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[nycphp-talk] Merchant processor options?

Paul Reinheimer preinheimer at gmail.com
Mon Jun 6 13:01:45 EDT 2005


Horror Stories: http://www.paypalsucks.com/

Much of my displeasure with PayPal dissolved away when
they switched to stop requiring an account to send payment.

These days you can send a payment via paypal just by using
your credit card, no lasting account.


paul


On 6/6/05, Mitch Pirtle <mitch.pirtle at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/6/05, Leila Lappin <damovand at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Just a point of curiosity why not PayPal?  Is there
> > something wrong with them?
> 
> Too many horror stories, too much frustration for non-PayPal clients
> to get started, and too much difficulty dealing with PayPal in
> general.
> 
> If you want to sell something online, PayPal only represents a small
> percentage of the market - as everyone has a debit/credit card
> nowadays, but few use PayPal.
> 
> I think being technical skews our perspectives - when you talk to a
> non-geek, it becomes painfully clear that PayPal is only ancillary,
> and not a major provider.
> 
> -- Mitch
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Paul Reinheimer
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