[OT] Paypal

From: CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com <(CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com)>
Date: Sun Sep 24 11:37:24 2000

*>I know that I will get a flame just for this inquiry, but here goes.
*>
*>I found an article on eBay that I bid on and rather than sending
*>a Money Order, I thought I might try paypal? Can anyone
*>please comment? It seems reasonable from the outside as

*I think PayPal is a great idea.

I agree, but I don't think it helps Jerome since he isn't in the US, and Paypal
doesn't deal with either buyers nor sellers who don't have US Postal
addresses.

Jerome is in Canada, I should note, but I don't know if it's possible for him
to get a US postal address just to use Paypal or not. I think the Paypal
rules strictly state that you must be a *resident of the US*, and that a
US postal address isn't good enough (though I'm not sure they could tell
the difference.) (Certainly while I was living in Canada, having a US postal
address and bank account helped me a lot with many financial issues.)

There are other services that don't suffer from Paypal's problems - most
noticably E-bay's Billpoint service, and Amazon's electronic payments -
though of course the seller must sign up with these services as well as the
buyer.

Tim.
Received on Sun Sep 24 2000 - 11:37:24 BST