[geeks] UnPaypal?

[Joshua Boyd]

On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 07:39:31AM -0600, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at  6:42 AM, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> 
> >Anyone come up with a good alternative to PayPal yet?  I just had a 
> >friend move to New Zealand, in the process of which PayPal did 
> >everything they could within their terms of service to steal $2600 
> >from him.  Combined with the new move further to the Dark Side by 
> >eBay, who now owns PayPal, my discomfort level with PayPal is rising 
> >almost daily.
> >
> 
> I too am curious - I've not had any problems with PayPal, but my use has 
> been pretty low volume (in my peak I did about 10 - 12 transactions a 
> month,, now I average one or two a month). I've seen other options out 
> there, but they never had critical mass to get me to switch. I think 
> Western Union has/had such a service, they called it an escrow service 
> IIRC...

A lot of people won't except western union because of scam potential.
Even Western Union says they are only to be used by people who know each
other.