Re:Ask YC: Are Americans forgetting the rest of the world?
by piers on Tuesday March 11, 2008 @12:38PM
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The thing that gets me is that there are a lot of US companies that expect people to use credit cards. I'm guessing that this is because (AFAIK) most US citizens have credit cards. However, over here in the UK (rest of Europe too? I don't know) credit cards aren't so prolific. I wish people would start allowing more international forms of payment, such as PayPal. I REALLY want to start using the paid versions of some of 37 Signals stuff as well as some of the Amazon Web Services, but I can't because they don't accept Paypal (or something similar). The thing that gets me is that I can buy something online via Amazon, but can't use their web services.
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The thing that gets me is that there are a lot of US companies that expect people to use credit cards. I'm guessing that this is because (AFAIK) most US citizens have credit cards. However, over here in the UK (rest of Europe too? I don't know) credit cards aren't so prolific. I wish people would start allowing more international forms of payment, such as PayPal. I REALLY want to start using the paid versions of some of 37 Signals stuff as well as some of the Amazon Web Services, but I can't because they don't accept Paypal (or something similar). The thing that gets me is that I can buy something online via Amazon, but can't use their web services. </rant>