PayPal And GreenDot Money Pack SCAM or IGNORANCE[ New ]
06-21-2010 06:27 PM
I will not go into a lengthy detail of my experience but like so many of you,I have been mislead by false advertisement by Pay Pal and Green Dot Money Pack,and the latest concern's Money Sending service of PayPal,I will list some of the things for new members to be warned about using this system.
1-Call PayPal and be aware of your assisting limit that you could add funds using Money Pack,I learned the hard way that there is a $250.00 limit that you could add using Money Pack,
Note:If by chance you go out and purchase a Money Pack card for $4.95 and you are over the limit,YOU CAN'T ADD THE FUNDS TO YOUR ACCOUNT,And there is nothing you could do but request a refund from Green Dot which you pay processing fee and you get to wait 7 to 10 daysto have a check sent to you.After having to payed $4.95 for the card in the beginning.for your money which took you less than 2mins to give at the checkout counter
2-If you decide to open another account be aware that PayPal will attach your prior account to the new account stopping your abilitie to add funds using Money Pack unless you furnish them your personal information,Like your credit cards or Bank account (Me personally I wanted to use PayPal and Money because I didn't want to put my personal information on the site)And once again you are struck with the Money Pack card
Note:If by chance you attempted to make a purchase on Ebay using PayPal,and you are over your limit Ebay will request you to give your personal info and if you don't they will flag your account with them restricting your purchase's
3-Sending Money using PayPal system isn't what they advertised it to be,(See Below)
IT’S convenient
Use “Send Money” to pay for purchases,
Send cash gifts, pay people back, and
Transfer money internationally
More ways to use it
Send Money comes in handy
You can use it for so many things!
- Pay for a purchase
- Settle group-outing bills
- Send money for a group gift
- Pay your team or club dues
- Send a cash gift
- Pay a friend for dinner
- Send money to family in other countries
- Get payment for extra shipping, taxes or additional services provided
- Pay suppliers
- Make international payments
Yes I was able to send to my brother and receive from my brother money,but once you got the money YOU CAN NOT USE IT FOR YOUR PURCHASE'S,I have attempted a few times and this last time I call customer service,and rep. couldn't give me a reason for the action but he did say for $1.50 processing fee they will send me a check which would take up to 7 to 10 business days to receive,I ask him so why transfer money if I can't use it for my purchase's,and I also told him that it was false advertisement by Pay Pal (see Above)that I could use this money anyway I choose but in fact all I could do is pay the processing fee for the check a check to be sent to me, he transferred and I waited for 20mins to speak with a account specialist to help me for a measly $22.00 purchase
It seem's to me that the SCAM telling people that you could use the money for anything(When they don't allow you to) , when in fact comes to money tranfer's all they want you to do is pay $1.50 processing fee to have a check sent to you which is deducted from the monies,or let the mony sit there much like a Bank does and your money is used by the system,much like a bank does
Note:YOU CAN NOT USE THE MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE STATED IN THE ADVERTISEMENT.
People Don't think your Money just sit there OK.
I hope this help's the new member's and it is my greater hope that PayPal do the right thing,I believe that this system could be great,If not greater than what it is.
