
bsuvc wrote: post #88

We hear a lot from people who have had a bad experience using PayPal. But is there anyone who has had a good experience, either as a merchant, or as a customer?

Yeah, I've sold over $1M worth of stuff on eBay since 2011 and have mostly good things to say about them. Much better support than eBay or Amazon, at least for merchants, and the few times I've needed them as a customer they've helped me out. Even one time when I was socially engineered into ticking the "item received" when I hadn't received the item, they helped me get a refund. I think a lot of the bad stories you…

> was socially engineered into ticking the "item received

How?

Re: GitHub Sponsors will stop supporting PayPal

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Post by illiac786 »

andai wrote: post #79
TT-392 wrote: post #56

Guess I won't be able to sponsor anyone anymore. I guess as a US based company they are expecting everyone to just have a credit card.

If you're in Europe, I can recommend N26. They have a bank card that functions as a "credit card". Only you need to have a balance on it or the transactions won't go through, because the account is charged instantly.

do not ever use N26 for anything else than a credit card though, don't have your main account with them, they lock accounts without giving a (concrete) reason and are then unreachable.

Re: GitHub Sponsors will stop supporting PayPal

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Post by dnissley »

bsuvc wrote: post #88

We hear a lot from people who have had a bad experience using PayPal. But is there anyone who has had a good experience, either as a merchant, or as a customer?

Use it as a customer and have never had anything but good experiences -- have only heard of complaints from the merchant side.

Re: GitHub Sponsors will stop supporting PayPal

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Post by SAI_Peregrinus »

TT-392 wrote: post #111
hhh wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or a debit card.

They say that in the article, but at the actual checkout the only options listed rn are paypal and credit card. Also, honestly not even sure my banks debit card would work with something like that, only thing I ever used for paying online is ideal (a dutch payment standard)

In the US (and GitHub is a US-designed site) "credit card" is used to generically refer to any payment card, whether it's a credit card, a debit card, a pre-paid universal payment card (not a gift card, but a prepaid Visa or MasterCard or similar).

Re: GitHub Sponsors will stop supporting PayPal

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Post by NavinF »

TT-392 wrote: post #111
hhh wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or a debit card.

They say that in the article, but at the actual checkout the only options listed rn are paypal and credit card. Also, honestly not even sure my banks debit card would work with something like that, only thing I ever used for paying online is ideal (a dutch payment standard)

Does your debit card not have a visa/mc logo? In the US credit cards and debit cards work exactly the same online. Only difference is you get points/cashback on credit cards.

If not, can't you walk into a grocery store and buy a $500 prepaid visa card?

Re: GitHub Sponsors will stop supporting PayPal

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Post by pc86 »

bsuvc wrote: post #88

We hear a lot from people who have had a bad experience using PayPal. But is there anyone who has had a good experience, either as a merchant, or as a customer?

As a customer, absolutely. I don't have my CC info memorized, and I can log in via PayPal and pay with almost any of them.

I've never heard a business prefer PayPal over CCs but maybe there are some.

Re: GitHub Sponsors will stop supporting PayPal

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Post by derkades »

fshbbdssbbgdd wrote: post #100
bsuvc wrote: post #88

We hear a lot from people who have had a bad experience using PayPal. But is there anyone who has had a good experience, either as a merchant, or as a customer?

Sure, I buy things through PayPal a lot. It’s purely out of convenience. It saves me the steps of entering in my address and credit card info when buying something online. If the checkout page offers Apple Pay or Stripe, I’ll use those instead, because they’re even easier. I’ve never had any problems with any of these payment services. I also like that both PayPal and Apple provide a centralized UI where I can revoke…

PayPal still charges about a 3-4% + 50 cent fee. Not as large as the exorbitant 30%, but still a lot compared to the tens of cents it costs for IBAN payments in the EU

Re: GitHub Sponsors will stop supporting PayPal

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Post by clint »

bsuvc wrote: post #88

We hear a lot from people who have had a bad experience using PayPal. But is there anyone who has had a good experience, either as a merchant, or as a customer?

The millions and millions of people and businesses who use Paypal every day, without issue, presumably.

100Bn of TPV flows through Paypal every month, why do you think all those people trust their money with Paypal?

Re: GitHub Sponsors will stop supporting PayPal

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Post by fragmede »

SAI_Peregrinus wrote: post #125
TT-392 wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They say that in the article, but at the actual checkout the only options listed rn are paypal and credit card. Also, honestly not even sure my banks debit card would work with something like that, only thing I ever used for paying online is ideal (a dutch payment standard)

In the US (and GitHub is a US-designed site) "credit card" is used to generically refer to any payment card, whether it's a credit card, a debit card, a pre-paid universal payment card (not a gift card, but a prepaid Visa or MasterCard or similar).

By you, maybe. The gas station down the street from me, due to fraud, has to make an distinction between credit and debit cards because it doesn't accept credit cards.
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