In Canada you can't use a debit card because we can't use our debit cards the way Americans do, when they can use the same card for debit and credit both. My solution to the credit card problem was to buy a cheap prepaid credit card and link that to my PayPal account. PayPal accepted it, and even though I'm sure there is actually no money left on the card, I can now use my PayPal account as "verified", which I think in PayPal terms means "you have a credit card to back up your account if there isn't actually enough money in your bank account to pay for your purchase."
I have been using EBay for years, though I don't use it often. I did have a problem on EBay once, but that had nothing to do with PayPal, except that I waited too long to dispute the transaction so I was SOL.
I like PayPal because I do not have a credit card. The main reason I bought books through Kobo instead of Amazon was that Amazon doesn't take PayPal and Kobo does.
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winterfish
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Date: 2012-04-13 12:42 am (UTC)I have been using EBay for years, though I don't use it often. I did have a problem on EBay once, but that had nothing to do with PayPal, except that I waited too long to dispute the transaction so I was SOL.
I like PayPal because I do not have a credit card. The main reason I bought books through Kobo instead of Amazon was that Amazon doesn't take PayPal and Kobo does.