Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Mon, 31 Dec 2001 01:19:33 -0700
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Confirm Your PayPal Membership
Message-ID:  <4.3.2.7.2.20011231011757.01d72730@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <3C2FCA60.99829AA7@mindspring.com>
References:  <4.3.2.7.2.20011226145226.021974b0@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20011227092550.01c87ae0@localhost>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
At 07:16 PM 12/30/2001, Terry Lambert wrote:

>The PayPal approach is very similar to any company that provides
>factor financing services, or any other service resulting in a
>rediscounting of the paper: they take the float in exchange for
>their service.

"Float" is one thing. Forcibly tying up people's money without 
their consent is quite another. 

I suspect that if there were ever a "run" on PayPal's accounts
it would be discovered that it did not have the funds to cover
what it owed.

--Brett


To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4.3.2.7.2.20011231011757.01d72730>