Paypal insecure?

"07-24-15: Sbank
"Believe me, a call to the seller from your local police department will get the seller's attention." Not so much!"

Where I live, police don't even look for stolen cars, let alone some overpriced cables.

Would be extremely rare for police anywhere to get involved in any fraud case in any way whatsoever .

They are not a bank and cannot be held responsible to you like a bank. They can put a hold on any account they have access to.

1. Get a separate bank account at a different bank than you now deal with and no links to anything else in your life.
2. Put a minimum amount of money in the account, enough not get bank charges.
3. Remove any money they transfer to it ASAP.

Coincidentally to this thread. After reading I decided to check my paypal account, I haven't used it in a while and zd quite frankly your comments were a bit alarming. So I try to log in and the site doesn't recognize my email. I call them and my phone number is not on record or recognized. I finally get an opportunity to speak with a real live person explaining that I can't access my account. I was told that just recently, this morning, someone had created a new user ID and email address on my account, not me for sure. Seeing this as suspicious, paypal stopped all activity on my account. The rep indicated that an email was sent notifying me of this. Sure enough, there it was, a notification of suspicious activity. The rep indicated that if they got access to my password on my paypal account they most likely have accessed other accounts where the password is the same. So I can say in this case paypal was on the ball.

I agree with others that PayPal is fine until you have an issue. I've used them many times without a problem. I had a disagreement with a purchaser last year over a $8,000+ pair of amps. The buyer called his bank to stop payment at which point I asked for a return of the amps. The buyer discovered that the problem was due to a jumper dislodging during shipment. He immediately called the bank to have them reverse the stop payment. PayPal held my funds for three months before finally releasing them. Along the way every PayPal rep claimed payment was still being held by the bank. Finally after three months I spoke with a rep who told me the bank had released funds right after the buyer called them back. In doing a search on the internet I realized mine was not an isolated case.
I still use PayPal for small purchases but I will never trust them with any
large purchase again.