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Christopher X. Candreva wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Wed, 8 Aug 2007, Chris Petersen wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Why PayPal? Have you ever tried to charge credit cards online using
other services? Most of them require that the business exist for 2+
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Could you accept regular checks by mail, or even money orders if you want to
avoid the risk of bounced checks ? That would at least give an alternative,
and I'm sure some of us wouldn't mind paying the $0.85 for a money order to
save you the CCard processing fees.
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This does not address the main issue of repetitive manual input, and
the only difference between a bank account check and a money order (in
terms of bouncing) is that it is slightly more difficult to bounce a
money order (at least intentionally). However, both options can be
bounced, and, yes, I am speaking from personal experience. I used to
work for a Bankruptcy Trustee, who only accepted mo/cc. There were
instances of bouncing, and those tended to be mistakes by either the
purchaser (reporting wrong lost mo/cc) or the issuing entity (incorrect
input on cashed or lost mo/cc). Even though a bounced mo/cc is rare,
it causes a huge headache.<br>
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mark<br>
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