One other thing I would like to add to this. I have only used PayPal a couple of times (as a buyer) but I liked the fact that your details (card number etc) are not forwarded to the seller so that they remain secure. Not all of us likes to send these details to a possible unknown source. This obviously doesn't apply in this case but it could be possible for your details to be on a list somewhere which may not be the safest place and could result in the details being stolen or hacked. PayPal eliminates this (and please ignore all those Spam emails that ask you to log on and confirm your details - PayPal just doesn't do that - those sites are bogus and, although they steal and reproduce the actual PayPal pages, the link used goes right to the thief). With the reduction in cheque use, this should be a great step forward. Colin Hill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julia Say" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NSP" <[email protected]>; "C. McNaught" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 9:28 AM Subject: [NSP] Re: NPS paypal account
> On 16 Apr 2006, C. McNaught wrote: > > > 1) When the amount of the payment is known (e.g. after postage is > > added manually) Julia can generate an electronic 'invoice' which shows > > up as an email in the buyer's inbox. This has a link in it which when > > clicked takes the buyer to PayPal's website where PayPal will accept > > payment information and transfer the money (most of it) to Julia's > > account with PayPal. > > This is indeed what I'm doing at present - and in addition pipers > familiar with paypal are able to send me money without me asking, > though Paypal does let me know when this happens. As Colin said > further down his mail, you don't have to have a paypal account. > > > 2) Buying directly from the website: It's possible to link the NPS > > website to PayPal in a > > way that it uses PayPal's Shopping Cart System > > This is what I was intending to do.....except... > > >The biggest problem with this > > (from a Web Developer perspective) is how to calculate the postage and > > shipping automatically as PayPal itself has only simplified ways to do > > this. > > I'll have to look into this, and consider alternative shopping cart > systems - please bear with me while I lurch into the 21st century. > > ...and thanks to those half-dozen or so who've already made use of > the facility. > > -- > Julia Say, Hon Sec. NPS > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel 01670 860215 > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
