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Re: Anybody use PayPal??
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lugnet.market.auction
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Tue, 8 Feb 2000 20:10:06 GMT
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John Robert Blaze Kanehl schreef:
> I just used PayPal this weekend to expedite a cross country transaction....I
> was skeptical at first, but it worked great...
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> The buyer suggested this method and compensated me $5 of his sign-up bonus.
> The benefit to me as a seller was immediate...I could accept a credit card,
> get paid in manner of minutes, and ship that day. Since the transaction can
> be verified right away, I shipped w/in 1 hour of confirmation. The buyer
> received the item Monday-I shipped Saturday via Priority Mail. There is the
> added benefit and cost savings for the purchaser in the sense that the
> entire transaction could be done on-line without having to get a MO, go to
> the Post Office, or write a check.
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> there is a limit of $5k in transactions over a six month period, which is
> plenty for me.....read the rules though....if you try to use this service
> for any amount less than $5 you will be charged $5 anyway. This is a great
> way to pick-up a big ticket item like a Metroliner or a pirate ship, for
> example.
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> I am encouraging people to use this service when they buy from me, since I
> get some $ and so do they. I also prefer to finish deals ASAP, so they
> don't hang out in Lego-limbo.
man, just like X.Com it's all wonderfull... but only available in the US!!!
That really starts to piss me off. If it wasn't for Larry's factoring
service doing buisness overseas would be a real pain for me, in the
Netherlands money orders, and everything else involving foreign currency,
costs a lot so this finally looked like a good thing... just a bill to my
CC once a month and be done with.
I do hope they soon start with this in Europe and other parts of the world
too.
--
Jan-Albert "Anvil" van Ree | http://www.nl.3dgamers.com
3D Sims Archive maintainer | http://www.3dgamers.com
Thrustmaster Resource Center | http://www.3dgamers.com/tmresourcecenter/
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| (...) They talk about that in their FAQ portion on their site; I guess they hope to sometime during 2000. You can get on a mailing list to be notified when it starts. I'd love it if they did overseas stuff, too--no more trying to figure out how to (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| (...) I just used PayPal this weekend to expedite a cross country transaction....I was skeptical at first, but it worked great... The buyer suggested this method and compensated me $5 of his sign-up bonus. The benefit to me as a seller was (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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