Re: [libreoffice-website] update on credit card payment

I have heard horror stories with PayPal, but I cannot confirm them. Some
people simply do not like the company. Also, note that Paypal as a
business is famous to implement censorship policies that tend to be
shocking in my part of area of the world:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/02/legal-censorship-paypal-makes-habit-deciding-what-users-can-read

and
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/oct/24/bankers-wikileaks-free-speech

Best,
Charles. 

Le mercredi 19 septembre 2012 à 14:36 +0200, Jonathan Aquilina a écrit :
> I dont know why people are so apprehensive of paypal. They can still send
> payments through them without even needing an account with them.
>
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:33 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P <
> webmaster@krackedpress.com> wrote:
>
> > On 09/19/2012 04:07 AM, Florian Effenberger wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote on 2012-09-19 00:44:
> > >
> > > > Is there any reasons why Paypal payment services, for taking payments
> > > > from a card, not working for TDF donations?
> > >
> > > PayPal will not be removed. However, we had dozens of people asking for
> > > offering direct credit card payments, because they specifically would not
> > > like to use PayPal, so direct credit card payment is another option we
> > > provide.
> > >
> > > Florian
> > Well, the one thing I like about PayPal is the "insurance factor".  If you
> > buy something online and it never comes or some fraud is involved, you can
> > get your money back through part of their service agreement.  So if
> > someone, say on eBay, states that they do not take PayPal payments, they
> > are to be avoided.
> >
> > I do remember that PayPal has/had a credit card service for those "buyers"
> > who do not have a PayPal account.  That was a good service.
> >
> > So what TDF is doing is setting up a system that takes various credit
> > cards directly through the card company's service, or are you contracting a
> > payment service company that processes the card "purchases"?
> >
> > I do like the reoccurring monthly payments.  The you can set up a
> > "donation" cycle, like you do for monthly Internet hosting accounts, so you
> > can just set it up and forget about it, allowing the donations to be "sent"
> > monthly without any hassle of remembering is you sent in a donation that
> > month.
> >
> > Actually, from a marketing standpoint, having a direct credit/debit card
> > system makes TDF "look" more professional. Almost anyone can setup a PayPal
> > payment system, but it takes a true "professional" business to get a direct
> > card payment service.  Or, at least in my area of the world.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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