From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Jul 13 18:00:45 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B9D0B97512 for ; Wed, 13 Jul 2016 18:00:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from mail.shire.net (mail.shire.net [199.102.78.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CD1A1E3D for ; Wed, 13 Jul 2016 18:00:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from mobile-166-171-122-132.mycingular.net ([166.171.122.132] helo=[10.157.242.24]) by mail.shire.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1bNNpr-0000kd-Q0; Wed, 13 Jul 2016 11:20:35 -0600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: Re: Any idea why freebsd.org is using PayPal for donations ? From: "Chad Leigh Shire.Net LLC" X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (13C75) In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 11:20:33 -0600 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <9002DCF1-B501-4A1C-AE59-67CF03649A23@shire.net> References: To: Manish Jain X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 166.171.122.132 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on mail.shire.net); SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 18:00:45 -0000 No. You get the $1 back. They don't complete or confirm or close it. It is= just an authorization. They do it to make sure the card data is valid, for= better or worse. =20 I don't like PP either, I agree with you there. But the $1 authorization wi= ll fall off your card eventually when the authorization expires. =20 Chad Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 13, 2016, at 10:34 AM, Manish Jain wr= ote: >=20 >=20 > Hi, >=20 > I yesterday made a very small donation of USD 10 to FreeBSD via my=20 > credit card. The amount is trifling, by all standards, but it made me=20 > happy. But I was mighty unhappy that FreeBSD donations at freebsd.org=20 > are now crafted by PayPal. In my opinion, PayPal is a bunch of thugs who=20= > charge 2x for everything they do. >=20 > For making my donation, PayPal first set up a 'handshake' transaction of=20= > USD 1. I had no option but to accept that transaction too. So I ended up=20= > donating USD 10 to FreeBSD, and USD 1 to PayPal. As much as I want to=20 > donate to FreeBSD, I also want that none of my money ends up as booty=20 > with PayPal, a company I absolutely hate for its business model,=20 > practice and internal work ethos (I have worked at PayPal for 6 months=20 > to know how bad things are at PayPal). >=20 > The way the system works, I can't reclaim my USD 1 that now enriches=20 > PayPal accounts. >=20 > --=20 > Regards > Manish Jain >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g"