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Old 17-06-2008, 10:10 PM
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Paypal donate - any good? Options?
Hi.
I need to setup a donation service on a charity website and wondered if PayPal Donate facility is the best way to go. Is there something better? (I notice that MacTalk has used it for a while now.)

TIA.
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Old 17-06-2008, 10:11 PM
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PayPal is good - but they take a cut. It is widely used and trusted, so I think it's the only option besides putting up your direct deposit info.
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Old 17-06-2008, 10:17 PM
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Boo PayPal.

PayPal is a good idea. Shame it's run by an evil company that uses its market power to double-dip in the pockets of its users.

They also have no customer service apart from cut & paste emails... and they're quite adept at freezing money in your account - for indefinite periods.

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Old 17-06-2008, 10:25 PM
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I know that barrack senator Obama has a google shopping cart on his official webpage for donations.

Maybe that's an option...
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Old 17-06-2008, 10:34 PM
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im happy to donate colocation and IP transit
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Old 17-06-2008, 10:44 PM
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im happy to donate colocation and IP transit
Um... you lost me.


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I know that barrack senator Obama has a google shopping cart on his official webpage for donations.

Maybe that's an option...
Hmm, possibly.
I looked through dangerouslyawesome Donation Buttons (and other easy tweaks) using Google Checkout’s HTML API

Interesting.
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Old 17-06-2008, 10:46 PM
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google checkout doesn't work in Australia the last time I checked
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Old 17-06-2008, 10:48 PM
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google checkout doesn't work in Australia the last time I checked
bummer:
Which countries does Google Checkout support?
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Old 17-06-2008, 11:00 PM
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i would say paypal..the fact is that it is easy for people to donate and you to set up
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Old 17-06-2008, 11:02 PM
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Um... you lost me.
He means hosting services and bandwidth, if you need them.
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are paypal such a bunch of scummy arseholes that they'll still take a commission for donations? god that company just makes me angrier and angrier, and yet i have so much of my personal details lodged with them.
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Old 17-06-2008, 11:08 PM
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He means hosting services and bandwidth, if you need them.
See Huy, thats why your rated an InGenius
... and I'm a little slow on the uptake tonight.

Thanks, Maticks but this only a very small site.
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