Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:31:49 -0500
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Etsy (was Goin' Commericial)


Rant from all of us, Mathieu........I hear ya!

Mary


On 1/26/09 2:36 PM, "Mathieu René" <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca> wrote:

> Thanks Kath,
> 
> Etsy is on my list of things to make work for me.
> 
> I just think it's ridiculous how they force users to have a credit card to
> have a store.
> I don't want credit cards in my life, but am constantly getting obstacles
> from big online businesses who don't show any flexibility in payment
> options.
> 
> Etsy lets buyers purchase with Paypal, they should let the sellers pay their
> fees with the same!
> Oh well. I thought I could find a loophole by using pre-paid debit cards
> from the credit card companies, but I found out that only one such card is
> available in Montreal, for some reason.
> Hopefully I'll be able to get it, because right now, there is no plan B.
> 
> 
> I'm a satisfied customer of Paypal. It took a little bit of work to make my
> account qualify as "verified", since I don't have a credit card, but now
> that it's done, I have had no problem purchasing and sending money. One
> thing I find preposterous in today's world, is that it still takes 6-8
> business days for money to get transfered from a canadian bank account to
> that of Paypal, and vice versa.
> In the nineteen eighties, millions could already be transfered via the
> phone, in swiss bank accounts and the like.
> 
> Big corporations are very sluggish organisms that only evolve by sudden
> bursts, often much later than reasonable, when forced to, or when they see a
> profit to be made.
> 
> Oh darn, I'm ranting again.
> What was in that tasty chili I just ate???
> 
> 
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