i didn't always feel this way, extreme hate for paypal. for a good couple of years it was smooth sailing, no worries, buying and selling with ease. then one day, out of nowhere, BOOM, they froze my account. without getting into the whole very lengthy story, they had wrongly accused me of holding two accounts, one of which apparently had a balance of a few hundred bucks. at first, it seemed simple enough, just send them the info they asked for proving my identity and then all things would be cleared up. Ha! that's what I thought. i did everything they asked, faxed them my drivers license, and added a bank account to my profile. then i waited patiently for my freeze to be lifted. when that didn't happen, i made several phone calls talking to the dip shits over at paypal, pleading my case. still, no luck. finally i was able to speak to the customer relations manager. i spoke to this woman for over an hour, and argued until i was blue in the face. in the end she told me they didn't believe me, that it was still a possibility that i held another account, and that i was too much of a risk to be allowed to hold an account with them any longer. she actually told me, "you will NEVER be allowed to have a paypal account again." and that the freeze on my account will never be lifted. to say the least, this really pissed me off. if it wasn't for the fact that i need a paypal account in order to have any success with my etsy shop, then i wouldn't care. i offer Google Check Out as a payment option, along with money orders, cashier's checks, and even personal checks. so far, every transaction has been paid for using paypal. people are used to paying this way, they like it. i know that is how i used to feel too. i've managed to get another paypal account for my etsy sales, although it's under a false name, and has no credit card or bank account attached to it. so as of now, i have all this money in my paypal account, and am unable to spend it. i have the option of being paid by check but am afraid to do that, as i wouldn't know who to have them send it to. would i be able to cash the check that was written to this made up person i invented? would they figure me out if i gave them my real name?

so yes, there was a day that paypal had my full support, and i would even have great things to say about them to anyone that listened. now, they've screwed me royally, and i finally get what all those paypal haters have been talking about. beware to those that have not yet had an issue with paypal, your day will come, and then you too, will know why PAYPAL SUCKS.

take a look at other paypal horror stories, you won't believe what they get away with.

don't say i didn't warn you...