XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.windows7.general   
   From: Newyana2@invalid.nospam   
      
   "Carlos E. R."  wrote   
      
   | I also have been using Paypal for some years, no issues.   
   |   
      A few yers ago I was making a side income selling my   
   shareware. Paypal showed up, which presented an easier   
   way for people to pay. But they insisted that software   
   authors open a bank account under their control. There   
   were horror stories of PP taking out peoples' money and   
   not returning it. It turned out they were not just a payment   
   service. They wanted optimum customer satisfaction, but   
   wanted the merchaants to be responsible. So if someone   
   bought software and then changed their mind, the author   
   would lose the payment *plus* the fee. Eventually, selling   
   software was threatening to cost money rather than gain it.   
      
     So I avoid PP partly out of principle, and partly because   
   they're just yet another unnecessary middleman sucking   
   money out of the transaction.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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