It seems it got lost or something, resending it. --- Ludovic Danigo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit :
> Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 15:38:45 +0100 (CET) > De: Ludovic Danigo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Objet: Registration payment [was: Drupal test] > À: [email protected] > > > Quim Gil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > > > >>> And from paypal as well. Ever term of use of > this > >>>service ? > >>> I would strongly advise to use a web payment > system > >>>supllied > >>> by a real bank to which apply banking laws. > > > >Could you summarise which points of PayPal's terms > of use make >them not > >suitable for handling GUADEC registration > payments? > > this site will explain better than me : > http://www.aboutpaypal.org/ > http://www.paypalsucks.com/ > > Basicly you allow Paypal to do whatever they want > with your Paypal > Account and personnaly I would not let them fiddle > with my money :-) > And they are a private company, not a bank > regulated by law. So in > case of trouble you're pretty much on your own. > > I got aware of that this summer by working on the > refactoring of the > e-commerce site payment system. > > >I see two different types of issues here: > > > >- Problems for the participants paying their > registration through > >PayPal. If someone is concerned by PayPal's > service we are > >offering them the possibility of making a bank > transfer. > > I would do it the other way around, proposing to > pay with bank transfer > and allow to pay with paypal but with a warning > that we are not > responsible in case of trouble. As this people can > not say they were > not aware of the potencial risk. > > >- Problems for the GNOME Foundation for using the > PayPal service > > to receive payments. These are the ones that need > clear and > > detailed discussion now to decide whether we go > through PayPal > > or not. > > That said, it have to be ponderate a bit, it's > clearly an easy way to do > micro payments and many people don't have problem. > But once they > start .... :-° > > One of the site recommend > http://www.free-merchant.com/ that would > be better as they abid to US law. But I don't know > their reputation, it > would need a bit of investigation. > > > Your suggestion of using a web payment system of > a bank is good, > > though. First we should check if the bank(s) > where the GNOME > > Foundation has account(s) offer this service. > Otherwise the > > GNOME Foundation should open a new bank account, > and I guess > > this is something not easy to do in the short > term (board elections, > > search of substitute of Tim Ney...) > > Yeah I understand, but would strongly advise to > have a serious look > at it (my paranoid side ;-)) Different bank have > very different pricing > model for web payments so I guess someone should > look at several > banks and what they offer. Had a review for french > banks but I don't > find it and they are french :-) IMHO, the bank > should in the same state > where the GNOME Foundation has been registred. > > I think that it can be done fast. We are not in the > hurry for the moment, > are we ? Well, that is one of the thing we might > discuss on the 12th. > When do we open for registration ? > > IMHO, opening it this month for instance wouldn't > really be useful, > people will want to wait in case of another change > of date so we > migth use this delay to try to find a bank, if the > actual bank doesn't > provide this kind of services or is to expensive. > > > > > -- > Ludovic Danigo > > --------------------------------- > Appel audio GRATUIT partout dans le monde avec le > nouveau Yahoo! Messenger > Téléchargez le ici ! -- Ludovic Danigo ___________________________________________________________________________ Appel audio GRATUIT partout dans le monde avec le nouveau Yahoo! Messenger Téléchargez cette version sur http://fr.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ guadec-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list
