American Express Membership Rewards - Amex & PayPal payment question

So a while back Eliot Spitzer forced Amex to treat purchases via Amex funded Paypal transactions as if they were a direct credit card transaction.

I am considering buying something on eBay, and was wondering if Return Protection is still valid when doing this? I am assuming no, but has anybody tried?

I do not know what you mean by Amex funded PayPal transaction, but I use my Amex Platinum card all the time to pay for Ebay items via PayPal. I have filed several claims in a past few years and had no problem with my return protection claims.

Same here, I've had no problems filing a claim through AMX when I bought an item off ebay using paypal with my AMX.

Same here, I've had no problems filing a claim through AMX when I bought an item off ebay using paypal with my AMX.

+1 although YMMV

Thanks all. This gives me hope.

By "amex funded paypal transaction" I mean that usually these people take payments by PayPal, and I get taken to the PayPal interface. Which means that I log in to PayPal, and I choose my amex card as the funding source, rather than my bank.

The icon they show for payments accepted is below:
http://pics.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/paypal/imgEcheck.gif

Are you all saying that all ebay auctions now allow direct payment with a credit card without messing with payal accounts? (that would be great! I just don't buy much on eBay, so I don't know.)

I appreciate all your input!

Are you all saying that all ebay auctions now allow direct payment with a credit card without messing with payal accounts? (that would be great! I just don't buy much on eBay, so I don't know.)

I appreciate all your input!

I use PayPal interface to pay for my Ebay transactions using my Amex card.

I use PayPal interface to pay for my Ebay transactions using my Amex card.

TAHKUCT,

Do you do this without having to log in to Paypal, and do you know if this is standard for all eBay transactions?

TAHKUCT,

Do you do this without having to log in to Paypal, and do you know if this is standard for all eBay transactions?

I use my PayPal account to pay using my Amex.

Great. Thanks.