On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 08:08:55 -0800 "Melinda" > wrote:
>
> Unfortunately for you there are those of us who do not use Paypal. I quit
> using them when they started asking for my bank account number. If I can use
> my credit card through a normal checkout process on a website and I don't
> need to give my account number then I feel I should be able to do so through
> Paypal but they don't see it that way. They say that it reduces card
> fraud...I say my bank accnt number's none of their damn business...
>
> Melinda

Take a look at one of your (paper) checks sometimes - it carries
the same infomation as PayPal asks for. Meaning that if you are
concerned that PayPal might submit an invalid charge to your bank
- I believe that so could WHOEVER you give a physical check to.

mikus


p.s. I don't know if PayPal still does this, but it used to be
that when the merchant's processing was handled by PayPal,
and the customer submitted a credit card, PayPal would
(unless explicitly told not to do so) "under the covers"
CREATE a __PayPal__ account for the customer, pay the
merchant out of that new account, then debit the credit
card to leave the new account with a zero balance. (And
PayPal would have acquired a new subscriber, complete with
a spanking new PayPal account accompanied by the credit card
information to charge for purchases by that PayPal account).