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jotempe
Posted on: Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:08 pm
Posts: 31 Joined: Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:45 pm
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Strange PayPal practices
Today I wanted to subscribe again after a few months break from puzzling (have some time to spare again ). What blocked me, however was, that on the payment page I had only two options: pay using your existing PayPal account or create a PayPal account. Now, if I switch the country to, for instance, Germany or UK, I have an option to make a single credit card payment without creating an account (but I wouldn't accept my card of course, because I declared a wrong country). And apparently ten months ago I did subscribe using one-time payment, without account creation. I'd like to subscribe again, but I don't want to create PayPal account - why am I forced to?
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pnm
Posted on: Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:51 pm
Posts: 3296 Joined: Thu May 12, 2011 11:58 pm
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Re: Strange PayPal practices
jotempe wrote: Today I wanted to subscribe again after a few months break from puzzling (have some time to spare again ). What blocked me, however was, that on the payment page I had only two options: pay using your existing PayPal account or create a PayPal account. Now, if I switch the country to, for instance, Germany or UK, I have an option to make a single credit card payment without creating an account (but I wouldn't accept my card of course, because I declared a wrong country). And apparently ten months ago I did subscribe using one-time payment, without account creation. I'd like to subscribe again, but I don't want to create PayPal account - why am I forced to? I'll look into it. Is there another payment service you use/prefer? (a while ago I looked at "moneybookers", now called "skrill") Patrick
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jotempe
Posted on: Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:06 pm
Posts: 31 Joined: Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:45 pm
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Re: Strange PayPal practices
Anything that gives me an option to make one-time card payment without forcing a registration and account creation would be fine for me. With most internet vendors this is no problem - I have unfortunately no idea what service they are using...
PS: due to owning a Kindle I have an Amazon account - if it were possible for you to accept payments via Amazon it would be fine as well.
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pnm
Posted on: Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:08 pm
Posts: 3296 Joined: Thu May 12, 2011 11:58 pm
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Re: Strange PayPal practices
jotempe wrote: Anything that gives me an option to make one-time card payment without forcing a registration and account creation would be fine for me. With most internet vendors this is no problem - I have unfortunately no idea what service they are using... It seems that Skrill supports card payments without having to create an account, I'll see if I can integrate this easily into the site. Edit: I signed up for a Skrill account, but it looks like quite a few steps before putting that in. Note that in Europe you could also do a "SEPA" bank transfer, see the info at the bottom of: http://www.calcudoku.org/ops/subscribe/en/eur
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jotempe
Posted on: Thu Apr 18, 2013 7:20 am
Posts: 31 Joined: Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:45 pm
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Re: Strange PayPal practices
Yep, have seen that, however banks here tend to charge for SEPA transfers dearly
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pnm
Posted on: Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:28 am
Posts: 3296 Joined: Thu May 12, 2011 11:58 pm
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Re: Strange PayPal practices
jotempe wrote: Yep, have seen that, however banks here tend to charge for SEPA transfers dearly Really? I thought that these transfers should be free within Europe? (at my bank (ABN AMRO) they are free, for example)
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jotempe
Posted on: Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:51 am
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Re: Strange PayPal practices
Not here unfortunately. I'd have to pay about 2 to 2.5 euro for the transfer...
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pnm
Posted on: Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:17 am
Posts: 3296 Joined: Thu May 12, 2011 11:58 pm
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Re: Strange PayPal practices
jotempe wrote: Not here unfortunately. I'd have to pay about 2 to 2.5 euro for the transfer... At some point (but not yet) it does look like an internet currency is the way to go. bitcoin, or that new "ripple" currency: instant payments across the whole world, near zero transfer fees (!) (I now have to pay a considerable fee for each transaction to Paypal) For now, maybe adding "skrill" will help (also for people outside EU/US etc.)
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jotempe
Posted on: Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:43 am
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Re: Strange PayPal practices
Thanks Inside the country i use bank transfers all the time when shopping on the internet, there is a mechanism here that allows them to be almost as fast as card payments, with no cost to the sender, and also considerably cheaper than cards for the receiver. Unfortunately I know no bank in Poland that would offer foreign transfers free of charge...
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pnm
Posted on: Fri Apr 19, 2013 5:50 pm
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Re: Strange PayPal practices
jotempe wrote: Thanks Inside the country i use bank transfers all the time when shopping on the internet, there is a mechanism here that allows them to be almost as fast as card payments, with no cost to the sender, and also considerably cheaper than cards for the receiver. Unfortunately I know no bank in Poland that would offer foreign transfers free of charge... I just set up a personal "skrill" (moneybookers) account, you could try that: go to moneybookers.com, and send me the appropriate subscription fee (in euros), your username, and in case of a 6 month subscription, the preferred book. ( edit: account name removed, information outdated) Let me know, thanks, Patrick
Last edited by pnm on Thu Mar 18, 2021 6:26 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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