For a long time, Bidpay was one of the only options a lot of international
bidders had. Paypal wasn't international. I graduated to writechecks.com for a
while, (their fees were lower than Bidpay's), but about that time PP went
international and all was sweet after that (and writechecks is long gone now).
Of course Bidpay also killed off a lot of business by no longer accepting
MasterCard payments! Their loss.
Why on earth anyone inside the US would have used it though, I have no idea!
I can't imagine life without Paypal now, though I did recently when I had to
send Andrija some money. Some in Europe (and Italy in particular) still aren't
signed up for Paypal though, which can make some transactions a pain in the
arse! I'd avoid them, but the stuff I collect isn't exactly auctioned by Bruce
every three weeks. Even better now I can accept payments in AUD.
Natalie
Quoting Craig Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I never understood why anyone used BidPay. It was
> annoyingly cumbersome to use and all it was was a system
> by which you paid a company to issue and mail a money
> order. If I'm going to do that, I'll just get a money order and
> mail it myself. I used BidPay once because that's the only
> thing a seller in Canada would accept and vowed never to
> use it again. Too expensive for too little service provided in
> an awkward fashion.
>
> Craig.
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