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Pathetic Paypal Pounces & Panders

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Anyone worth their salt knows that Paypal stopped being innovative in about the year 1998. It’s always about a decade behind the times, and for me, as a vendor who uses Paypal, I find it frustrating that it lacks even the most basic reporting tools. In short, it sucks, which is why the stock is the same price it was SEVEN YEARS (and $20 trillion in Fed “support”) ago. PYPL blows.

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