Introduction

This page was created to act as a starting point for those of us who have grown incredibly angry at our treatment at the hands of X.com/Paypal. It looks like there are a lot of us X.com victims out there and I for one don't want to take it lying down. If you are interesting in discussing what X.com did to you, whether or not there is enough interest in trying to get some kind of lawsuit going, or whatever, check out the mailing list below.

News

• March 7, 2001: I got a letter from EMCC, Inc., a collections agency. Apparently X.com sold all of their outstanding balances to them. When I called to contest my "outstanding balance" the lady I spoke with was very sympathetic. Apparently she has been getting an earful for the last few months as people get these letters from them. In a lot of cases it appears that X.com has made mistakes regarding what might or might not be owed them, etc. The lady I spoke with had been given a phone number for people who had a beef with X.com to call, but apparently the volume of calls led them to disconnect it. What a surprise.

xcom-victims Mailing List

Links to Other Complaints Against PayPal/X.com

• PayPal Promotional Practices Posting.
• PayPal Complaint Page.
• AuctionWatch Postings About PayPal.
• More AuctionWatch Postings About PayPal.
• An Opinion on Epinions.com among the many there regarding X.com, or just hit the Negative ones.
• The Perils of PayPal and they have a Mailing List too.
• Another Long Page With Paypal Complaints.
• Paypal Warning.

Some Services Which Compete With PayPal/X.Com

• BidPay (From Western Union. Only for auction payments.)
• Cashets.com (Cool new service specifically for micro payments).
• eCount.
• eMoneyMail (Backed by Bank One).
• eGold (Send Gold Instead of $s).
• c2it From Citibank. (Apparently most transfers are now free. Sign up for c2it here and get $10.00 after sending money once).
• Another List of Payment Services With Ratings! (Very nice list of payment services with helpful ratings. Also, check out the What Payment Services Don't Want You to Know page.
• Yahoo! PayDirect (Seems to charge a few more fees than Paypal and they require a Social Security Number. Note: Apparently this service is about to be discontinued.).
• Western Union.

Miscellaneous Related Stuff

• Some Weird Page Still Hyping X.com Banking (Apparently Recently Removed).

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