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- 48V 1000W Brushless Motor / 1500W Peak
- 48V 15AH lithium-ion In the tube cell LG batteries
- 330lb Max Load
- up to 28MPH
- Dual Shock Absorber
- Carbon Steel Frame
- LCD Display
- 7-Speed Shimano Shifter
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This is a China parts bin bike, you can find replacement parts for everything but you've got to search! Rotors are a bit of pain to find due to the odd center to center bolt spacing. Youtube the video on assembly, it might save you a few mins of head scratching.
I hate how the front wheel mounts to the forks. Under braking, the entire assembly torques on the front forks. TBH, this bike is scarily built for doing 28 mph. I've ridden motorcycles since I was a teen and joke I should wear a full track suit and helmet with it.
The mechanical brakes are horrible for a bike this heavy that'll go this fast. As long as you recognize you cannot stop on a dime at 20+mph then ok.
Note this is a class 3 bike technically. If you ride in parks for only class 2, only use PAS mode 2 (19mph cap). Get a class 2 sticker and you'll "technically" be compliant. Other bikers may get pissed off if you're ripping past them at 20+! This is a novice trail bike. If you jump this bike more than a foot you don't expect to land in one piece.
I compare my build quality to some much higher end bikes and see little or no difference. I also warn it is the higher end bike makers are closing up shop as ebikes become more of a commodity and they will be the bikes you are less likely to find a parts for. Higher end and over engineered things have more proprietary parts and always cost more and are harder to repair than the more common versions. It is part of the marketing strategy to make them that way.
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The bike does not becomes useless if some part, component or battery fails. In case everybody forgot things can be fixed. There seems to be some insane mind virus that spreads some crazy idea that things can not be fixed and everything should always come with lifetime support. Just like when a car, tool, house, furnace when it needs repair it can be done if you take the time effort or spend the money. You can alternately spend much up front in hope of finding mythical podct that never needs future work, maintenance or repair but may find like you did the same thing that things can break and not last forever and many salespeople seeking high commiisons told you lies like they would be there to look out for you.
This all coming from a generation that will spend $900 on cellphone every couple yers and go into lifetime debt for useless colleges degrees.
It is not impossible to repair things, we have went to the moon and I was just at a county fair where some dudes have farm have tractors still running with the places that built them being out for business for 100 years. The Wright brother built an airplane in a barn for gosh sakes, we can fix a bike
I guess it is ready for the trasheap if we swallow wholly the current toxic throwaway culture fueled by a sense of entitlement and whoo me get my hands dirty and work.
The more generic bikes are going to have the more common components including batteries. There are ton of replacement batteries on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=ebike+batte
This style will fit just about any ebike. It is two wires that need to be hooked up.
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I have had three cheap china ebike that I paid more than twice this price for and they are still fine three years in. If one goes now I will not be heartbroken. You can look at it like as well like people do with the cellphones and computers. If you a get year or two of fun and riding for $300 that is very cheap entertainment in today's market and you can still be happy even giving up the sunk cost.
If you sign an agreement with third party where you give up these legal rights you now are in "contract law" between two parties where you must sue them civilly to get recourse. US banking and CC law will not step in between you and Paypal but will if you use a CC. Think FDIC law and how PayPal got away with seizing people's accounts that is just now making it to the civil courts many years later.
That should help you realize how big that difference is. If your bank or CC does something wrong they are under US banking and financial law PayPal is out of that umbrella of US law. CC will have US federal attorneys on their back, you will need to hire your own if Paypal does you wrong. You do not get much you give up much.
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Think twice before using PayPal with your credit card. You're losing valuable Section 75 rights
Generally, when you use PayPal to buy something online, what you're actually doing is paying PayPal, which then pays the shop or service provider on your behalf. Using PayPal therefore adds an additional link into the chain, between you and the supplier.
However, it's not quite that simple, because there are several different ways to use PayPal to buy things online. While you lose your Section 75 rights with some transaction types, you may still be able to hold onto this crucial protection with others.
An ever-growing number of retailers now encourage customers to pay via PayPal, but if you're doing it on a credit card – for items that cost more than £100 – you could be missing out on valuable extra protection. That's because using PayPal, as well as other 'new forms' of payment like buy now, pay later, can scupper your Section 75 rights. This short guide runs through how to make sure you don't lose out when shopping online.
No. Even if you aren't covered by Section 75, you still have rights when you purchase things through PayPal. You'll get your standard consumer rights from the store you bought things from, and PayPal also has its own buyer protection scheme.
This scheme is better than no protection but the most important difference is that Section 75 provides LEGAL protection for your consumer rights, whereas PayPal's buyer protection scheme is just company policy. So while PayPal still offers support when something hasn't turned up, or is 'significantly not as described', it has discretion over what qualifies for a successful claim.
So, if you have the option to pay on a credit card for goods costing over £100, rather than through PayPal, that's the route that gives the most protection. If not though, and something goes wrong, it's still worth trying PayPal's protection scheme.
Not just that but we see Paypal again and again make the "mistake" that you can see on multiple threads here where making a payment to merchant when pulling fund from a CC get classified as cash transfer and bring on cash advance fees, interest and currency conversion fees. That puts you directly in the spot that the article mentions as you have technically bought nothing with your CC, just transferred money to Paypal. That is leaving people stuck in spot where you now have three entities all blaming the others and it may take year to work mostly on hold as fees and interest accumulate that start accruing day one. People that can not pay their CC balance in full will have the cash advance fees continue to be hit with interest as partial payments do not apply to them. That is one of the worst places I have seen consumers put and it is only possible when using PayPal and it is why I say stay away.
Please think about that before you recommend them as a service. The way you are arguing about this is weird like you are defending spouse or something. We can talk about the pros and cons of services without getting so emotionally wrapped up with a company. Do try to keep facts straight just because Paypal may have gave you some buyer protection that helped sometimes it does no mean that their are not many others that are not getting kind of screwed by them. God knows how many will be dealing with months of mess and fees by using Paypal and their latest "mistake".
If you sign an agreement with third party where you give up these legal rights you now are in "contract law" between two parties where you must sue them civilly to get recourse. US banking and CC law will not step in between you and Paypal but will if you use a CC. Think FDIC law and how PayPal got away with seizing people's accounts that is just now making it to the civil courts many years later.
That should help you realize how big that difference is. If your bank or CC does something wrong they are under US banking and financial law PayPal is out of that umbrella of US law. CC will have US federal attorneys on their back, you will need to hire your own if Paypal does you wrong. You do not get much you give up much.
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Think twice before using PayPal with your credit card. You're losing valuable Section 75 rights
You fail to mention that Paypal also gives merchant "merchant protection" against PayPal chargebacks and it is in Paypal interest to side with mechant as they have relationship with them where they make money from both them and you but make much more from the merchant.
Not just that but we see Paypal again and again make the "mistake" that you can see on multiple threads here where making a payment to merchant when pulling fund from a CC get classified as cash transfer and bring on cash advance fees, interest and currency conversion fees. That puts you directly in the spot that the article mentions as you have technically bought nothing with your CC, just transferred money to Paypal. That is leaving people stuck in spot where you now have three entities all blaming the others and it may take year to work mostly on hold as fees and interest accumulate that start accruing day one. People that can not pay their CC balance in full will have the cash advance fees continue to be hit with interest as partial payments do not apply to them. That is one of the worst places I have seen consumers put and it is only possible when using PayPal and it is why I say stay away.
Please think about that before you recommend them as a service. The way you are arguing about this is weird like you are defending spouse or something. We can talk about the pros and cons of services without getting so emotionally wrapped up with a company. Do try to keep facts straight just because Paypal may have gave you some buyer protection that helped sometimes it does no mean that their are not many others that are not getting kind of screwed by them. God knows how many will be dealing with months of mess and fees by using Paypal and their latest "mistake".
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When people say bike shops on here they mostly mean the designer one that cater to the whims and sensibilities of carriage class. Problem is there are few that can pay the exorbitant markups and prices for the product and service that you may often find kid of terrible. Staff and salespeople will seem to have disdain and disgust for people that cannot afford to plop down $5000 and up and they want you all customers to have the fervor for high end stuff they sell or are into and that generates their paychecks. You can see what you get front that crowd here. They basically do not want you as you can not pay the admission fee that you must for them to find you socially acceptable.
You do not need need Olympic class, top of the line skis, ebikes, computers, tools, fishing gear or cook sets for some weekend enjoyment and you are a fool if you let some sales guy convince you that you do.
Are the some few that do yes but they are rare and they are not her on SD and if they were would be saying the same thing you and I say. We get consumers that parrot what a sales guy said to justify their waste of money. Believe me I know I ses the same in the home improvement word but am the one that has to tell the purchaser that most of those promises were meaningless and more cost is coming there way if they want something fixed. This sentiment is killing consumers and we have consumers know feeding to to other consumer it is truth. Buyers that fall for it sink to much money in and know it at some level and psychologically have to justify it to themselves and they now do the sales pitch that they fell for so they feel better.
I bought some china bikes three year ago and they are still fine. If they break now I have got value but more importantly saved money. I paid $700 and am much happier taking the $5000 I saved for other pursuits or to just invest. There is no investment in an expensive bike as it just continue to lose value with time. It always costs more to care for, service and maintain expressive less mass produced things than it does todo teh same for chaeo things It is consumer item that gets eaten up and at the end you end up with nothing but cost and being out cash.
Also we must ask how much do you want to sink into one particular pursuit that take money that could be applied to others like saving for retirement or continuing education. Who knows I may find like to do something else more.
I laugh when I imagine mechanics or home improvement services doing business like that. Imagine you take your $30,000 Ford in for for an oil change and the mechanic tells you he can not work on it as it is not a Jaguar bought from him and only Jaguars are real and proper cars that he will lay his hands on. I hate to see anybody lose a job but am not so sad to see that business model collapsing. The rich are mad as the working class and even poor can now afford ebikes and not just the lord of the manor but the stable boy that can afford one
They kept that social distinction with cars and will to with bikes but most normal people see through it. The vast majority of people do not need a $5000 ebike anymore than they need a hole in the head.
High end gear does not save money it costs money and will cost much more in the long run. Price a Ford alternator versus a Jaguar if you want to see what I mean. The more mass produced stuff that makes the mass of the market will always be cheaper due to economies of scale. High end bikes and cars have smaller markets and user bases and come and go yet you can still get parts for the chinese made Schwinn you got at Walmart.
I am saying that using Paypal brings no value just extra risk, cost and fees that get transferred to them to at a tune of 30 billion a year. It leaves you at risk for mistakes they make that are not covered under the same US financial law that CC and banks are.That comes out when an unregulated by financial law middleman steps into a transaction where they are not needed for some convenience feature and comes out of the consumer and merchants pockets and makes everything more expensive.
As to the specific going on right now but it is evidence that proves my point not yours. People using CC directly do not have the problem, people using Paypal do.
You can type in bold all you want but what you say is not true and you are ignorant if the law and facts. The article does not say the same thing you do it contradicts it completely and is about the law protection you lose when using Paypal. It doesn't say it always happens all the time but says it can and it does only when you use Paypal.
That brings up another point that Paypal being outside the section 75 protections and not regulated buy banking and credit card law they can modify their policies and practices at at anytime, Something you may have did before may not apply now.
You can see below that what you say doesn't happen is happening and CC companies are declining protection for payments made with PayPal linked to a CC. Members here would be better served and safe if you stop telling them all is fine to use a CC linked to PayPal as it is biting people in the @ss big time and costing them money as you send people to them.
Section 75 provides LEGAL protection for your consumer rights, whereas PayPal's buyer protection scheme is just company policy. So while PayPal still offers support when something hasn't turned up, or is 'significantly not as described', it has discretion over what qualifies for a successful claim.
That's because using PayPal, as well as other 'new forms' of payment like buy now, pay later, can scupper your Section 75 rights.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Aliexpress/comments/1oy3ly0/psa_warning_do_not_use_credit_cards_with_paypal... [reddit.com]
There is an ongoing issue affecting US Customers on Aliexpress where credit card transactions were miscoded via Paypal. (Incidents in 2020 and 2025 so far)
Credit cards may be adding $10 cash advance fees (or up to 5% on transactions over $200) per order
High interest may also be accruing on the cash advance
This is an unresolved technical coding error that could reoccur at any time involving Aliexpress/Alipay → PayPal → credit card processors.
Who Is Affected
U.S. customers whose Aliexpress orders were paid via PayPal using a credit card. Previous incidents in 2020 affected Canadians as well.
If you used a PayPal balance or debit card, you should not be impacted
There were a wave incidents where this happened before in 2020. Links at the bottom of the post.
How to Avoid This for Future Aliexpress Orders
Many people are choosing to stop using Paypal due to the massive headache of finger pointing between 3 companies without reimbursement. Nobody is taking responsibility and this same issue has happened before (in 2020). Very high chance this happens again at a random time.
If you continue shopping on Aliexpress:
Remove your credit card from PayPal so it can't be used accidentally
Use other payment methods such as Google Pay, a direct credit card payment, or even a PayPal balance or debit card
Some credit card issuers allow you to set your cash-advance limit to $0, which blocks these miscoded transactions entirely
What To Do About the Fees and Interest (Updated 11/22/25)
Form a plan to stop the ongoing interest charges on the cash advance. If your purchases were small, there might not be much interest to worry about. My credit card balance was small so I paid my balance in full immediately to stop any further interest charges which gives me time to get reimbursement from someone. Call the credit card company if you need extra guidance.
If Paypal is too difficult, then Contact Credit Card Company: Some people have succeeded in getting 1 or more fees waived as a courtesy by the credit card company.
Interest Charges
There is also a post below warning about accruing interest charges on cash advances that's worth a read if you can't pay off your balance on your credit card. We're getting double dinged with interest and a cash advance fee
That can't be!!!
So many trusted experts in this deal that never had one, wanted one or would never consider buying one assured me that some or many horrible things would happen?
Check again. There must be be some dead children around, explosion or fires. At the least the bike must have just fell apart where you left it. Also check you bank accounts some china national must now have all your bank accounts and the deed to your house.
Like they say you can never be to safe and insanely paranoid.
I am saying that using Paypal brings no value just extra risk, cost and fees that get transferred to them to at a tune of 30 billion a year. It leaves you at risk for mistakes they make that are not covered under the same US financial law that CC and banks are.That comes out when an unregulated by financial law middleman steps into a transaction where they are not needed for some convenience feature and comes out of the consumer and merchants pockets and makes everything more expensive.
As to the specific going on right now but it is evidence that proves my point not yours. People using CC directly do not have the problem, people using Paypal do.
You can type in bold all you want but what you say is not true and you are ignorant if the law and facts. The article does not say the same thing you do it contradicts it completely and is about the law protection you lose when using Paypal. It doesn't say it always happens all the time but says it can and it does only when you use Paypal.
That brings up another point that Paypal being outside the section 75 protections and not regulated buy banking and credit card law they can modify their policies and practices at at anytime, Something you may have did before may not apply now.
You can see below that what you say doesn't happen is happening and CC companies are declining protection for payments made with PayPal linked to a CC. Members here would be better served and safe if you stop telling them all is fine to use a CC linked to PayPal as it is biting people in the @ss big time and costing them money as you send people to them.
This is going on right now and yet you still recommend PayPal for some reason.
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ChatGPT said:
Imagine you have two ways to give someone cookies:
1. Giving them the whole cookie jar (your bank account).
If you let PayPal reach into your cookie jar, they can take cookies right from it. You have to trust them a lot, because it's your real cookie jar.
2. Giving them just one cookie at a time (your credit card).
If you use a credit card, it's like giving PayPal only one cookie, not the whole jar.
If something bad happens—like someone takes a cookie they shouldn't—the credit card can say:
"No, no, give that cookie back!"
Credit cards have special helpers who can stop bad charges and fix mistakes quickly.
So what's safer?
Using a credit card is safer because:
ChatGPT said:
Imagine you have two ways to give someone cookies:
1. Giving them the whole cookie jar (your bank account).
If you let PayPal reach into your cookie jar, they can take cookies right from it. You have to trust them a lot, because it's your real cookie jar.
2. Giving them just one cookie at a time (your credit card).
If you use a credit card, it's like giving PayPal only one cookie, not the whole jar.
If something bad happens—like someone takes a cookie they shouldn't—the credit card can say:
"No, no, give that cookie back!"
Credit cards have special helpers who can stop bad charges and fix mistakes quickly.
So what's safer?
Using a credit card is safer because:
Paypal has aces to your cookie jar when you granted it to them like you have done. They never had access to my CC cookie jar as I did not grant them access to one. You put the details in their account. You y added your CC account details to do that and authorize them to make CC traction on your behalf.
My point is that you can keep Payal away from you credit card cookie jar and be safer. You are the one that advised to link it to PayPal I advise against it. My point is why do you need Paypal at all when it just adds a level of risk from a third party not regulated by US and state financial law when a more trusted party you are already in business can handle your transactions. Paypal just markets and makes you think you get some added level of protection.
You fail to mention that instead of individual accounts you now add a third party non regulated non FDIC insured checkout service.That gives you a quasi but not true banking account that can also be compromised. If someone hacks your Paypal they not only can get to your funds on PayPal but now have access to your banking and CC accounts that you linked there. That is not extra security it is extra risk.
I do not recommend PayPal at all generally and don't recommend linking them to bank or CC.
BUT the one and only thing where it can be of value is when you want to pay by way of cash and get some purchase protection. I think that is what you are confused about and focus on now but that was never my point. Yet PayPal can offer extra protection but only to cash tractions. That is the one and only moderately safe ways to use Paypal where the consumer actually gets some gain and minimizes risk. Every Ebay seller and buyer at one time knew this. when I can get better and risk free protection purchasing directly with CC I just do that.
You do not have to give them full and all times access to your bank or CC information to do that. That is where the risk come in. If you want CC protection just use CC why any need for Paypal?
To do that you don't link anything and expose your personal cookie jars to Paypal. You just transfer some one time cash in, buy what you want and you have bought something where your gained purchase protection with cash.
Don't transfer more than you need into you Paypal account as that money is now not FDIC insured or covered by US federal and state banking law. You can se the risk there as we see all the cases of where PayPal arbitrarily and for unknown reasons may just not let you have your own money.
This was all common knowledge at one point before Americans started believing quick readings of internet ads and marketing materials making promises like it is gospel. That away was and is is the only safe and secure way to use Paypal. l learned that here when we had a wiser user base. I used Paypal for maybe twenty years doing it that way while watching people that linked accounts get into weird, bad, costly and time consuming to straighten out situations. You give up much when you sign the dotted line with them.
Treat Paypal kind of like a checkbook and it can be of some value. PayPal works as separate account and you can transfer cash there with it not being linked to any of your cookie jars. If you want to pay with a CC, pay with CC and keep Paypal out of the mix and away form yoru CC where mistakes can happen if you give them access
Paying with credit card directly can have PayPal making mistakes that affect you CC and throwing a third party into the mix just brings risk and complexity that is not needed.
Read the thread, CC and Paypal are not making the latest mistake and mess right for everyone. Right now with the last of many mistakes, that only PayPal seems to make, people are being forced to pay fees and interest to due to using Paypal linked to a CC. There is circle jerk where PayPal blames the other parties and the other parties blame them and none take the fees and charges while people spend hours weeks and months on the phone.
That is the stupidest analogy I have ever seen. A better one is.
You have cookie jar with cash such as savings or checking and you have one that offers credit that you can pull from but must pay back.
You have two cookie jars
One of those jars is at a bank and on the other is held by a CC company. Both institutions you let hold your jars are monitored and regulated by both federal and state law. The ones at the bank actually come with FDIC insurance. If the institution or person in it does anything to take money from your cookie jars they can and are prosecuted under that law. Do note that the credit jar offers you CC protection you say you worry and that to is also regulated under such law as you can see below that completely covers you if you run into shady merchant.
Yes, chargeback protection is required by law for consumers, primarily through the Fair Credit Billing Act (FCBA), which mandates that card issuers investigate disputes for issues like unauthorized charges or goods not received. While the FCBA provides the foundation, specific chargeback processes and additional rights are also governed by regulations like the Electronic Funds Transfer Act and rules set by card networks like Visa and Mastercard.
You sign up and give up control and hand control to some third party that earns revenue by way of fees and is not regulated by US or state law access to both your CC and cash cookie jars.
Now they put their hands in your cookie jars. They can do that at anytime as you have agreed to give them full,free and anytime access to your cookie jars. They can ring up you credit card or drain your bank account. They can mistakenly go in and take money out that they now manage. Mistakes that can happen are not under the umbrella of federal and state law now. If you are wronged you have to pay to sue them. Some other party can now walk into you bank or CC and show that you gave them access to the cookie jars They get to do that by way of private contract law and terms and policies that are constantly changing.
It is your comprehension that is off if you can not see that added risk. That is not something I would trust maybe even my my wife, son or a hired and regulated lawyer to do but you have at it if you do not see risk.
We do know others have been bit by that risk. PayPal can and has just frozen accounts and the only thing you can do is hire an attorney. In contrast if a bank or CC does some shady business a call to a federal or state attorney has you covered.
AI is aware of that risk. Look at the list below with the many and multiple risks doing what you advise brings. Why use PayPal at all for CC protection if your CC gives it to you anyway? That is my point, the fact and truth you fail to realize. Just because you may not have been bit by that risk does not mean others have not. The only fact you fall back on is that it has by chance not happened to you but we see tons of evidence it has happened to many others. There are court cases going on right now where people are trying to get things PayPal did wrong made right. They are a horrible rated company at 1.3 stars as you can see here.
https://www.trustpilot.
Here is some recent reviews and the first from 5 hrs ago.
Scammed out of money never recieved goods no tracking number or invoice off seller no communication at all, Raised a complaint with paypal who found in sellers favour !!!! Tried to appeal decision paypal wouldnt let me tried to speak to paypal no joy there in the end decided to close my account !! Debatable who the biggest scamner is the seller or paypal .
How they are allowed to carry on is a joke not interested if you are scammed out of money !!!
Not allowing me to transfer my own money to my own bank account !!!
They are thieves! Not allowing me to transfer MY money back into MY bank account
Impossible to speak to a human. Will never use again
I was phone scammed for two $250 gift cards. PayPal alerted me of the scam, via text, but were unwilling to cover the amount they knew was scammed. My Chase Bank reviewed the incident and deemed it was a scam. They alerted PayPal and returned my money into my bank account. 2 days later, PayPal sent me a bill that I still owed the entire amount. They are thieves. Synchrony bank won't even discuss it. They are also thieves.
I do not care what you chose to do but you do not need to promote them to others when reality shows they offer little or no value at all and pull 30 billion in fees from consumers per year for some false sense of security. Especially here on SD when rightnow members are getting bit by that risk.
They are a business along the lines of Lifelock, burglar alarm and outright scammer companies that play on fear to increase revenue. Notice they use the same tactics that scam callers do with the idea that you need some third party between you and your bank or CC to protect you.
It is not good to link a bank or credit card to PayPal due to potential security risks, the possibility of fees, and the risk of your account being frozen
. If PayPal or the connected account is compromised, hackers could gain access to your bank account or credit card information, which can lead to fraud, financial loss, or theft. Some transactions may also incur additional fees, especially if using a credit card for certain types of payments.
Security risks
Account compromise: A data breach at PayPal could expose your linked bank or credit card information, putting your finances at risk.
Direct financial access: Linking a primary bank account gives PayPal direct access, which could lead to potential financial loss if the account is compromised.
Stolen credit cards: Payments made through PayPal with a stolen credit card can be reversed, leaving you without funds and without your goods.
Fraud and scams: Scammers may use fake PayPal links to steal your credentials or trick you into making payments that are never received.
Potential fees
Credit card fees: Using a credit card for certain PayPal transactions, such as sending money to friends and family, can result in a cash-advance fee from your card issuer.
Transaction fees: PayPal may charge transaction fees for certain types of transactions.
Account restrictions
Account limitations: PayPal may limit or freeze your account for various reasons, such as suspected fraudulent activity, which could result in a temporary loss of access to your funds.
Best practices
Link a separate account: To minimize risk, consider linking a separate account specifically for PayPal, rather than your primary bank or credit card.
Use PayPal for convenience, but exercise caution: PayPal is a convenient way to pay online, but it is crucial to be aware of the potential risks involved and take appropriate precautions to protect your finances.
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