From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jul 14 00:04:38 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 22775B9856E for ; Thu, 14 Jul 2016 00:04:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zarniwhoop@ntlworld.com) Received: from know-smtprelay-omc-11.server.virginmedia.net (know-smtprelay-omc-11.server.virginmedia.net [80.0.253.75]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 861841CFB for ; Thu, 14 Jul 2016 00:04:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zarniwhoop@ntlworld.com) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([81.100.29.190]) by know-smtprelay-11-imp with bizsmtp id JQ3S1t008466fER01Q3Sey; Thu, 14 Jul 2016 01:03:26 +0100 X-Originating-IP: [81.100.29.190] X-Spam: 0 X-Authority: v=2.1 cv=e9z7Mvd/ c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=+He7s6SjlwGdCRwhjLOitA==:117 a=+He7s6SjlwGdCRwhjLOitA==:17 a=L9H7d07YOLsA:10 a=9cW_t1CCXrUA:10 a=s5jvgZ67dGcA:10 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=cAmyUtKerLwA:10 a=NMGFr6NUAAAA:8 a=s69kd1K1Gn2Cspx-67QA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=IjZwj45LgO3ly-622nXo:22 a=yXx79wkn_pAAxnvr5nER:22 Received: by localhost.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 500) id 1AD9460086; Thu, 14 Jul 2016 01:03:26 +0100 (BST) Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 01:03:26 +0100 From: Ken Moffat To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any idea why freebsd.org is using PayPal for donations ? Message-ID: <20160714000326.GB7296@milliways.localdomain> References: <9002DCF1-B501-4A1C-AE59-67CF03649A23@shire.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <9002DCF1-B501-4A1C-AE59-67CF03649A23@shire.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.2 (2016-07-01) 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: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 00:04:38 -0000 On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 11:20:33AM -0600, Chad Leigh Shire.Net LLC wrote: > 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. > > I don't like PP either, I agree with you there. But the $1 authorization will fall off your card eventually when the authorization expires. > It's been a while since I had to go through this process, but ISTR that I got an email from paypal, and I then had to reply with the reference which appeared on my bank statement, and then the nominal amount was refunded. But the details might vary with different types of accounts / different cards. ĸen -- `I shall take my mountains', said Lu-Tze. `The climate will be good for them.' -- Small Gods