In the UK you can get prepaid cards in some places, but you can get hit by an application fee, service charge, cash loading fee, atm withdrawl fee, etc., etc., etc., so they're not the best of deals, whereas you can enter competitions in the UK using SMS messaging and the entry fee gets charged to your mobile bill.
As for the kid running up their parents 'phone bill with charges, well, who hasn't read a story about a kid buying something on-line with their parents card?, so I don't see how it's different. If you let your kid have something that could cost you money then you take the risk you're going to get charged for something. It's not dishonest, it certainly shouldn't be criminal, it's just something you're not used to. Al. -- * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Streets Of Boston Sent: 15 July 2009 22:15 To: Android Discuss Subject: [android-discuss] Re: It looks like Android Market's payment options will be expanded "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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
