[geeks] PayPal alternative offering $25 free cash

[Phil Stracchino]

Rick Hamell wrote:
> More then rumor. Ebay will pull any auction that advertises any online 
> payment method other then Paypal. They use to allow Bidpay but that went 
> under in December 2007. I tried to use Google Checkout once, but the 
> auction was pulled pretty quickly. 
> http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m07/i06/s02 talks about that.
> 
> Also, what's REALLY annoying, is that if you put in the auction any 
> where that you accept Paypal, you MUST also accept credit card 
> transactions via Paypal. Which in turn means an upgrade to a Paypal 
> business account, with the corresponding fees.

I think it's time to tell both eBay and PayPal "Bite me."


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