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Not really true - there are some decent ones too.
Such as?
My local CU has been good to me.
If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, close it
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Re: If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, close it
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My Bitcoin funds are stored in cold storage (private key printed on paper and stored in wall safe; good luck in zero-daying _that_). The only thing that can end Bitcoin is breaking sec256k1 elliptic curve, and this is unlikely to happen soon.
The value of Bitcoin is based on the collective faith of the network. With a 0day that faith is destroyed and those cold storage Bitcoins hit $0 just like any fiat currency.
Didn't happen so far, despite enormous incentives. There's always a possibility, of course.
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#385Do people not realize PayPal has phone support? It's not some black hole of support. Just call them up like a normal company... they've been helpful for any odd issues we've had in the past.
The phone support is absolutely terrible. After spending 15 minutes on hold, you get connected with script readers with indecipherable foreign accents, and if they can't help you because it's not on their script (yes, I know how to use a web site, here's why the steps you gave me won't work), they advise you to open a case in the Resolution Center just to get you off the phone -- where I have one pending now for over…
They definitely have a ticketing system, and they do have support that knows what they're doing. Maybe it's just business support or something? We haven't run into issues like this when we call.
Re: If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, close it
#386Is there a list of good PayPal alternatives besides Stripe? Bonus points for companies that work outside of the USA.
Curious: What's the issue with Stripe? Also, in Europe you can look into GoCardless.
No issue with Stripe, but it's good to know alternatives. Going from one near-monopoly to another is not good.
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The same is true in the UK, a direct debit instruction can be setup on an account using just the name, number and sort code, but it doesn't make us more wary, much in the same way that supplying one's home address is enough to take out lines of credit in that person's name
This sounds incredibly insecure, is it exploited much?
As far as I know, the ability to use direct debits is not given to everyone. You can't just start making direct debits just because you have a bank account.
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Not very helpful.
You should definitely try steams bitcoin integration before you dismiss the possibility. Grab a bitcoin wallet on your phone, go buy $5 worth of bitcoin, and then use that $5 of bitcoin to buy $5 of steam credit. It's a considerably smoother user flow than using a credit card, and it's just as fast. I think you'll be surprised and impressed.
First, given the track record of manufacturers with android security updates, I wouldn't install a bitcoin wallet on my phone.
Then, there is the problem with "buy $5 worth of bitcoin". Last time I checked, this was everything but trivial, at least here in Europe.
And finally, the last purchase I made with bitcoins on steam took more than 12 hours to get validated. I used the standard bitcoin fee of the bitcoin-qt client but it seems to be far from enough nowadays.
Re: If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, close it
#389You can simply refund the money and tell your friend to send somewhere else , well that's what I did
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You know what you need to set up address forwarding? A charge to a debit card with the same billing address. Catch 22.
Any other payment method would also work.
Actually:
"In order to prevent fraud, we require a card with the billing address of either your old, or your new address."