Request of Phillip Linden

Paypal strikes again (My cached copy for reference when they later change the homepage).

When people go through the trouble to set up a website and contributers come in and add on and verify, I value the warning

Forewarned is fore-armed

Paypal shut me down for bogus reasons, but I was smart enough based on warnings to immediatly transfer money to my bank whenever it came in. When they locked me out, I had a $0.00 balance

I always read these site to get a warning, I may not believe everything, but if I come across a site linked to a company I do business with I take a good look at how they do bizness

here is my contribution

http://www.allstateinsurancesucks.com/

As 1 user put it, when asked what to do when dealing with an Allstate claim:



If you pay money to Allstate and you see a warning such as this, I would think it would be foolish not to investigate further.

And as far as paypal, this is completely in line with what to expect. I know there are plenty of people who have not had a problem with paypal, but there are a huge amount of people who have. I am one, but luckily I heeded the warnings. I hope you do too (such as look both ways before crossing the street, brush your teeth, don't leave money in your paypal account, don't use allstate, etc)

I have never really had a problem with Paypal. However, I tried to get verified on Paypal to speed up some transactions I was making and they would not verify my account. After jumping through some customer service hoops, I was informed that there were issues with both my account and the financial institution it was held at. The information Paypal gave me was 100% incorrect as regards to ACH transactions (and some other banking specific transactional information) at this financial institution. I work at the financial institution in question and am very well informed on how we process these transactions. Paypal was not gracious or helpful and did not feel any need to get their information correct. Their reaction surprised me.

Just like my example of http://www.allstateinsurancesucks.com/

I advise people to take issues like paypal and warnings seriously as many people contribute

people generally don't go after innocent targets en mass and these type of companies don't lose class action lawsuits unless they make it a practice to screw people to keep profits up

they may be convenient, but trust me, a merchant account is MUCH better and stress free in the long term

as is another insurace company.