ok I'll do that then I'll just have him send me a check or money order.
that will be the best way I think.
using windows7 laptop
On 5/10/2014 12:06 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
Josh,
Yeah, for this purpose, it would probably be better for him to just
send you a check. I never, and I repeat, never! ever ever ever ever
ever! ever! under any circumstances type someone elses credit card
info into my own computer unless it's a business transaction through
my company, private web browsing, cookies disabled, or not! I just
won't do it. Period, full stop. That poses a security risk, as
trustworthy not withstanding one way or another, I've done it for
people in the past, then something totally unrelated came up on their
bank statement, and next thing I knew, I was being accused of fraud
since I was the one who enterred the info for them on my end. Believe
me. That pickle was pretty hard to get myself out of, and prove my
innocense. I did, but it wasn't easy. Bottom line is, I'd set up a
Window-Eyes remote session, or would set up a tandom session or
whatever screen reader he uses, long! before I'd type it in for him.
So yeah, my feeling still stands. My advice? Just have him cut you a
check, and don't send the laptop to him until you get to the bank, and
make absolutely sure the check clears.
JMO.
Chris.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh" <[email protected]>
To: "gwmicro" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2014 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: paypal question
what I am trying to do is this. I have a friend who is not very good
with computers. He wants to buy a laptop from me. And he wants to
send me money through pay pal if possible. But he uses pay pal so
infrequently it would not be worth him having or getting a pay pal
account. He wants me to use my computer to enter his credit card info
to transfer the money into my account for the purchase of the laptop.
He just uses his computer for getting nls bard books radio email and
looking stuff up on wikipedia every now and then. Is there any way he
can get money into my pay pal account without having an account of
his own? If we can't work something out he said he can just send me a
check in the mail.
Josh
using windows7 laptop
On 5/10/2014 11:20 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
Hey Josh.
This is somewhat of a gray area. It really honestly depends on the
merchant. As a seller, you have the option to allow perspective
buyers to enter their credit card information. Obviously, the seller
never sees that information, just as they never ever ever see the
buyer's bank account information. It's done very securely either
way you look at it. As for the way that you go about enterring your
card info, this will vary from seller to seller, but generally
speaking, the concept is basically the same if they give you the
option... Essentially, there should be a form somewhere on their
checkout page where you can either A. Enter your card info, or B.
Login/create a PayPal account.
Quite honestly Josh, I'd personally go ahead and create an account,
then tie either a debit/credit card to it, or tie a checking/savings
account to your PayPal account to be used as a funding source. It's
incredibly easy to do.
You know what? You just gave me a really awesome idea! I should do
a webinar training session on the use with PayPal with a screen
reader. That's not a half bad idea, actually.
Anyway, I hope this at least helps to a point.
Feel free to give me a call later today if you get stuck.
Chris.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh" <[email protected]>
To: "gwmicro" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2014 11:03 AM
Subject: paypal question
hi, do you need a pay-pal account to send money to people? can you
send it with just a credit card and no account, if so how? I can't
figure it out.
thanks
Josh
--
using windows7 laptop
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