PayPal is not your Pal
September 01, 2021

PayPal is not your Pal

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with PayPal Payments

PayPal is NOT used by my organization. I used it to see how we could implement it in a future mobile project we are working on it failed in every way from customer service , EFT transfers and ease of use.
  • when making payments to users
  • seeing your balance available for payments
  • user interface is clear on Mobile phones
  • When you have overpaid by accident it is impossible to get moneys refunded by EFT they say they can't do it. Why? This is a bank, as they are owned by Synchrony bank. They can take EFTs but not use EFT for refunds, They say a check is coming, they use US Postal service and I had to wait more than 15 days for the check to arrive
  • When using it as customer when paying your bill you have to 14 days for Electronic funds transfers to credited, it is a totally unworkable amount of time. This is not a paper check electronically transferred money from my bank. Why does it take 14 days for an EFT to transfer?
  • Customer service is surly and can never provide an answer as to what their policy is. When i asked why it takes 14 days to have an EFT clear they said the amount was to large, what kind of bank is this when a $2600 dollar payment is too large. the payment cleared my bank that day why does it take Synchrony/ Paypal so long? Because they want the use of customer funds for free. This borders on bank fraud. I would never use PayPal for payment for my project. Agents continue to repeat the same answer to different questions, i was put on hold at one point for 12 minutes and disconnected and no call back even though they had my number.
  • The so called policies are hidden to user buried deep in pages of terms of use. How can they hold funds for 2 weeks on electronic transfers?
  • security of transactions
  • I have decided to not use them after my experience as test as a customer. I am glad i have seen first hand what my new customers will be facing when using this poor service.
  • The only positive I got out of the experience is to know what NOT to do when processing payments.
I believe Cash App and Venmo are better ways to transfer money with better customer service and support and so many less restrictions.

Do you think PayPal Payments Pro delivers good value for the price?

No

Are you happy with PayPal Payments Pro's feature set?

No

Did PayPal Payments Pro live up to sales and marketing promises?

No

Did implementation of PayPal Payments Pro go as expected?

No

Would you buy PayPal Payments Pro again?

No

I don't think PayPal payments are well suited for people that will use it from multiple transactions. The only good thing is that they are pretty secure but that's it. There are so many others that are easier to use, don't have as many restrictions and have better customer service. In my opinion PayPal is overrated, overpriced and provide the worse customer service in their space