posted on December 14, 2001 07:41:06 AM new
Why can't we have an automatic accept/deny button if we so choose? Where we have the option of accepting or denying every payment received instead of just a very few of them? This is something I'd really like to see.
posted on December 16, 2001 08:00:35 PM new
This would be a great feature, as to if the buyer has made a mistake in the amount they send for payment, and then they would have to make another payment with the added amount they didn't pay in the first place, so we the sellers get charged twice. The accept/deny feature will help us to make sure the correct payment amount is sent the 1st time. I LIKE the idea myself.
posted on December 17, 2001 03:33:21 PM new
That's why. I have had SO many excited newbies hit the pay button twice (I remember doing it once myself when I was new and had my 486 computer) I hate having to refund money and would rather decide on a case by case basis.
posted on December 22, 2001 02:12:09 PM new
I agree an Accept/Deny button would be great, but it's not going to happen. This has been proposed by users for over a year. It would be easy to implement. So, if they were going to do it - it would've been done by now.
Giving us the button would allow us to stop duplicate payments and payments for the wrong amount. But, you have to realize, our mistakes makes money for PayPal. When a refund for a duplicate or overpayment is sent or when a second payment has to be sent to make up for a short pay PayPal gets more fees.
According to their website, PayPal has 12 million users worldwide. If PayPal just averages 50c in extra fees for each person per year because of incorrect payments, that's an extra $6 million a year for them. So, there's no financial incentive for them to help us stop mistakes.
posted on December 22, 2001 04:59:32 PM new
There is one. You need to go to your profile and select that option. It's been in place for a long time now. I use it all the time.
posted on December 22, 2001 06:39:05 PM new
They give you the opportunity to accept or deny payments from accounts with an unconfirmed address, but they don't give the ability to accept or deny any payment.
