Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 11:20:33 -0600 From: "Chad Leigh Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> To: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Any idea why freebsd.org is using PayPal for donations ? Message-ID: <9002DCF1-B501-4A1C-AE59-67CF03649A23@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <VI1PR02MB0974443E55742A14F4C83E92F6310@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> References: <VI1PR02MB0974443E55742A14F4C83E92F6310@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com>
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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 <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> 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"
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