So finally, I got my money although the buyer eventually had to have American Express battle with PAYPAL to just cancel the payment and I got a check directly from him for the amount robbed from my account. So in PAYPAL's perspective it was indeed an unauthorized charge. I guess I finally raised enough trouble with them that a rep started to email me back every time I sent them a message indicating they had the worst customer service support on the planet. He said he had been trying to call me but yet didn't mention which phone number he was calling or leave me his number... not sure I believe him.
Verse two: two days ago I get hit for $9.99 charge from Google Play. I look at the transaction details and there is no info and I had not initiated any transaction with anybody at Google for as long as I can remember. I dunno what it is why it is or anything else, it just says Google Play. So I an curious what this Dispute process looks like from the other side of the fence and go to the dispute window and I dispute it... they hold the money and put it into the dispute system. Here it is two days later and I get a message saying "Dispute Denied"... only took two days.
I'm still not sure what that charge is, I saw some message on my phone that I was signed off of the Google account on my phone. So I am beginning to suspect it is an annual charge for Google Play services on my phone. I don't recall asking for any update on those services but it's not impossible I missed some annual fee User agreement thing in the past. It could be my bad, I just don't recall the transaction. At any rate, it only took two days to get Google their money and meanwhile I'll see if I can undo whatever is screwed up on my phone... but it still works at least.
So as soon as I can figure out an alternative, I am going to go forward with my plans to kill PAYPAL. Apparently they can do whatever they want to and don't have to explain anything and it's starting to feel a little bit scary allowing them to have any access to my finances. Now, what is the best alternative and how hard it will be to kill all connections with PAYPAL?
I did find a website for PAYPAL alternatives:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-online-p ... te-paypal/
Good, Fast, or Cheap -- Pick two...
http://www.rjguitars.net
http://www.rjaudioresearch.com/
http://diyguitaramps.prophpbb.com/