PayPal Instant Transfer Zapper

By paka — Last update Aug 21, 2009 — Installed 2,445 times. Daily Installs: 5, 6, 13, 5, 4, 3, 3, 5, 6, 5, 8, 6, 7, 3, 4, 3, 6, 3, 5, 6, 7, 3, 5, 8, 10, 9, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5

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Nov 17, 2004 1:05am
Jesse Andrews Admin

The following is an archive of comments made before threaded discussions was implemented (November 16th, 2008)
 
Sep 21, 2008 9:25am
happyfish User

This is the script that made me fall in love with Greasemonkey. I've only been using it for checkouts through eBay thus far, but it's worked brilliantly. Thanks!
 
Sep 19, 2008 6:12pm
paka Script's Author

sim8: You can do your best to contact the company. But until such time as they change their web page structure, the only SURE way to avoid the instant transfer pitfall is to use a script or add-on such as Instant Transfer Zapper.

Updated: 10/04/08 PayPal Instant Transfer Zapper v1.04 now works with all known types of transactions!
 
Sep 17, 2008 12:52pm
sim8 User

I see there's only 6 fans here, but if every paypal user filled in a tongue lashing complaint to paypal on their web help form, the case load alone would force them to rethink that irritating corporate sleaze tactic. Why a company chooses to irritate, annoy and con their customer base, I'll never understand... Thanks for script, there are other types of paypal payment pages it doesn't work on. Would love to see it airtight.
 
Sep 9, 2008 3:01am
paka Script's Author

sim8: I'm not sure whether you are requesting additional functionality or simply to have the existing script work on another page. I'm not familiar with the "Pay one seller at a time" concept, so please explain in more detail what that is and exactly what functionality you are looking for. I'll try to help if it makes sense for this script.
 
Sep 3, 2008 3:01am
sim8 User

Could you add a line for the Review your purchase page(s) at https://payments.ebay.com/..... page which goes like: Don't want to pay all your sellers at once? [IMAGE TO CLICK] The image looks like "Pay one seller at a time" and it's tagged like <input /> and the source of it is https://securepics.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/check.... It's another sneaky pita that we wish would go away. Can you make it auto-click with this script? I can supply page source. BTW, thanks a bazillion, this PP thing has really been irking me. I had been trying to use the following, modified, found around here somewhere, but it kinda broke some page functionalities. All it does is highlight scam suspect words like duct tape, with variations like 'pay all your sellers at once' and 'ship'
javascript:void(s='change');s='('+s+')';x=new RegExp(s,'gi');rn=Math.floor(Math.random()*100);rid='z' + rn;b = document.body.innerHTML;b=b.replace(x,'
 
Aug 23, 2008 7:58pm
paka Script's Author

08/23/08 UPDATED: Due to changes to the PayPal site, all versions of this script prior to this one will not work. This now works for regular Send Money links directly in PayPal and PayPal payments made through eBay. It has not yet been tested with money requests, invoices or on shopping carts, but should work there also - FEEDBACK REQUESTED. Please report any anomalies by commenting in this forum. Thanks!
 
Apr 23, 2008 11:52pm
redina User

I always found the extra steps PayPal insisted on as something I'd like to avoid and this script sounds very useful! Does anyone know if this script works on PayPal shopping carts yet? Thanks!
 
Mar 11, 2008 8:05am
dpfox User

Doesn't work if you try to pay money request or PayPal invoice
 
Mar 9, 2008 9:40am
paka Script's Author

Thanks Oscar for spotting that - it's fixed now!
 
Mar 9, 2008 4:19am
oscared User

I just analyzed the script, line 57 (var GMrealTruthTxt....etc) isn't proper closed (the ' of the word CAN'T)
I fixed that and works perfect, thanks a lot.

update the script when you have a sec.
 
Mar 8, 2008 2:58am
oscared User

I wasn't able to make it work. clicked in the orange button.... and BUM! bank transfer.. then I turned on the automation.. and doesn't work either.
I'm using the latest greasemonkey and FireFox 3.beta 3 can that be the problem?
 
Mar 7, 2008 9:02am
paka Script's Author

So what's the big deal here? Why should i care?

Here's a little interesting background on PayPal's "Instant Transfer" process:
To implement Instant Transfer, PayPal authorizes the transaction amount on the user’s credit card without clearing it, [to avoid] taking the risk that the transaction would not be paid. Following the implementation of Instant Transfer, credit card funding declined markedly.
source: http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/js960/2008/03/01/readi...

If this is true, then when you allow PayPal to do "instant transfers", they are using the security of your card to make a huge additional profit while the card company is taking most of the risk. Yet the card companies never see any of that profit because the transactions are settled only if the instant transfer falls through. PayPal benefits because they still charge the seller the same high percentage as if it occurred with a credit card, yet PayPal does not have to pay their dues to the card companies which settle the transactions, eliminating the highest part of their overhead in any given transaction. Very slick - and yet it robs you of the primary benefits of using the card: delayed payment and rewards such as air miles and cash back. The final insult with instant transfer is that since your card is authorized anyway, those authorized funds are not available for your use. Since there's no real advantage to instant transfer, you might have just as well used the card!
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