Dell woos PayPal customers

Dell is now accepting PayPal payments from U.S. consumer and small business customers, the company said on Monday. The company, whose direct-delivery model helped it grow faster than the overall PC market for years, said it is adding the payment option in advance of "Black Friday," the traditional start of the holiday shopping season.

PayPal has more than 86.6 million accounts, with users transacting more than $6.7 billion in the third quarter this year, according to Dell's estimates. "Given the popularity of PayPal, we expect the new payment option to be a hit with current customers and serve as a tool to attract new shoppers to Dell.com," said Tom West, Dell's director of home and small business marketing. Even though its quarterly profit fell during the back-to-school buying season, Dell expects the holiday shopping season to increase fourth quarter revenue to between $14.6 and $15 billion.

[JLBer]

I still won't touch Dell

Start offering AMD as part of the regular lineup - instead of its current usage as an Intel threatening/bargaining chip (no pun intended) - and THEN I might be interested. Until then, I'll keep using my PayPal account at NewEgg.com.

[pariank]

Hmm..

I won't touch Dell computers at all even if they were the last
computer company in the world. Get a Mac or build your own
custom system instead.

[Biker_dude69]

Newegg Returns

Watch buying from Newegg. if you CAN return defective products to them, it takes several days to get an RMA reply. Most of Neweggs products are sold as NO RETURNS or Returns to the manufacturer only, and the manufacturer will tell you you did not purchase through an authorized reseller, so NO RETURNS FOR YOU! Also, of you are an OEM System Builder, or have partnerships with hardware manufacturers, you will not get sales credit when buying from Newegg.

Dell PCs typically use intel boards, the problem is they use custom BIOS. So even if you peel the part number sticker off, and find the actual Intel board number, the intel BIOS will not work. I ran in to a Dell laptop that had the LCD screen type locked in BIOS. Replacing the screen did not work because the type could not be changed (WSXGA WUXGA).

[Razzl]

Paypal not all it's cracked up to be

eBay recently instituted the policy of only allowing Paypal credit card payments to sellers who are on their "commercial" tier. Since Paypal is, so far as I can tell, a wholly-owned subsidiary of eBay, what kind of rules would be in play for these Dell transactions? Would buyers have to transfer money in to Paypal from a checking account rather than use their credit card and lose their buyer protection from the card?

[VelvetAddiction]

I have a Mac and a Dell

and when things go wrong, I can at least get Dell customer service on the phone. Mac has terrible customer service.

[mcpigpig]

The Truth of Justice by Paypal

I, the seller of Ebay, has posted a parcel by air mail to a buyer. The buyer claims that she has not receive the parcel. Paypal just give her back money out of MY pocket without my authorization, coz I can not prove that I have posted the parcel.
Paypal has a buyer protection program. Buyers claim to Paypal that they have not received the parcel. Paypal will give them back money from the seller without the authorization of the seller, because the sellers can not prove that they have post the parcel by air mail (unregistered mail/ without mail track).

The parcel posted by air mail without mail trace. I do not have the proof of the posting, does not mean I have not post the parcel. If you accuse a person of kill another people, u take him to Jail, due to he have no proof that he have not kill people. No proof does not mean you can accuse of other people doing wrong things.

I have stated in the auction that - Seller is not responsible for any item(s) once shipped. the parcel will be posted by air mail without mail trace.

Even Paypal can NOT prove Buyer has not receive the parcels. Buyer claims and Paypal Trusts them. What if Buyer is telling lies/fraud ?

If there is 10 buyers claims and sellers can not prove, so Paypal give all the money back to the 10 buyers out of the seller's pockets. That is easy all the buyers have to do is buy something on the Ebay and shipped by mail that do not have the parcel trace (unregistered mail). Afterwards, they can claim to Paypal that they have not receive the parcels. Paypal will give them back all their money, since the sellers can not prove that they have post the parcels! Buyers can get the item without paying. And, sellers are the ones who paying the Paypal fee, the item cost, final auction fee and the shipping cost. Last but not least, the time that involved!

Now, I know what REAL Paypal is. I am so angry and disgust about Paypal. Therefore, do not think that your money is safe in Paypal. Paypal will withdraw your money without your authorization to advertise their brand name!