Comments on: Use Paypal’s free disposable credit card number to manage recurring charges

By: Wandah54

Wandah54 — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 03:16:00 +0000

Paypal plug in is no longer available!

By: Systems

Systems — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:46:00 +0000

Paypal discontinued this service for good with a final date of September 22, 2010.

By: Teresa Peek

Teresa Peek — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 05:08:15 +0000

Protect your identity online and/or stop those pesky auto-renewing charges! Paypal offers a solution – http://bit.ly/ewXS9Y

By: GeoOasis

GeoOasis — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 22:16:36 +0000

Disposable Credit Cards – Protect yourself this holiday season: http://bit.ly/f63ky6

By: bon346

bon346 — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:18:15 +0000

paypal's plug-in is no longer available.

By: Erik Test

Erik Test — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:58:30 +0000

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By: NewTe.ch

NewTe.ch — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:54:56 +0000

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By: Mizst

Mizst — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:30:48 +0000

I think that it is a good emergency stop measure when the vendor channel is designed to obstruct your attempt to terminate the account, which is the issue explained in the post. Single-use credit card number simply helps to prevent the vendor from continuing to charge you illegitimately because they try to obstruct your canceling the account.

Legally, if you have no intention of continuing the account but the vendor is just making it hard for you to do so, then you will win the case. Charged money, however, is difficult to get back, so this technique patches up that issue.

By: Walt

Walt — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:28:42 +0000

The problem is this doesn't really solve the problem.

IANAL, but as I understand it, if you have entered into an agreement with this company that allows them to auto-renew your account, then you owe them that money. Your card being declined doesn't stop that, and they could legitimately send you to a collections agency.

By: Chris Magnusson

Chris Magnusson — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:35:12 +0000

I don't have this. I assume it's US-only.

By: doogald

doogald — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:56:27 +0000

I haven't tried this myself with PayPal, but some credit card companies offer this service as well. I have been using this for years now with Discover Card, which also has both a Windows app and a web based generator for a true, single use card number, and BoA/MBNA also has a service for their cards which lets you set up a specific amount and a specific number of months that a single card can last – so you can use the same number to pay for a Netflix subscription, say, with a limit to the exact amount of the subscription, so that if Netflix's numbers are stolen you do not need to worry about changing cards, etc.

I think that they are great services.

By: Andrew Woodw

Andrew Woodw — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:55:42 +0000

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