PayPal has gotten rid of the bother screen
June 19th, 2009 | by mbhunter |A fairly well-traveled post of mine, “Why PayPal makes it a chore to pay by credit card,” needs an update.
I bought some replacement batteries for our wireless phones off of eBay last night (how I can get two of them from Hong Kong, shipped, for under $6, I’ll never know) but when I logged into PayPal to pay, it was a little different. It actually has been for a while, but I just noticed it.
I still had to change the payment type from “withdraw from my linked checking account” to “charge my credit card,” but the bother screen was gone. That’s the screen that asked me to “confirm” my choice of paying by credit card by clicking on a “yes” button when the “no” button was in boldface. This time, after I selected my credit card, it took me right back to the payment screen.
Even better would be to allow me to set my preference for paying by credit card, but regardless, what they’ve done is a change for the better.
Thanks PayPal! AAAAA++++ Will Do Business Again!
2 Responses to “PayPal has gotten rid of the bother screen”
By Free Coupons on Jul 14, 2009 | Reply
I agree 100% on this. I HATE how paypal makes me pay with the linked account “Instant Transfer” (they make it sound sexy) than using my Credit Card.
I wish I could set in my preferences to always pay with CC. I think 1 out of 5 transactions I do on paypal I forget to select credit card options.
Also there are the Points…I want to put on my CC to get Points!!
By Frank @ ab rocket on Jul 23, 2009 | Reply
I am not a huge fan of paypal….since they screwed me for some money a few months ago. But I can understand the frustration with paying with paypal. This is why I hear that a lot of consumers do not like going through paypal to submit their order. They would rather use a private online merchant account for their transactions.