From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/51447 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jesper Harder Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Oort t-shirts Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 23:19:02 +0200 Organization: http://purl.org/harder/ Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1050355239 12923 80.91.224.249 (14 Apr 2003 21:20:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 21:20:39 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Mon Apr 14 23:20:31 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 195BMl-0003Kj-00 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 23:19:51 +0200 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 195BMZ-0002di-00; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 16:19:39 -0500 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Mon, 14 Apr 2003 16:20:46 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (sclp3.sclp.com [64.157.176.121]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA23631 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 16:20:33 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (qmail 65044 invoked by alias); 14 Apr 2003 21:19:19 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 65039 invoked from network); 14 Apr 2003 21:19:19 -0000 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org (80.91.224.244) by gnus.org with SMTP; 14 Apr 2003 21:19:19 -0000 Original-Received: from news by quimby.gnus.org with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 195BN7-00005v-00 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 23:20:13 +0200 Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Path: localhost.localdomain!nobody Original-Newsgroups: gnus.ding Original-Lines: 31 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 0xc3d7e0bd.esnxr4.ras.tele.dk Original-X-Trace: quimby.gnus.org 1050355213 366 195.215.224.189 (14 Apr 2003 21:20:13 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby.gnus.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 14 Apr 2003 21:20:13 GMT X-Face: ^RrvqCr7c,P$zTR:QED"@h9+BTm-"fjZJJ-3=OU7.)i/K]<.J88}s>'Z_$r; writes: > Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes: > >> Jesper Harder writes: >> >>> You have to pay $1.95 to add a credit card. Then some secret 4-digit >>> numbers are supposed to turn up on your credit card statement, which you >>> must use to confirm the account. >> >> That's only if you open a normal "personal account". PayPal accepts >> standard credit card payments if you're paying a "business account", >> which I am. Er, have. >> >> So you basically just type in contact details, credit card details, >> and push the button, and you've made the payment. You then end up >> with a PayPal account that you can't use for anything but paying >> other PayPal business accounts, I think... > > Ah, so you don't have use Paypals broken confirmation scheme to pay. FWIW, I just tried and you *still* have to use their confirmation system. I got this when I clicked on "pay with paypal": ,---- | If you have a Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover card: | PayPal has a $1.95 Membership Fee that will be charged to your credit | card when you click Continue below. We will refund this fee to your | PayPal account after your successfully enter your Member Number. `----