> Google and Amazon now both offer excellent payment systems and I've never heard these horror stories about them. So why don't people switch?
I'll give the same answer I give whenever this question comes up - I stick with PayPal because of the instant access to the money from transactions via the PayPal debit card. Since I sell physical products, this gives me a lot of flexibility in terms re-ordering inventory, moreso than the "deposit to your account once per week/in a couple of business days" policies of other options.
That said, I'm no fool; I sweep my money out of PayPal ASAP and I have an Amazon Payments account ready to go in the event PayPal screws with my account, but as long as things are working with PayPal, I'm going to stay with PayPal (until something better comes along).
I'll give the same answer I give whenever this question comes up - I stick with PayPal because of the instant access to the money from transactions via the PayPal debit card. Since I sell physical products, this gives me a lot of flexibility in terms re-ordering inventory, moreso than the "deposit to your account once per week/in a couple of business days" policies of other options.
That said, I'm no fool; I sweep my money out of PayPal ASAP and I have an Amazon Payments account ready to go in the event PayPal screws with my account, but as long as things are working with PayPal, I'm going to stay with PayPal (until something better comes along).