If PayPal offers a way to check on the status and legitimacy of an online retailer through their website before you make payment they become more valuable than a credit card company! Especially for international online purchases. In the future if I make a purchase through PayPal I plan on researching the seller. It would be nice if PayPal identified them as a company in China or wherever and I should be able to see if they are in good standing with the online marketplace, how long they have been in business, how many consumers their rating is based on, and if they have a shipping partner in the US (in case I need to make a return). This is all information that could be easily generated on the PayPal platform and it becomes up to the consumer if they are interested in taking a chance on a seller who has not verified their information through a history of operating on PayPal.
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