I dont know why people are so apprehensive of paypal. They can still send payments through them without even needing an account with them.
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:33 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P < [email protected]> wrote: > On 09/19/2012 04:07 AM, Florian Effenberger wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote on 2012-09-19 00:44: >> >>> Is there any reasons why Paypal payment services, for taking payments >>> from a card, not working for TDF donations? >>> >> >> PayPal will not be removed. However, we had dozens of people asking for >> offering direct credit card payments, because they specifically would not >> like to use PayPal, so direct credit card payment is another option we >> provide. >> >> Florian >> >> > Well, the one thing I like about PayPal is the "insurance factor". If you > buy something online and it never comes or some fraud is involved, you can > get your money back through part of their service agreement. So if > someone, say on eBay, states that they do not take PayPal payments, they > are to be avoided. > > I do remember that PayPal has/had a credit card service for those "buyers" > who do not have a PayPal account. That was a good service. > > So what TDF is doing is setting up a system that takes various credit > cards directly through the card company's service, or are you contracting a > payment service company that processes the card "purchases"? > > I do like the reoccurring monthly payments. The you can set up a > "donation" cycle, like you do for monthly Internet hosting accounts, so you > can just set it up and forget about it, allowing the donations to be "sent" > monthly without any hassle of remembering is you sent in a donation that > month. > > Actually, from a marketing standpoint, having a direct credit/debit card > system makes TDF "look" more professional. Almost anyone can setup a PayPal > payment system, but it takes a true "professional" business to get a direct > card payment service. Or, at least in my area of the world. > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to > website+help@global.**libreoffice.org<website%[email protected]> > Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/**get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-** > unsubscribe/<http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/> > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.**documentfoundation.org/** > Netiquette <http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette> > List archive: > http://listarchives.**libreoffice.org/global/**website/<http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/website/> > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- Jonathan Aquilina -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/website/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
