From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Dec 31 0:19:43 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A606D37B423 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2001 00:19:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id BAA15328; Mon, 31 Dec 2001 01:19:34 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20011231011757.01d72730@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 01:19:33 -0700 To: Terry Lambert From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Confirm Your PayPal Membership Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3C2FCA60.99829AA7@mindspring.com> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20011226145226.021974b0@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20011227092550.01c87ae0@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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