They don't have a monopoly, just visibility. Citibank has a system for
their customers, and Hyperwallet can be used by anyone in the US or Canada
for nominal fees, but 2-3 business day delay.
tOM
On Wednesday, January 07, 2004 at 8:30
fred42@xxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Intriguing problem you have found there Piers :)
>
> I would believe that you would be able to send the money but it would be held
> by Paypal until the recipient does one of two things.
>
> Refuses the payment (in which case you would be refunded the full amount).
> Upgrades their account.
>
> In the event of you doing this and the seller being unresponsive to the
> situation (i.e. you hear nothing back and the payment remains pending), you
> would still be able to cancel the payment.
>
> The person you are sending the payment to would get an email saying if you
> want to accept this payment you have to upgrade or deny it.
>
> Being a Brit in the US it has been a while since I dealt with Paypal's UK
> interface so it surprised me that they only let you fund it from a CC. When I
> was living at home a couple of years back I had a Paypal account, but that
> was the bad old days before eBay bought them (now we are in the
current bad days ;)
>
> Paypal has a lot of flaws but hold a monopoly of the situation.
>
> Hope this helps you sort out what would actually happen when you send that
> payment.
>
> Dan S.
>
> > Nor is it clear to US sellers that non-US Paypal users cannot
> > charge cash to
> > their Paypal account EXCEPT by credit card. I have yet to work
> > out if that
> > means I can't use Paypal to send CC-originated funds to a non-upgraded
> > Paypal account holder (whether or not they add a surcharge!)
> >
> > Piers
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