[OT] Paypal

From: Jerome Fine <jhfine_at_idirect.com>
Date: Sun Sep 24 21:50:12 2000

>Jerome Fine wrote:

> 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?

Jerome Fine replies:

By the way, the article I am buying is over ten years old, so
I hope that payment for it is not so off topic.

Many thanks for the comments. As Tim Shoppa pointed out,
I am in Canada, so it may not work. But I did forget to
ask about the procedure????? From what I see, I give them
a some personal information like where I live, but since they
require a US address, that may stop the process. If I get
beyond that point, how does paypal receive my credit card
number if I choose to use one? And are there any other
questions of a practical nature that someone with actual
experience using paypal would tell me to ask?

One thing that I am reluctant to do is send the credit card
number via the internet, but I guess that it is essentially no
worse than doing so by phone to any other large company?
Any comments on this aspect?

Namely, I would like to understand the actual details of
what I might be getting into??

Sincerely yours,

Jerome Fine
Received on Sun Sep 24 2000 - 21:50:12 BST