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Re:More Paypal nonsense by bigiain on Tuesday December 06, 2011 @06:58AM (#3318949)
>> Why trust a business to such a stagnant concern? >Because there is no alternative and they fucking know it.

That's a bit like saying "I had to get a pay day loan at 27% per week interest, I had no alternative and they fucking know it".

It probably means you're doing it wrong.

If the business you're trusting to Paypal can't get a Big Bank Merchant Account, maybe you need to work out why (and whether it's a very good reason... it might be that your great idea is exactly the sort of thing Paypal _needs_ to shut down quickly before lots of people lose their money.)

Etsy merchants (and eBay sellers) all happily use Paypal, because for the "put it in a box, ship it by FedEx" businesses have _way_ less "trouble" with Paypal than everybody else.

Re:More Paypal nonsense by quanticle on Tuesday December 06, 2011 @09:31AM (#3319360)
That's a bit like saying "I had to get a pay day loan at 27% per week interest, I had no alternative and they fucking know it".

It probably means you're doing it wrong.

Either that or you don't have enough starting capital to do it right.

Re:More Paypal nonsense by runako on Tuesday December 06, 2011 @11:56AM (#3319908)
At least in the US, you don't need significant amounts of capital to open a merchant account. There is more paperwork, but then again merchant banks don't engage in the shenanigans that PayPal seems to do with alarming regularity.