Rick C.

PayPal, while a good company for protecting consumers from predatory sellers (and outright scammers) leaves a lot to be desired if you aren't from the US. They devalue the currency of whomever they are dealing with.

One example is when I was purchasing something on eBay a couple years back (and while there are other examples, this best illustrates my point), the Canadian dollar was worth more than the US greenback. However, the exchange rate used by PayPal devalued the Canadian dollar so it was actually worth less than its American counterpart. In this case, it was devalued by about 5%

This might not sound like much, but consider this. They are likely pocketing the difference between the actual exchange rate and the rate they offer. And if there are (for example) $20 million in transactions from outside the US every day, then that means they are pocketing $1 million per day on the difference in exchange. And that is above their normal profits.

If possible, avoid using PayPal and buy directly from the seller.

I have purchased a number of items through Amazon.ca and have always found that whatever you buy is shipped quickly and efficiently and usually arrives within a couple weeks.

I used a crowd to order a few things, including two sets of Lightning cables and items for my wife for Mothers Day. This was back in April when I put in the order. It is now early June. I logged into my account regularly and saw that one item was listed as being shipped on May 27 and absolutely no information on the other.

At this point, I suspect that the entire Ncrowd company is nothing but a bunch of scammers and advise EVERYONE to stay as far away from this company as possible.