Gnucash Foundation

[Linas Vepstas]

On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 08:27:31AM -0500, Michael D. Crawford was heard to remark:
> Karl F. Larsen erroneously posted:
> > PayPal is very nice and since they are a bank,
> 
> Allow me to step in and point out that PayPal is not a bank.  They are 
> not regulated as a bank, and those who use PayPal do not have the 
> protections that the state and federal banking laws provide to bank 
> customers.
> 
> Neither is paypal very nice.  They are, in fact, abusive, and work very 
> hard to prevent people from correcting their actions through legal 

I remember the story (on slashdot??) of another (free software
project ??) tip jar being looted of $1500.   The perpatrator 
purchased several items, including a camera, on ebay.  The victim
project was unable to get its money back. 

As far as I'm concerned, this means that paypal tip-jars are known
to criminals as being soft targets;  thus, I'd rather *not* use
paypal, if I can help it.

--linas

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