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> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]De la part de Mark Ross
> Envoye : jeudi 11 avril 2002 11:44
> A : newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Objet : Re: [NTLK] [OT] PayPal gripes
>
>
>
> >
> >Adding to all the other 'weirdness' - PayPal will ONLY
> verify information
> >from a credit card, and NOT from your bank account. We stopped using
> >plastic about two months after setting up a PayPal account
> almost two years
> >ago - now they won't let me change a damn thing (like our
> new address) and
> >have it be verified. This is after several phone calls.
> >
> >I too only kept the account open for the SER-001. I am
> going to nuke that
> >bad boy the moment it is in my hands.
> >
> >I pay straight cash for everything else that I do, don't even have a
> >personal bank account anymore just business. From mow on if
> someone won't
> >take cash/MO/Certified then screw 'em. I am very tired of
> having all my
> >personal financial information in the hands of faceless
> strangers. The IRS
> >is bad enough.
> >
> >Paul Nuernberger
>
> As one who takes credit cards, PayPal and used to take checks
> and MO's,
> I'd like to weigh in. For the merchant, cards and PayPal are
> far easier
> to deal with. You get paid within days and you don't have to
> worry about
> checks clearing. When we used to take checks and MO's, most
> of the time
> people would fill in the mail in form and then never mail it.
> I'd wait
> and dun these people only to find out that they would change
> their minds
> or forget. It was such a hassle that we stopped taking
> checks and MO's
> as a form of payment. I suspect that most merchants on the
> web have had
> a similar experience and discontinued the practice as well.
>
>
> Mark Ross
> markr13_at_comcast.net
>
>
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Paypal seems to be a good solution. The problem, for Frenchs it's not really
easy to open a Paypal account. The only choice I have is MO, check.
That's why I'm loosing good things on Ebay :-((
Cordialement
Didier BOURGUIGNON
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