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PayPal restricted my account for a very stupid reason 10 years ago, so I kept 1 penny in there until a couple of weeks ago. I finally closed it a few weeks ago, which had to be done through customer support due to the account value being lower than the transfer minimums. I hope I cost them a lot more than the value of the account.

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I got screwed in 2002 on EBay using paypal: product never shipped but they kept the money. My CC company refunded me, but paypal wouldn't let me use it again until I paid the $500 that the CC company reversed. A few years later PayPal offered amnesty and waived the $500, so I started using them again in 2006, still using them. Damn, that's almost 17 years.

Why... why are you still willingly using them?

I love the convenience and have had zero problems in almost two decades.

What's a good alternative?

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