[Noisebridge-discuss] Paypal: really a good idea?

[Al Billings]

I'm thinking that I want to easily pay my dues...



On Mar 7, 2009, at 1:21 PM, Kragen Javier Sitaker  
<kragen at canonical.org> wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I noticed that Noisebridge is accepting dues via Paypal.
>
> I don't have any skin in this game, except that I'd be sad if more  
> of my
> friends got burned by dealing with Paypal.  One friend sold his laptop
> to someone who paid for it via Paypal, picked it up in person, and  
> then
> retracted the money claiming they never received the goods.
> Paypal naturally sided with the thief.
>
> The bigger issue I learned about a while back was what Paypal did with
> the Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund:
>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_Awful#Hurricane_Katrina_charity 
> >
>
> Additionally, if you've ever tried to contact Paypal about any  
> customer
> service issue, I'm sure you have experienced the immense difficulty  
> with
> contacting any humans there.
>
> I'm not currently a member, although I did attend a meeting once,  
> and so
> I don't really have a say in the issue myself.  I just thought I would
> share my experience in case it turned out to be helpful.  What do  
> other
> people think?
>
> Kragen
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