I don’t get the PayPal hate. I’ve used it for probably hundreds of transactions and have never had a single problem. My guess is that the vast majority of people complaining about PayPal simply don’t get how it works, or how to protect themselves, in general, in regards to financial transactions.

Using PayPal as a go-between with your credit/debit card is a completely separate situation than using your Paypal account. It is virtually no different than when you swipe your card at the grocery store and key in your pin number. It uses the same interbank protocols and securities.

This reminds me of when I hear people claim that they’ll never give [Insert Bank Name Here] any of their business again, and they blithely swipe their card through a machine that uses that bank to process the transaction.

Finally, as far as ‘taking your business elsewhere’?

No. You won’t. Because there is no competitor to ForumWarz. You can’t go spend your money over at BattleThreadz. You will either patronize this business in the manner in which the business owner chooses to allow transactions, or you will not.

What has happened here is that you’ve taken your ‘outrage’ at PayPal for whatever perceived slight that occurred, and transfered it over to Crotch Zombie.

Question: Did you even bother to contact Crotch Zombie directly to see about sending a money order via mail, or some other alternative method of payment, before you launched your rant here?