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Originally Posted by herr_oberst
To avoid having your paypal account drained; use a secondary account, for instance another checking account (even at the same bank) and then have only enough cash in the account to take care of the transactions that you have initiated. It works for me, at least it gives me a little peace of mind.
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I had a variation on this technique several years back when I used to do a lot of late-night shopping on Evil-Bay...
I dedicated a Visa card with a $600 limit for all my online purchases. If a crook tried to soak it it'd kick back on him. If I was buying for more money I then would use bank drafts or cashier's checks. PayPal may be reasonably safe, but it sort of scares me... just like when you pay in a restaurant now and they take your card behind a wall or counter to run the bill instead of the customer going to the counter where one can watch what goes on. Makes me leary.
Best way to avoid it all is not use plastic, but how realistic is that these days?