Re: SOT: Connecting to PayPal

2004-10-12 Thread Ray Champagne
See this link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6228586/ They are experiencing MAJOR problems.RUN!!! Ray At 02:08 PM 10/12/2004, you wrote: I'm having trouble connecting to paypal. Are they experiencing a DOS attack or is it just me? I can get to every other site just fine... but paypal is

Re: SOT: Connecting to PayPal

2004-10-12 Thread Jordan Michaels
Ouch. I bet the tech's responsible are swating rivers... if they're not already fired. I can't even comprehend the cost to customers... not to mention the cost to paypal itself No. Fired is too nice a word. More like: hucked out a window by their ear. At any rate, thanks for the info. It's

RE: SOT: Connecting to PayPal

2004-10-12 Thread Ian Skinner
On a slight tangent to this topic: I just started the initial steps to use PayPal to process credit cards for subscription to our outdoor recreation maps.I was asked if there where other economical options to allow credit card payments for immediate subscription to a website.When I last looked at

RE: SOT: Connecting to PayPal

2004-10-12 Thread Matthew Walker
I use 2Checkout to sell software. The admin interface is ugly but generally it's satisfactory and the setup costs are negligible. _ From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 13 October 2004 7:45 a.m. To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: SOT: Connecting to PayPal On a slight

Re: SOT: Connecting to PayPal

2004-10-12 Thread Damien McKenna
Matthew Walker wrote: I use 2Checkout to sell software. The admin interface is ugly but generally it's satisfactory and the setup costs are negligible. The web hosting company I use had problems with them.They started noticing mistakes in the billing, e.g. the hosting company was being

Re: SOT: Connecting to PayPal

2004-10-12 Thread Matt Robertson
Ah 2CO... When they are working its all smooth, but if there is *any* sort of problem you are in hell. I had several problems with regular clients who were paying for services and 2CO would simply dump the transaction as 'fraudulent' without bothering to give me a courtesy email.I took to

RE: SOT: Connecting to PayPal

2004-10-12 Thread Ian Skinner
I use 2Checkout to sell software. The admin interface is ugly but generally it's satisfactory and the setup costs are negligible. If I remember correctly though I could not use them for subscriptions.They only handled transactions where a tangible Product existed.The where not set up to do an

Re: SOT: Connecting to PayPal

2004-10-12 Thread Matt Robertson
I've been doing subscriptions (hosting) there for a couple of years. Same with selling software where they send you back a response that you can use to register a user and do whatever with.They used to claim authorize.net compatibility but I don't know if thats still the case.Dropped them for

Re: SOT: Connecting to PayPal

2004-10-12 Thread Claude Schneegans
or is it just me? No, I had trouble to get there too, it took hours, but I finally went through. Too many people are buying my tags, this is whay... I'm the one to blame! ;-) -- ___ REUSE CODE! Use custom tags; See