Now eBay & Paypal will cold call you

[Michael Browne]

PayPal is changing its terms and conditions to state users must accept automated marketing calls, emails and text messages.

 

The changes will come into force in July.

 

The eBay-owned company told the BBC that it "would honour any customers' requests to decline marketing outreach".

 

But no such opt-out is included in the terms and conditions.

 

Instead customers are invited to either accept or decline.

 

The new rules only apply to its US customers.....at the moment.

 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33009774

[MaxxPower]

Must accept? So what if someone were to use a system like Trucall to block them? Would that suddenly mean they shut down your Paypal account?

[Michael Browne]

No, it means you have to either accept or decline their terms and conditions with no choice to opt out of marketing calls. Obviously you can use a blocker like Truecall to refuse the actual calls, which won't affect the paypall account

[Mr.P]

By adding or changing an existing number, a UK account holder automatically agrees to receiving automated & live marketing telephone calls.

 

Like hell do I. Number changed !

 

0333 8888 8888 is as good as any.

[TheLeeds]

I had a dispute with paypal a couple of years ago, and I told them I would only deal with them in writing. Despite this, they attempted to call me at home, but unfortunately, I'd mistakenly put the local public call box phone number on my contact details instead of my home number. They eventually realized no-one was answering, and sent me an email, in which they said they'd tried to call me.

 

Oh well, never mind etc.

[Farbramble]

...you mean you were running a stealth account?

[MaxxPower]

Might change my paypal registered phone number to Paypal customer services number so they cold call themselves

[Beamengine]

Perhaps it is time to change my number for an 0845 to 0844 and let them pay me to call

[spezzer]

I think this is a pretty good indication of their intent - screenshot from pp website:-

 

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[MaxxPower]

Thinking about it.....would it be a bit cheeky to put in an adult 09 number so they're trying to cold call a virtual mistress of the night?

[renegotiation]

If our government allowed something like this to happen, then it wouldn't look good for them. They are supposed to be leading the fightback against this sort of thing at the moment.

[TheLeeds]

Thinking about it.....would it be a bit cheeky to put in an adult 09 number so they're trying to cold call a virtual mistress of the night?

 

I just had a look at the Business BT site and Phonepay Plus, and it appears there are certain services you can set up on these premium rate numbers without needing permission. If I set one up, I think I'd do a racing tipster service, and if paypal, ebay or any of these annoying sales vultures want to call me on it, who am I to discourage them ?

[willy wonka3]

I block hidden numbers and rarely answer phone calls even with caller display to identify the callers number. If it is a local number I might answer it and if i don't and it is important they know how to leave a message so I can call them back. If I want to. If they do not leave a message with a geographical number or if i do not feel it is important to me i don't call back and they can waste their time and money calling as often as they like.