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Showing Original Post only (View all)Paying online via PayPal versus credit card [View all]
Does anyone here have any opinions one way or the other whether PayPal is preferable to credit card payment when buying items on line?
Last few times Ive made online payments, PayPal popped up as the first choice. One site (I forget what I was paying for)(flowers I think) was really pushing PayPal.
Is one method more secure than another? Any advantages to PayPal?
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I used e bay, gave credit card, and saw paypal on my bill. Dunno how that works.
empedocles
Jun 2019
#1
Pretty sure they're the same corporation, actually ... founder of one or the other
mr_lebowski
Jun 2019
#26
Every time you enter a credit card number you give up identity info to yet a new site.
hlthe2b
Jun 2019
#2
It won't happen with a "verified" paypal account (that means one you've used and for which
hlthe2b
Jun 2019
#6
I have used Paypal for years and never had any problems. They have never asked me for a credit card
dameatball
Jun 2019
#14
If you think you might need product-guarantee protections, use the CC not PP.
earthshine
Jun 2019
#15
A small business or other entity that accepts credit card payments should NEVER handle...
hunter
Jun 2019
#25
Thank you. I thought I had read bad stuff ... I didn't know whether it was related to eBay only
MaryMagdaline
Jun 2019
#24