I've just read this entire thread. Thanks to everyone for sharing their experiences and insights on PayPal and credit card companies.
To answer a few questions: Yes, this thread is on topic - not because I wrote the article and published it on LEM, but because PayPal is part of the Internet experience for many of us these days. No, it's not specific to G3/4/5 Macs, but it is an issue of importance to G3/4/5 users. > The PRAM batteries... What? You didn't use LEM Swap?! humph. LOL. LEM Swap is *not* a dealer list; it's a place for individuals to sell their older Macs and related gear. I have a lot of Macs with dead PRAM batteries, and every few years I buy a big batch (10-15) of fresh ones from OWC or someone else. This time around Amazon.com had the best deal. > Paypal, btw, did not remove the funds from your account. That first > transaction, that expired, was simply a "hold". That's how credit > transactions work. I don't leave a lot of money in my PayPal account. Whatever they call it, they made it impossible for me to access over 90% of the funds in my account when they did this. You'd think someone as big as eBay/ PayPal would have a system in place to automatically search for duplicates. > Is this supposed to be on-list? I thought these lists were moderated! >From the list FAQ: "What topics may be discussed? "Anything relating to Power Mac G3s and G4s. G-Group is mostly an unmoderated closed group. Unmoderated means messages are sent to the group without prior knowledge of the group owner or managers; closed means only members may post. The group is closed to help fight spam, and first postings from new members must be reviewed and approved by a group manager before they are sent to the group, a step made necessary by spammers. "Group managers are authorized to remove the following types of messages from the group archive: spam, test messages, and unsubscribe postings. Content of each message is the responsibility of the person posting it." All new group members are automatically set to moderated status. This is the only way to keep spammers out, which I'm sure all of you will admit we've done quite well. You have no idea how much spam we used to block before de-listing our groups from Google's public index. Since then, it's diminished greatly, but it's still necessary to moderate new members until we can verify that they are not spambots. After that, the group is pretty much unmoderated. If we find someone trolling, cheating members, posting in ALL CAPS, quoting excessively, using a blatantly offensive signature, etc., we will set them to moderated status either temporarily or permanently. When things go too far, we put a permanent ban on them. With few exceptions, the list managers (a.k.a. nannies) do not see messages before they are posted to the list. We don't have the time, resources, or patience to do that. We only moderate new members and those who have violated list rules or netiquette. Dan Knight, list owner
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