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Re:Show HN: Expensive Chat – Pay one cent per letter by aur09 on Thursday February 28, 2019 @05:04AM (#19270260)
It looks like you're using stripe to process your payments. Does this mean that if I send a 1-character message it will cost you money?
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Re:Show HN: Expensive Chat – Pay one cent per letter by mariopt on Thursday February 28, 2019 @05:12AM (#19270299)
I have the same feeling. With only 300 bucks we can make this guy lose 10K :D

( $10.000 / ( 0.3 + ( 0.029 * 0.01$ ) ) * 0.01 = $333,01

We would need a javascript script that would make 33301 payments of 1 cent.

This would be a very cost efficient attack between business rivals.

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Re:Show HN: Expensive Chat – Pay one cent per letter by Tepix on Thursday February 28, 2019 @07:56AM (#19271000)
Looks like he bills you at the end of the day.

Perhaps if you spent less than 33 cents he won't...

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Re:Show HN: Expensive Chat – Pay one cent per letter by skrebbel on Thursday February 28, 2019 @05:25AM (#19270363)
Are you a business rival to Expensive Chat?
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Re:Show HN: Expensive Chat – Pay one cent per letter by mariopt on Thursday February 28, 2019 @05:33AM (#19270398)
No but I might be a rich asshole with too much free time :D
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Re:Show HN: Expensive Chat – Pay one cent per letter by martin_a on Thursday February 28, 2019 @07:26AM (#19270853)
"Some men just want to watch the world burn."
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Re:Show HN: Expensive Chat – Pay one cent per letter by jakoblorz on Thursday February 28, 2019 @06:20AM (#19270576)
Stripe could do that XD
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Re:Show HN: Expensive Chat – Pay one cent per letter by theodorton on Thursday February 28, 2019 @05:26AM (#19270366)
In our Stripe integration, you're unable to process a payment that is less than the transaction fee. The minimum is around 33 cents.
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Re:Show HN: Expensive Chat – Pay one cent per letter by friendly_chap on Thursday February 28, 2019 @05:33AM (#19270393)
For this very reason, Stripe does not allow you to pay less than the charge for the payment.
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