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Shaggy
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Ireland
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 Posted - 24 September 2003 : 06:42:27
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Can anyone recommend a reliable alternative to PayPal? After signing up for an account and playing around with it a bit, I discovered that there is no way of transfering funds to my bank account here in Ireland.  I need to be able to accept donations as well as payments for subscriptions, merchandise, etc.. BitPass, which Ken discussed, would be a perfect solution but they do not support classic ASP yet.
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DavidRhodes
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United Kingdom
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Shaggy
Support Moderator
Ireland
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Posted - 24 September 2003 : 07:18:05
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Thanks, Dave, will give them a look.
<edit> At first glance, it looks like they're UK only </edit>
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OneWayMule
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Austria
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Gremlin
General Help Moderator
New Zealand
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Posted - 24 September 2003 : 07:54:48
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www.2checkout.com not free like Paypal but you can get a US Cheque account and an ATM card from them to get your money (though theres pleanty of fees and hidden charges).
I would take those "paypalsucks" sites with a grain of salt, I've been using them for quite some time now and know quite a number of people who also do and they've never experience a single problem.
They're probably a lot bigger and better than some of the alternatives being offered on those pages anyway ! :) |
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Shaggy
Support Moderator
Ireland
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Posted - 24 September 2003 : 08:29:26
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Thanks for the recommendations, guys. I had a look at some of the services on the sites you posted, OWM but none of them seemed to offer the same level of service as PayPal. I'll have a look at 2checkout, Gremlin, specifically at the (hidden) costs, etc..
After some Googling I came across this article so I'm going to wait and see if they add the ability to transfer funds to Irish accounts; I've sent them an e-mail asking if they will be but you'd have to imagine they would.
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Gremlin
General Help Moderator
New Zealand
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Posted - 24 September 2003 : 09:14:00
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| Im sure they will eventually, they didn't initially have withdrawls to NZ accounts but it was added a year or so back. |
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dayve
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USA
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Posted - 24 September 2003 : 10:29:25
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Gremlin
General Help Moderator
New Zealand
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Posted - 24 September 2003 : 10:57:37
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Shaggy
Support Moderator
Ireland
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Posted - 26 September 2003 : 09:41:28
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For any other Irish members here who may be wondering the same thing I was, I just got the following response from PayPal:quote:
... We hope to be expanding our bank transfer capabilities to
include more countries, but due to the complexities of global finance,
we cannot give a timetable for this expansion. ...
As I said, if they're going to be setting up their European HQ in Dublin, you'd have to imagine that adding this capability for Irish users is up near the top of their "to do" list. I suppose we'll just have to wait and see, in the meantime I'll just have to open a bank account up north.
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Gremlin
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New Zealand
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Posted - 26 September 2003 : 09:55:16
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VodkaFish
Average Member
USA
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Posted - 26 September 2003 : 15:16:54
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www.neteller.com
www.firepay.com
But I don't know anything about them, just that they do the same type service as PayPal. |
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Umlungu
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Posted - 26 September 2003 : 16:33:27
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