[tor] Alternative payment methods

[mark burdett]

PayPal also doesn't automatically transfer every transaction to your
bank account, right? (although you can manually transfer funds over
whenever you want)

--mark

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Noisebridge Treasurer
<treasurer at noisebridge.net> wrote:
> If google checkout can't make 1:1 transfers with metadata for every
> transaction, we would need to take one of 2 approaches:
> 1. Our bookkeeping system would have to support google checkout. Determining
> whether this is the case can be a bit complicated. Since we're about to
> switch to a new bookkeeping system this is maybe not the best time to invest
> time and effort setting this up.
> 2. Google checkout donations would have to be "anonymous" meaning that you
> cannot get a tax receipt for them and you cannot use the service to pay
> dues. This would have to be made explicit on the donation page.
> -Kelly
>
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 13:09, mark burdett <mfburdett at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> From my experience (low volume small businesses and organizations),
>> Google Checkout keeps your money for a while (longer than most people
>> want) and then pays it out in periodic transfers to your bank account.
>>
>> ..that said don't count me as an expert around policies and terms of
>> service, I'm just a developer ;)
>>
>> --mark
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Noisebridge Treasurer
>> <treasurer at noisebridge.net> wrote:
>> > I wasn't able to figure out enough about google checkout to determine
>> > whether our bookkeeping system can accommodate it. So I'm not sure yet
>> > if
>> > there's any problem with setting up google checkout for us. Andy is
>> > correct
>> > that the main thrust of my message is that I am down with setting up
>> > non-paypal options. I would add though that they should all be mutually
>> > exclusive, i.e. please don't set up google checkout to payout via paypal
>> > or
>> > something, or set up flattr assuming that we will always have paypal.
>> > Basically, please figure out how goo checkout gets money to us (bank
>> > transfer? per transaction or batch?) and check with me before
>> > implementing
>> > it.
>> > -K
>> > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:24, Andy Isaacson <adi at hexapodia.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:23:25AM -0700, Andy Isaacson wrote:
>> >> > So now that we agree with each other, let's just do it.  Rubin, can
>> >> > you
>> >> > figure out how to get a Google checkout button on a static HTML page
>> >> > that causes donations to go to treasurer at noisebridge.net?  I can add
>> >> > you
>> >> > to the treasury minions list if you'd like, or I'll just forward you
>> >> > any
>> >> > mail that comes in regarding a google checkout thing, whichever makes
>> >> > you happier.
>> >>
>> >> Oh, and Kelly if there's any problem with the above (if Rubin figuring
>> >> this out will interfere with other wheels that are already in motion)
>> >> let us know and we will avoid stepping on toes.
>> >>
>> >> -andy
>> >
>> >
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