[Gllug] paypal : good/bad ?

[Dan Stevens (IAmAI)]

This is interesting. I am a Half-Life fan and I was unable to purchase
Half-Life 2 via Steam because they do not support Switch/Maestro (I had to
buy retail). I hear that Valve will not be releasing some of their products
(Aftermath in particular) via retail at least for sometime, however I have
also heard that they are considering Paypal as a method of purchasing via
Steam. Do you think, armed with only a Switch/Maestro, that this will be a
viable and safe method of purchasing future Valve products?

On 02/01/06, Tethys <sta296 at astradyne.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> Alain Williams writes:
>
> >I am concerned about paypay (google 'paypal problems'), but how real are
> they
> >.... anyone have any real problems ?
>
> I would say you're fine if all you're doing is paying for goods. If
> nothing else, it'll be backed by a credit card, which will give you
> suitable cover should anything go wrong anyway. I'd be wary about
> accepting paypal for anything other than trivial amounts of money.
> Last time I looked, they weren't a bank, and hence were unregulated.
> That's fine until it goes wrong, and you find that all of the consumer
> protection laws don't apply...
>
> Tet
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