Paypal Is Quite Strange

[sparhawk]

The paypal guys must be really weird. They locked my account some months ago, because I am 0.44 eurocents in debt to them. Yes. That's about .56 cents USD. The funny thing is that they have my account data, so they could already have withdrawn that big money from my account. Instead they rather send me 100 nagmails to "clean up" my account and locked it after some time. Really. As if I owe them such a big amount of money. I simply refused to clear the balance because I don't really feel like making a transaction for 0.44 cent. Next time I want to pay something I can always add this huge amount to the bill and everything would be fine, but no, they have to lock my account for this. That's really plain ridicoulous.

[Aceyalone]

LOL!!! Consider yourself lucky! VERY LUCKY!

 

I have heard a similar story that a guy had got a loan of some ten thousands euros and after paying the dept he had left 0.2 cents left.

 

He of course had thought he had payed the dept but the bank kept sending him notes about not having payed the dept and after a few months bank agents came at him and took his house! Problem was he had no money to pay (no currency exists with 0.2 value). After one month troubling with bureocrasy he finally got his home back but until then dont know where they had been sleeping... lol

[Vadrosaul]

Isn't bureaucracy hilarious. They waste much more time and money pursuing such petty amounts than actually would have cost them just writing them off.

[Nyarlathotep]

It wouldn't be bureaucracy if it weren't pointless. Most of the time I wonder if government agencies and corporations aren't actually in for the money--though it may seem so--but aim to make people suffer.

[Crispy]

The paypal guys must be really weird.

Weird, evil, take your pick...

 

They locked my account for "getting the password wrong", though I'm quite sure I had it correct. Thankfully I only had a few US cents in there, because I'd heard the horror stories before and made sure never to keep any money in the account.

[Komag]

I've never had Paypal woes in 8 years, used quite extensively.

[sparhawk]

Maybe that's the problem. I use it rather rarely.

[Ombrenuit]

I wouldn't exactly say they are in the wrong here, we just live in a qualitative society (aka the computer age); if you're over, you're over. Quantitative reason would find a different solution, but considering that programmers aren't exactly installing software like that anytime soon, I wouldn't exactly place the blame on the company. I've never had any trouble with paypal.

Edited February 23, 2007 by Ombrenuit

[OrbWeaver]

I wouldn't exactly say they are in the wrong here, we just live in a qualitative society (aka the computer age); if you're over, you're over. Quantitative reason would find a different solution, but considering that programmers aren't exactly installing software like that anytime soon, I wouldn't exactly place the blame on the company.

 

Umm..what?

[sparhawk]

What he meant is that they are formally right. If I'm in debt even 0.01 Euro, then they are legally entitled to do whatever a company does in such a case, and with the help of computers this is more likel to happen now then, at times when no computers were around.

[oDDity]

Yes, exactly how much debt is enough to warrant them taking action?

$1? $2? $5?

[OrbWeaver]

I don't see how they could repossess your house for a debt of 0.01 anyway, surely you could just give them some small change from your pocket when they turn up? A house is worth far more than that, and I don't see how they could take arbitrarily valuable goods to repay a trivial debt.

[sparhawk]

Ah, the fees, the fees. If they charge a laywer with the task of getting 0.01 Euro, then you have to pay about 50 Euro plus that 0.01 and of course you also have to pay interest. So in a short time you can get at the value of a house if you let it slip.

[Vadrosaul]

Exactly. No matter how small the amount due is, rest assured they will go after the debt regardless, and find legal ways to have their time & resources paid for by coming after the offender.

[Domarius]

I read those links about how the big paypal monster stopped people from organising their own fundrasing efforts for Katrina. Actually they were pretty justified in doing this. If you want to make a donation, just donate to the nearest reputable charity, like Red Cross. Just why would you donate to some random dude who says "Hey I'm starting a charity!", how do you know he's not taking it for himself? It's happened before. Paypal were just protecting against this.

[sparhawk]

On the other hand, if a million poeple would just spends a single dollar, I would be happy, and nobody would be the poorer.

[Komag]

That's exactly how to get rich, you just have to develop something that benefits a million people more than a dollar's worth, so that to them it will be a good deal to give you the dollar to get that benefit, and you get rich in the process!

 

(note - much easier said than done...)

[Aceyalone]

Fan with paypal can really be when u owe some 0.1 cents and after having you bombarded with mails, start replying:

 

"Come and take them you Mother F@(#&R$"

"Sorry this is Suzy's mail. Kisses"

"I shall pay with value. Does a dead's lobster moustache does it?"

"Boo! Scared Ya? Hihihi..."

"Ma, someone is busting by B@||$"

"Lol, soz brb to $$ u after next round! PS: Dust Plz"

"Hey you letter looks familiar! Do I know you?"

"I am 2 meter blonde hot model! What are u doing tonight?"

 

and eventually trying resend all the other spam mails about enlarging your "stuff".

Offer them sales and bonuses too! I think they will appreciate it!