I love using Paypal! It gives me the security and peace of mind that I want when shopping online. However, since I have just become a victim of Paypals recurring payment scheme, I will have to change that to - I used to love Paypal! I'll make my story short. I bought a months access to a site. After the month was over, I just happened to notice that Paypal sent out another payment. I checked my Paypal account and saw that Paypal is now allowing recurring payments. My problem with Paypal and their recurring payment feature is that there doesn't seem to be anything in place to prevent merchants from using it to take advantage of customers. The print on the merchant website that states this is a monthly charge is hard to find, if there at all. In my example, there was nothing about a recurring fee. Paypal needs to add a warning during the transaction process that tells you that you will be charged every month. You shouldn't have to log into your Paypal account and have to check your profile. Unfortunately, until Paypal makes some changes to the recurring payment program, I won't be using Paypal at all. And it's a shame that a lot of people are going to have to find out about this the hard way.
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