Hockey Giant Sucks, Paypal Sucks more (way more)
On June 12th, I received one of MANY emails from Hockey Giant, advertising clearance hockey gear. I ordered a couple of nice Minnesota Wild shirts for $25.98. I decided to pay with PayPal. Now Hockey Giant has a totally screwed up way to pay them via PayPal. You have to place your order with Hockey Giant, receive a Hockey Giant order number, then go to PayPal and initiate a payment to Hockey Giant, inputting the order number into a Payment you make directly from PayPal (Hockey Giants web site does not link directly to PayPal).
Now, I admit, seeing what a crap job Hockey Giant did of integrating to PayPal, I should have pulled out my trusty Visa card. But, I thought, “What could go wrong, it is only $25 dollars and PayPal protects up to $200″. (Boy was I wrong). Read more…