"Anybody can buy a prepaid credit card at their nearest convenience store"
This premise is not true. In the USA it maybe quite easy to get a credit card like this, but in Europe, and other territories, this may not be so easy. Of my friends and family back in the Netherlands, i know only of a few that have a credit card. The banking system is quite different in other countries. On Jul 15, 2:46 pm, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: > If you can pay your phone bill then I can't see why you wouldn't be > able to pay for an app. Anybody can buy a prepaid credit card at their > nearest convenience store. If you can't buy a prepaid credit card, > then you wouldn't be able to pay the phone bill either, which means > that you are a kid playing with mommy's phone and racking up a huge > bill. To build a system to take advantage of THIS is DISHONEST and > should be CRIMINAL. > > On Jul 15, 1:15 pm, Sean Hodges <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Agreed. > > > Though carrier billing will at least be better than not being able to > > purchase paid apps at all. I think PayPal support on a Google service > > is extremely unlikely, regardless of how much demand there is for it. > > > On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Cary Harper<[email protected]> wrote: > > > Keep in mind that a carrier billing option means your settlement will take > > > 60 to 90 days and is usually more expensive than a credit card > > > transaction. > > > > I think a PayPal option where the user enters a PIN and the payment is > > > complete would be best. > > > > On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 7:09 AM, Streets Of Boston > > > <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > >> Terrible!? > > > >> As long as developers can opt-in and opt-out, the more payment options > > >> the better! > > >> Especially for customers in Europe, where credit card use is minimal. > > > >> On Jul 15, 9:23 am, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > Thats pretty terrible. I wouldn't want any opportunity for google > > >> > purchases to end up on a phone bill since they are NOT purchased from > > >> > the phone company. > > > >> > On Jul 15, 8:46 am, Streets Of Boston <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > Here is the articlehttp://www.cnet.com/8301-19736_1-10285981-251.html > > > >> > > Quotes from this article: > > >> > > "Thanks to a coming update, Google Checkout will now support multiple > > >> > > billing systems and T-Mobile customers will be able to charge > > >> > > purchases directly to their monthly bill" > > > >> > > ... > > > >> > > "Hopefully, the willingness to open the payment options will lead the > > >> > > way for a more open Market environment. Google could easily create a > > >> > > developer API and allow different companies to display the Market > > >> > > information in new ways. I would love to see what the Amazon > > >> > > recommendation engine could do for application discovery. A referral > > >> > > program could be created to reward the reseller and Google would > > >> > > benefit from the increased units sold."- Hide quoted text - > > > >> > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
