The idiocy of Paypal

[pez]

This is how Paypal works:

You: *go to their website*
PP: *detects that you've been to their site before and logged into a business account* *cleverly redirects you to https://www.paypal-business.co.uk/ which sells their business services - WHICH YOU ALREADY BLOODY USE - but doesn't contain login box*
You: .......... *clicks the login link to get to a screen where you can do so*

They could, of course, put a login box on that page or stop redirecting, but that would be TOO SENSIBLE wouldn't it.

Comments

[khaoskomix.livejournal.com]

OH GOD THIS. This enrages me so much. I thought I was the only one.

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

I wonder if they remember people by cookies. Gonna try to refuse cookies from them and see if things improve.

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

Tried various methods, in the end this one seems to work best - bookmark and use https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run instead, that page already has the login boxes.

[uminohikari.livejournal.com]

You can always block redirecting?

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

My browser seems to have that function but it stops redirect for all sites, it's not site specific. There's probably something I can do for it to only apply to Paypal, but since I've got a link that works now I'll just stick to it.