Don't get me wrong, I'm not necessarily endorsing PayPal and their operating
policies and procedures. I'd venture to say that 99.9% of PayPal account
holders have no idea what's in all that fine print. Nor do they care.
I'm merely acknowledging that it's all about mass marketing, and PayPal's
marketing campaigns have been VERY effective (for them at least).
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sam Mc Kee
> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 5:56 PM
> To: e-gold Discussion
> Subject: [e-gold-list] Re: C'mon guys! OR "how to improve your SEX life"
>
>
> The part about freezing everyone's account is the real problem. When they
> froze my account they refused even to say why it had been frozen (it was
> frozen at a time when I had not had a single transaction in many
> weeks and
> therefore had no transactions to dispute, but when I wanted to withdraw
> funds it suddenly became a "disputed" account). After a couple of days I
> received a message saying that the "dispute" had been resolved--but not
> saying what the imaginary dispute was--and that my account was unfrozen.
> The mind boggles.
>
> PayPal can get away with this because, well, uh, I have no idea why they
> can get away with this. It lost them my business, but obviously other
> people still use them.
>
> If E-Gold couldn't really make good on its obligations and randomly froze
> accounts to hide the fact they'd go belly-up in no time. Maybe E-Golders
> are just smarter!
>
> Now what's this about how to improve my sex life?
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Deen Foxx [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 8:08 PM
> To: e-gold Discussion
> Subject: [e-gold-list] Re: C'mon guys! OR "how to improve
> your SEX life"
>
> >A sure-fire but expensive method to get e-gold more widely
> accepted is the
> >PayPal model: offer a $5 sign up bonus for new accounts, as well as $5 to
> >the referrer.
>
> The only way they can do that is because they earn interest on the float,
> not to mention freezing everyone's account so they can't withdraw
> anything.
> e-gold doesn't earn interest on anything. The only profit e-gold makes is
> selling the gold for more than they buy it, and a small storage fee.
>
>
>
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