I've used paypal for a decade now, and found it a safe, convenient and fast way to pay. However over the last 3 months, it's all gone horribly wrong. My account stopped working when my credit card expired, and adding my replacement one wouldn't work. It kept saying "invalid number", even when it was perfect. The reason given was that I live in Italy, and the card was from HSBC, "The World's Local Bank", so it wasn't going to work. So I was told I have to create a new account, when I move to another country.... what a pain. So I did that, except now it's asking me to enter proof of address, and will only let me enter a UK address... which I don't have proof of. So I am completely **bleep** on all sides. All my standing orders and debits / subscriptions are failing, and there is nothing I can do. I tried to call PayPal, however they are experiencing "Exceptionally Long Waiting Times", which I can verify after 9 hours in a queue.... I suppose the reason is that paypal doesn't work anymore, and there are a lot of very angry people on the phone to them. Talk about "how to kill your business".... It's just a shame there's no real alternatives...
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