On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 03:37:44PM -0700, MattyJ wrote: > <quote who="David Brown"> > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 02:46:25PM -0700, MattyJ wrote: > >><quote who="David Brown"> > >>> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 12:55:22PM -0700, Néstor wrote: > >>> > >>>>Visa allows you to get a 1 purchase credit card number. That would > >>>>be the safest way to test something like this. > >>> > >>> That's what they got from me. > >>> > >>> David > >> > >>You can also do this with PayPal. You can effectively put a limit on the > >>one time charge by only transferring that amount to PayPal then > >>designating that as your only funding source. > > > > But with Visa I get a consumer protection system very much in my > > favor. To sign up with PayPal, you have to agree to something much > > less in your favor. > > > > If I don't receive a product I ordered, Visa will reverse the charges. > > PayPal might. > > > > David > > Has this happened to you, personally? I've had this happen to me three or > four times through the years and PayPal was always at least as liberal > about it as any credit card I've had in the past.
It's happened to thousands of people. http://www.paypalsucks.com/ -- *********************************************************************** * John Oliver http://www.john-oliver.net/ * * * *********************************************************************** -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
