From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Dec 26 8: 8:15 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from clink.schulte.org (clink.schulte.org [209.134.156.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98E0837B41A; Wed, 26 Dec 2001 08:08:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from schulte-laptop.nospam.schulte.org (nb-65.netbriefings.com [209.134.134.65]) by clink.schulte.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAC172440D; Wed, 26 Dec 2001 10:08:08 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20011226095556.01acc550@pop3s.schulte.org> X-Sender: (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 10:07:43 -0600 To: Andreas Klemm , "Jonathan M. Bresler" From: Christopher Schulte Subject: Re: experiences (Re: FreeBSD Foundation Accepts Donations via PayPal) Cc: chat@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20011226114655.GA7717@titan.klemm.gtn.com> References: <20011226013738.49F2E37B405@hub.freebsd.org> <20011226013738.49F2E37B405@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed 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 12:46 PM 12/26/2001 +0100, Andreas Klemm wrote: >Things I had to do: >- register As do all other paypal users. >- get an international account since I'm not US citicen Paypal is based in the USA.... thus you would be considered international. >- was forced to verify a paypal card number This is for security and fraud prevention. >- was forced to be charged with $1.94 for this paypal card verification > am not sure for what they wanted to charge me $1.94. > For the card ? The verification ? > Then they claim you get the money back to your account ... > Well, then why they try to charge me at all ???? Again, security. You will get it back. Come on. Relax. >Most annoying is, that they 1st tell you, that you don't have to >to the paypal card verification, if the money you want to send is >below $100. This is the case for me, I entered $ 50 a page ago. If so, it's a typo that should be corrected. Were there stipulations about the country of origin? Perhaps all international users must verify regardless of amount sent? >I'm sorry, but no way with paypal. Only wanted to write this as >an experience report... Unfortunately, you are in the minority. They claim to have 12 million members, and a great percentage probably find the service useful and painless. The initial setup might be a bit unwieldy, but the idea is you can then use paypal for many other things without going through the setup process again. As such, there are some 12 million people that can donate to the FreeBSD Foundation with no hassles. Click, enter login info, send. Not bad. >BTW: Merry X'mas Happy new year! > Andreas /// > >-- >Andreas Klemm - Powered by FreeBSD >Need a magic printfilter today ? http://www.apsfilter.org/ >Songs from our band >> 64Bits << http://www.64bits.de >Inofficial band pages with add-on stuff http://www.apsfilter.org/64bits.html -c To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message