[Red5]

I bought 3 games on ebay tonight, the first time ive ever bought anything, Im trying to use that paypal system to work but it asks for the 3 digit numbers on the back of my credit card, i uh accidently scratched em off and no one else will loan me a card, am I SOL...or is there a way to bypass this?

[Stealth]

pay with a money order

[Stealth]

ok ok ok ok ok i'll help

First, while PayPal is much faster (payment wise)... i don't like it that much, because it's not as 'secure' as sending a money order or check  Although it's 99.99% secure, i just don't like giving credit card numbers to people if i can help it, although i've used PayPal a couple of times and i have an account.

Phone your credit card company and ask them for a replacement card, and if that takes too long (do it anyway though) ask them to give you the numbers that are scratched off.  They'll probably ask you to give them your PIN to make sure it's the right card holder, but that's easy

On an Ebay item page, right below the seller name it says 'payment methods'... see what they accept.  If they accept checks or direct deposits into their account (which can be done over the phone, or at your bank) then i'd recommend doing that.  I've bought over 200 items from Ebay members over the last 2 years, and i've only paid for about 2 of them with PayPal.  It's becoming more and more necessary, so if you use Ebay a lot, then open a new account (credit account) to use just for PayPal.  Otherwise if you only buy something now and then, use a money order, bank deposit, check, etc.

Hope it helps!

Regards
~Stealth~

[Red5]

thnx guyz, seems this pay pal is too risky to use, not worth it

[StratComm]

Hey, Ebay's where I got FS2!    Don't knock it.  As far as paypal is concerned, the only place that gets your credit card number is paypal itself, not the person on the other end.  You stand more chance of getting a check stoped in the mail or having someone listen in on a phone transfer than having a card number swiped by paypal.  My dad uses it all the time, and has not ever had any problems with it.

[Stealth]

Originally posted by StratComm
Hey, Ebay's where I got FS2!    Don't knock it.  As far as paypal is concerned, the only place that gets your credit card number is paypal itself, not the person on the other end.  You stand more chance of getting a check stoped in the mail or having someone listen in on a phone transfer than having a card number swiped by paypal.  My dad uses it all the time, and has not ever had any problems with it.

that's true that the only people that have your credit card number is PayPal... they're the ones that do the transactions... but they're one company too many.  Sure 99.99999% percent of people never have problems, but there's no point making an account and stuff (in my opinion) if you're going to buy one thing every now and then!   you'll have to pay fees and stuff for nothing

[Stealth]

Originally posted by Red5
thnx guyz, seems this pay pal is too risky to use, not worth it

if you wnat to go through it and get a new credit card and sign up for PayPal, then go ahead.  I just don't think it's worth it if you use it once every few months!

It's not risky, i just don't like giving out credit card numbers online period! (at all)...

[an0n]

*signed up for PayPal before they changed PayPal dollars to real dollars and were still offering $100 PayPal dollars for every referal*
*computer died*
*resumed internizing and discovered that PPD's were now as good as real dollars and began to weep*

[Stealth]

Originally posted by an0n
*signed up for PayPal before they changed PayPal dollars to real dollars and were still offering $100 PayPal dollars for every referal*
*computer died*
*resumed internizing and discovered that PPD's were now as good as real dollars and began to weep*

see?  don't use PayPal unless you're a serious Ebayer Red5