[Lynn Eades]

I have used it to pay people internationally. It is a great way to buy stuff without incurring the usual bank fees, which can be a lot of money.
As an example I bought an item from one chap, and through paypal the cost to me was exactly the price plus freight.
For the second item the price including post was $125 Canadian. with bank fees added it was to cost me $160+ canadian
As it happened,about a month after transfering the money, the seller had only received most of his money. In this case,the exercise was such a disaster the bank here ended up refunding all my fees.
The point is the banksters cost us a lot of money, and Paypal has worked well for me so far.