viralJ@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.world · 1 day agoYSK "honey", the discount coupon finding browser extensions (owned by PayPal), is a scam stealing commissions from people who actually should get it.youtu.beexternal-linkmessage-square148fedilinkarrow-up1896arrow-down126
arrow-up1870arrow-down1external-linkYSK "honey", the discount coupon finding browser extensions (owned by PayPal), is a scam stealing commissions from people who actually should get it.youtu.beviralJ@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square148fedilink
minus-squareandros_rex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·17 hours agoBrian Dunning (Skeptoid podcast) went to prison for wire fraud for doing a similar stunt with EBay. Not sure what makes this any different.
minus-squarehakase@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·17 hours agoWhat makes it different is that it was perpetrated by Paypal, so nobody will see any consequences whatsoever.
minus-squarefrayedpickles@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 hours agoYou act like PayPal and eBay aren’t in a codependent relationship. Has that changed? I mean I see PayPal as an option everywhere but I don’t use it because giving money to Paypal is like giving money to ticketmaster.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoIf anything, I imagine eBay is more dependent on PayPal, than vice versa
Brian Dunning (Skeptoid podcast) went to prison for wire fraud for doing a similar stunt with EBay. Not sure what makes this any different.
What makes it different is that it was perpetrated by Paypal, so nobody will see any consequences whatsoever.
You act like PayPal and eBay aren’t in a codependent relationship. Has that changed? I mean I see PayPal as an option everywhere but I don’t use it because giving money to Paypal is like giving money to ticketmaster.
If anything, I imagine eBay is more dependent on PayPal, than vice versa