Glass Chatroom Board

Happy Labor Day! It's actually feeling like the end of summer -- sunny buy cool & breezy. We'll be BBQing at my sister's house later. I hope everyone is having a good end of summer!

Just as a PSA, be very, very careful with your PayPal account. I just went through a very nasty time. Apparently my account was compromised 2 weeks ago. AmEx texted to ask about a charge & after calling them, they canceled my card and sent a new one. When I got home I immediately checked my account and found there were now two outstanding charges ($1950 each) to be taken from my bank account. I immediately disputed both charges and took my bank account off the account. I decided not to take any changes & went down to my local bank branch & explained what was happening. As the charges hadn't actually come through yet, we closed the account & opened a new one. (This particular account had no direct deposits or auto payments so it was easy to do.) Got home & found that the disputes had been closed in the "sellers" favor! Next day called PayPal -- absolutely no help. Talked to AmEx just to be sure nothing could go through on the canceled card -- they put PayPal on a "banned merchant" list. PayPal started sending me emails & texts that my account owed $3900. Called them, said I wasn't paying as those were unauthorized charges. Was given email address to appeal my claim. And amazingly the appeal was accepted. The charges were reversed so I had a zero balance. And I have now canceled my PayPal account.