Comments on: Change of address http://omegamom.com/2007/12/01/change-of-address/ A "good enough" mom muses about alpha moms, adoption, computers, the State Of The World, Internet quirkiness, and the Kosmik All Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:32:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: OmegaMom http://omegamom.com/2007/12/01/change-of-address/#comment-4968 OmegaMom Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:24:13 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/12/01/change-of-address/#comment-4968 [...] PalPal change-of-address rant garnered many similar complaints.  The one that really caught my eye, though, was Del’s [...] [...] PalPal change-of-address rant garnered many similar complaints.  The one that really caught my eye, though, was Del’s [...]

]]> By: Mrs Figby http://omegamom.com/2007/12/01/change-of-address/#comment-4945 Mrs Figby Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:43:11 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/12/01/change-of-address/#comment-4945 Ugh, that is SO maddening! So if you wanted to let certain people who might want to send you a Christmas card know what your new address is, you could just send those people an email and there would be no annoying maze of Internet hell. Hint, hint. Ugh, that is SO maddening!

So if you wanted to let certain people who might want to send you a Christmas card know what your new address is, you could just send those people an email and there would be no annoying maze of Internet hell. Hint, hint.

]]> By: kate http://omegamom.com/2007/12/01/change-of-address/#comment-4941 kate Sun, 02 Dec 2007 07:00:50 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/12/01/change-of-address/#comment-4941 Know what I did? Signed up for a whole new Paypal account. Now, I know you said you had money in yours, so I'm sure you want to stick with it. But I didn't. And I wanted something from Etsy. And I needed to change my address and I got stuck in the twisty, turny maze. So I signed up for a new one. They can bite me. Know what I did?

Signed up for a whole new Paypal account.

Now, I know you said you had money in yours, so I’m sure you want to stick with it. But I didn’t. And I wanted something from Etsy. And I needed to change my address and I got stuck in the twisty, turny maze.

So I signed up for a new one. They can bite me.

]]> By: D http://omegamom.com/2007/12/01/change-of-address/#comment-4940 D Sun, 02 Dec 2007 05:29:49 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/12/01/change-of-address/#comment-4940 Don't get me (or K2, for that matter) started on Paypal customer service. Or more specifically the absolute complete lack thereof. I so want to like them. And when everything works, things are great. But behold if you ever need customer support. Because you changed addresses and phone number (as you experienced), or because something was charged twice by mistake (K2) or charges are randomly refused (K2, again), or arbitrary charges are added (me) or a foreign vendor makes a mistake, charges you 10x what they were supposed to charge and immediately refunds the amount - and Paypal charges you 4% (2% per conversion) of that 10x charge for conversion fees... which now is 40% of the 'real' charge (me again). ARRRRGGGGGHHHHH. See, I told you not to get me started... Don’t get me (or K2, for that matter) started on Paypal customer service. Or more specifically the absolute complete lack thereof. I so want to like them. And when everything works, things are great. But behold if you ever need customer support. Because you changed addresses and phone number (as you experienced), or because something was charged twice by mistake (K2) or charges are randomly refused (K2, again), or arbitrary charges are added (me) or a foreign vendor makes a mistake, charges you 10x what they were supposed to charge and immediately refunds the amount - and Paypal charges you 4% (2% per conversion) of that 10x charge for conversion fees… which now is 40% of the ‘real’ charge (me again). ARRRRGGGGGHHHHH.

See, I told you not to get me started…

]]> By: figlet http://omegamom.com/2007/12/01/change-of-address/#comment-4939 figlet Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:23:19 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/12/01/change-of-address/#comment-4939 Paypal makes me insane. So insane that I now have 4 different Pay Pal accounts but can only get 1 of them to work. I'm sorry you got lost in the borg. It's infuriating. Paypal makes me insane. So insane that I now have 4 different Pay Pal accounts but can only get 1 of them to work. I’m sorry you got lost in the borg. It’s infuriating.

]]> By: kris http://omegamom.com/2007/12/01/change-of-address/#comment-4938 kris Sun, 02 Dec 2007 03:20:27 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/12/01/change-of-address/#comment-4938 i changed my paypal account last year when we moved and i don't remember it being that hard. i know it worked because i have used it a lot since we moved. maybe they changed how you do it now. if so i am glad i got my change in before! i changed my paypal account last year when we moved and i don’t remember it being that hard. i know it worked because i have used it a lot since we moved. maybe they changed how you do it now. if so i am glad i got my change in before!

]]> By: noreen http://omegamom.com/2007/12/01/change-of-address/#comment-4936 noreen Sun, 02 Dec 2007 01:56:21 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/12/01/change-of-address/#comment-4936 I never have the computer smarts to sorta figure this sort of thing out. I just get frustrated, swear, cry, write letters railing against the lack of person-to-person contact(this is all in my head) to someone (I never quite know who), and then take 24 hours and settle down. And yes, I've had great problems with Paypal and was beginning to think it was a hoax, or at least a joke. Best of luck with figuring out whatever it is that needs to be figured out. If you ever really need a shoulder to gripe on about this kind of thing, I'm all shoulder. I never have the computer smarts to sorta figure this sort of thing out. I just get frustrated, swear, cry, write letters railing against the lack of person-to-person contact(this is all in my head) to someone (I never quite know who), and then take 24 hours and settle down. And yes, I’ve had great problems with Paypal and was beginning to think it was a hoax, or at least a joke. Best of luck with figuring out whatever it is that needs to be figured out. If you ever really need a shoulder to gripe on about this kind of thing, I’m all shoulder.

]]> By: Johnny http://omegamom.com/2007/12/01/change-of-address/#comment-4933 Johnny Sat, 01 Dec 2007 22:46:49 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/12/01/change-of-address/#comment-4933 The scary part is you can't be _absolutely_ sure that the "paypal" site you're visiting for confirmation or change of data is a true one or a phishing site. Thus, I ran my paypal account down to zero $ and haven't used it in over a year. The scary part is you can’t be _absolutely_ sure that the “paypal” site you’re visiting for confirmation or change of data is a true one or a phishing site. Thus, I ran my paypal account down to zero $ and haven’t used it in over a year.

]]> By: del http://omegamom.com/2007/12/01/change-of-address/#comment-4928 del Sat, 01 Dec 2007 21:33:12 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/12/01/change-of-address/#comment-4928 You're not the only blogger having trouble with paypal's security measures: http://www.windley.com/archives/2007/11/paypal_really_makes_me_mad.shtml You’re not the only blogger having trouble with paypal’s security measures:

http://www.windley.com/archives/2007/11/paypal_really_makes_me_mad.shtml

]]> By: WrapAroundSam http://omegamom.com/2007/12/01/change-of-address/#comment-4927 WrapAroundSam Sat, 01 Dec 2007 21:30:18 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/12/01/change-of-address/#comment-4927 Here I thought the smoke and lights I saw in the north were the Aurora and a snow squall. Now I know better...Good luck!!! I've been doing a bit of watching from the sidelines and admire you, your hubby, and the little one. Tough to pull up stakes and move to the god forsaken wilderness, is it not? Here I thought the smoke and lights I saw in the north were the Aurora and a snow squall. Now I know better…Good luck!!! I’ve been doing a bit of watching from the sidelines and admire you, your hubby, and the little one. Tough to pull up stakes and move to the god forsaken wilderness, is it not?

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