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Re: PayPal.Me

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Post by mangeletti » Tue, Sep 01, 2015, 2:24 PM UTC

mmackh wrote: post #14

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

Tell me about it: https://www.paypal.me/signup

It looks like somebody already grabbed https://www.paypal.me/login

Re: PayPal.Me

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Post by gorena » Tue, Sep 01, 2015, 2:25 PM UTC

I attempted to sign up with a 50 character 1Password-generated password, and was told that passwords cannot be longer than 20 characters.

I can't see any reason for this other than that they're storing them either encrypted or in cleartext.

Use with caution.

Re: PayPal.Me

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Post by Jarred » Tue, Sep 01, 2015, 2:26 PM UTC

jzig wrote: post #6

paypal.me/support is available!

no longer!

Re: PayPal.Me

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Post by dijit » Tue, Sep 01, 2015, 2:26 PM UTC

Aoyagi wrote: post #13

johnnymonster wrote: post #5

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

Why?

Terrible site, slow load times, history of poor security. Disenfranchised workers and a bureaucratic nightmare. Along with a history of freezing assets of popular projects for no reason. (wikileaks donations for instance).

http://www.paypalsucks.com/ https://www.aboutpaypal.org/

Re: PayPal.Me

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Post by newjersey » Tue, Sep 01, 2015, 2:27 PM UTC

mangeletti wrote: post #21

mmackh wrote: post #14

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

Tell me about it: https://www.paypal.me/signup It looks like somebody already grabbed https://www.paypal.me/login

They won't allow me to take PayPal.me/sex or PayPal.me/Google :(

Re: PayPal.Me

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Post by colinsidoti » Tue, Sep 01, 2015, 2:28 PM UTC

Ahh I tried doing this with Stripe and Stripe Checkout on StripePal.com but they wouldn't let me do it because money services businesses aren't allowed :(

I really like this concept though. If I wasn't paranoid about frozen assets I would be happy to use it.

Re: PayPal.Me

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Post by jcoby » Tue, Sep 01, 2015, 2:28 PM UTC

dopamean wrote: post #19

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?

It happens with cookies as well. It's especially bad on the developer sandbox. If you ever have trouble using the sandbox it's either because your cookie is too big or it's broken for the 11th time this week.

Re: PayPal.Me

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Post by Geeek » Tue, Sep 01, 2015, 2:29 PM UTC

So its like Square cash but owned by PayPal? Thanks but no.

Re: PayPal.Me

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Post by LinkDJ » Tue, Sep 01, 2015, 2:30 PM UTC

mangeletti wrote: post #21

mmackh wrote: post #14

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

Tell me about it: https://www.paypal.me/signup It looks like somebody already grabbed https://www.paypal.me/login

I grabbed https://www.paypal.me/test

root was also available, sadly 404 was not.

Re: PayPal.Me

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Post by rattray » Tue, Sep 01, 2015, 2:30 PM UTC

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.

How long ago were those experiences?

The company seems to be undergoing several large changes since they became independent from eBay

EDIT: I'm also curious the kind of bad experiences you had?