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PayPal to charge £12 inactivity fee
tszaboo:
--- Quote from: tom66 on October 16, 2020, 11:17:39 am ---
--- Quote from: NANDBlog on October 16, 2020, 07:38:08 am ---But then again, our government in their infinite wisdom put taxes on capital.
You are not supposed to have money, spend it please.
If you have money, it is much harder to keep you in your shitty job, as a slave.
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Anyone who does not have a minimum 6 months emergency budget, in a well paid job like engineering, is being foolish.
Nowadays, at least in the UK, there is no safety net. If you get ill and can't work, even if you have worked all your life and paid taxes, the bank will take your house or the landlord will evict you.
It is a tragic state of affairs. What can you do?
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I was 17, when I met this homeless guy. I was at someone, he knocked at the door, they gave him some food.
Then they explained, that he was an EE before, lost his job, lost his family (wife left), had a drinking problem for a few years after that. Used to live in the same building. They said he is trying to get his life together, but it is really hard to get from 0 to 1, much harder than from 1 to 2.
I still think about this guy sometimes, although I only seen him once in my life.
tggzzz:
Can I quietly suggest that it would be a shame if this thread descended into a traditional politics / healthcare abyss.
Yes, such stories are tragic, and shouldn't be forgotten, but they area distraction from eBay fees and electronics.
Monkeh:
--- Quote from: fourtytwo42 on October 16, 2020, 01:25:51 pm ---
--- Quote from: Microdoser on October 16, 2020, 12:39:54 pm ---
--- Quote from: fourtytwo42 on October 16, 2020, 11:15:15 am ---I closed my paypal account several months ago (that I had had for donkey's years) when they demanded access to my bank account despite me only using them for payments, since then I have discovered just about everybody I deal with is also able to accept credit card transactions with no premium (both UK & international).
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After seeing they are starting this sort of thing I have now closed mine. I will now find out who absolutely must have payment via PayPal. I suspect it might only be Ebay.
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Actually Ebay is one of the ones I have had no problems using credit cards on BUT..... It only works if you DO NOT LOG ON and DELETE ALL EBAY COOKIES!!
Crazy I know but if you have ever used PP before on EB it remembers and only offers you that.
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I beg to differ.
fourtytwo42:
--- Quote from: Monkeh on October 16, 2020, 05:05:52 pm ---
--- Quote from: fourtytwo42 on October 16, 2020, 01:25:51 pm ---
--- Quote from: Microdoser on October 16, 2020, 12:39:54 pm ---
--- Quote from: fourtytwo42 on October 16, 2020, 11:15:15 am ---I closed my paypal account several months ago (that I had had for donkey's years) when they demanded access to my bank account despite me only using them for payments, since then I have discovered just about everybody I deal with is also able to accept credit card transactions with no premium (both UK & international).
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After seeing they are starting this sort of thing I have now closed mine. I will now find out who absolutely must have payment via PayPal. I suspect it might only be Ebay.
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Actually Ebay is one of the ones I have had no problems using credit cards on BUT..... It only works if you DO NOT LOG ON and DELETE ALL EBAY COOKIES!!
Crazy I know but if you have ever used PP before on EB it remembers and only offers you that.
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I beg to differ.
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Then you are luckier than I, unless they have done something extremely unusual and actually fixed a bug since I last logged in.
tszaboo:
But to be on topic this time:
Cant you just setup to pay Netflix ot Prime or something like that through Paypal, and that would make this issue go away?
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