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From: Chris Barker <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: OT - Brit users beware PayPal "membership"
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Sorry chaps and chapesses, but I am cross.
I have just sold a fuji RF and a 35-105 on e*ay only to find that the
winners wanted to pay in USD (perhaps the GBP sign was difficult to
understand). I agreed to becoming a member of PayPal for a Florida
resident, only to find that I have to register a credit card and a
bank account to recieve the money and it costs me $15 for the
privilege of upgrading to a "Premier Account" to receive more than
$100 per month! All these terms were opaque to me before I foolishly
agreed to register, it just built up and built up into what looks
suspiciously like a scam.
And, to withdraw the money to my account will take up to a week. So,
I don't know about the USA, but being a foreign member is not going
to be cheap! Brits beware!
I was wary of registering with PayPal because of stories from some
months ago, but I succumbed to help someone pay me.... aarrrgghh.
Finished now... going off to sulk...
Chris
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Chris Barker
Gamlingay, England
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