My Experiences with PayPal Australia.

Yep i had the same thing,just send them a e/mail saying that you are ringing the banking ombudsman.It turned out that someone had hacked my acc,but they reinstated it for me after a lot of yelling.

Well here is absolutely no way anyone can convince me to supply my personal details to an international company with no accesability ie shop front/s here in Australia.

If I did supply these details exactly where do they go?
Which country?
Which data base?
Who will have access to them?
And for exactly what reason?

Sorry paypal I refuse to use your service now.

This is odd because I have not been asked for anything like that yet, but I did create my account this year.

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Originally posted by INBreplica

Ihad an issue with PayPal a couple of years ago when I sold some items to a guy in the States.
he payed and asked for me not to send them till he was ready. After a few weeks he filed an item not received dispute,which he emailed me and told me to ignore,as he was only doing it to protect himself.
After 2 months,he asked me to post them,regular sea post.I did this and kept all of the documentation.
Paypal then advised me that my account had been frozen due to the buyer esculating the dispute to a claim.
I furnished al of the proof of postage to them within the given time frame,only to have the claim awarded in the buyers favour.
This ,I disputed,with no success.
they closed my paypal account and sent the account to a debt collecter.I disputed this,but was told I had to pay it,which I did.
Due to this,I am down 3 very rare 1/3 scale ,remote controlled go karts worth around $1100 each,$135 freight and a lot of stress.

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I'm not trying to defend Paypal, but you've clearly fallen victim to a scammer here.

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Originally posted by cosworthfreak

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Originally posted by INBreplica

Ihad an issue with PayPal a couple of years ago when I sold some items to a guy in the States.
he payed and asked for me not to send them till he was ready. After a few weeks he filed an item not received dispute,which he emailed me and told me to ignore,as he was only doing it to protect himself.
After 2 months,he asked me to post them,regular sea post.I did this and kept all of the documentation.
Paypal then advised me that my account had been frozen due to the buyer esculating the dispute to a claim.
I furnished al of the proof of postage to them within the given time frame,only to have the claim awarded in the buyers favour.
This ,I disputed,with no success.
they closed my paypal account and sent the account to a debt collecter.I disputed this,but was told I had to pay it,which I did.
Due to this,I am down 3 very rare 1/3 scale ,remote controlled go karts worth around $1100 each,$135 freight and a lot of stress.

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I'm not trying to defend Paypal, but you've clearly fallen victim to a scammer here.

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It WAS Paypal that sent it to the debt collectors,even after I sent them the details they asked for

Hello INBreplica,

If you have kept all of your documentation that would be enough to pursue your claim to the courts.


Interesting info and a good read at:
http://www.screw-paypal.com/international_pages/Australia.html

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Originally posted by PeterM


Well here is absolutely no way anyone can convince me to supply my personal details to an international company with no accesability ie shop front/s here in Australia.

If I did supply these details exactly where do they go?
Which country?
Which data base?
Who will have access to them?
And for exactly what reason?

Sorry paypal I refuse to use your service now.

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Peter,

I think the push is that the ATO will be able to audit your account. This is an old story http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/declare-ebay-sales-taxman/story-e6freooo-1111117781380

You being in business yourself do you think is fair someone else can run their entire business from paypal without the gst?

Example

Hello EBAYID,

eBay has received a request from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) for information relating to members of www.ebay.com.au who had sales greater than AU $20,000 in any given year during the period 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2009.

Our records reflect that you had sales greater than AU $20,000 in at least one of these financial years. As a result, the ATO has requested the following information:

•Contact name and user ID
•Email Address and IP Address
•Company /Business Number and ABN
•Address
•Telephone numbers
•Date of Birth
•Registration Date
•Banking Account Details
•Monthly sales for the period 1 July 2007 – 30 June 2009

We can confirm that eBay has and will continue to work with the ATO to provide them with the information we are legally required to provide. Disclosure of this information is permitted in accordance with our Privacy Policy. eBay will be the ones to provide this information to the ATO.

For further information regarding the ATO, please visit its website at www.ato.gov.au, or consult with your professional legal or tax adviser.

Sincerely,
The eBay Team