On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 09:01:07 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Quoting "John R. Sowden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> I just clicked on the donations link, and had a few issues, to the extent >> that >> I did not make a donation. When I keyed in an amount, in US Dollars, it was >> stated as Euros, without any reference to conversion. I then added a Dollar >> sign in front of the amount, and it presented me with an error message in >> red. >> >> It would be nice to either accept the amount in the currency entered, after >> all, that is the amount that the credit card or Pay Pal is going to charge >> the donor; then convert the amount to Euros, so the donor can see how much >> OOo thinks it is receiving. > > >Enter the amount (in Euros) you would like to donate. When you log in to >Paypal, it will convert this to your native currency (currently $1.39 for 1 >Euro). You can find a list of current conversion rates at http://www.xe.com/ . >OpenOffice.org's bank happens to be located in a country that uses Euros - not >everyone uses your native currency. > Not everyone uses Euros, either. Surely the site can accept payment in other currency and convert it to Euros. After all, it's running on a computer that has no problem with simple arithmetic.
Making the donation process difficult and confusing is not a good idea. -- Al Balmer Sun City, AZ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
