My so far short experience with the new beta has yielded two observations:

a) The PayPal page won't come up. It says I have no connection to the internet. Sometimes it says this right after I choose the 'Send money' option on the menu, sometimes there is a wait with the Skype yellow lock showing, and then the no connection message shows.
I can access my account details from within the client just fine though.

b) Help and tips keep showing, even though the relevant tick-boxes are unticked in the options.

Thank you for your feedback.

for second issue we have a separate thread already - http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=82249.

First issue.
Does it happen often or did it happen just once?

I played around with the beta version for a day or two. PayPal page could never come up after numerous attempts. Account info pages and credit reload pages came up just fine though.

There are two ways to buy Credits:

1) via the Skype client. Skype -> Help -> Buy Credits
2) via www.skype.com by logging in to your account page.
Please try the other option if one does not work.

Also try another web browser. Other then IE6 or 7, can cause this problem/message.

Ike