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   Carlos E.R. to All   
   Re: OT - Microsoft newsgroups   
   03 Feb 23 20:56:58   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.windows7.general   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2023-02-03 19:17, Newyana2 wrote:   
   > "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.   
      
   Fair enough.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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