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by psycombi 2907 days ago
I always see Paypal's negative stories on Ycombinator and only positive stories of Square & Stripe. Let's not be an unnecessary devil's advocate or a cheerleader!
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captain_perl 2907 days ago
Excuse me, but Paypal is not a regulated bank in the USA, and they routinely hold customer account money for 6 months.

Additionally, periodically they purge entire business categories by locking accounts until you can prove you're not violating their terms of service du jour.

The complaints about Paypal are justified.

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ythn 2907 days ago
You can say that about anything. Pick a technology/company you like and I'll write an "excuse me, but" piece that "justifiably" criticizes it.
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Retric 2907 days ago
Can you think of any good thing about paypal beyond user experience? I am open to suggestions, but I don't know of anything.
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Avamander 2907 days ago
So everything sucks, so what? Are we not allowed to complain?
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chris_wot 2907 days ago
Have Square or Stripe addressed letters of demand to dead people?
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psycombi 2907 days ago
Paypal is too big compared to Square & Stripe combined.Also as per my knowledge, in the case of holding money, it depends on case by case basis. I am extensively using Paypal in my day to day online purchases and i never had any issues. If they are holding money it may be bcoz of some risk associated with that account. Call customer care and your issue will be resolved.
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