PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

[Marian Petrides, M.D.]

On May 19, 2008, at 10:24 AM, Colin Holgate wrote:

> At 9:15 AM -0500 5/19/08, Marian Petrides, M.D. wrote:
>> No problem when I switched to Firefox and attempted the same  
>> transaction.  Maybe you have a browser issue?
>
> Of course, you mean THEY have a browser issue. I have no problem  
> using Safari, I enjoy it. But I will try Firefox when I work out the  
> next issue: where can you go to buy it? I got to the Buy Now page at  
> home, after using up the trial time, but I can't find a way to get  
> there without running out of trial time, not even by looking at the  
> site.

Hmm... I've only used Firefox once or twice.  Haven't encountered  
problems, wasn't aware there even WAS a trial period. Can't help you  
there. Sorry.
>
>
> About PayPal and just using a credit card, yes, that's how a lot of  
> sites are, but this one (wherever it is) only has options for  
> signing into, or signing up for PayPal. There doesn't appear to be a  
> way to do just credit card payment. Like others, most of my online  
> purchases have involved eSellerate or Kagi, and those do allow use  
> of credit cards without signing up for PayPal.

Actually, I set up my PayPal account to automatically use my PayPal  
credit card (I made it the default payment method). So all I needed to  
be able to do was sign in from the eBay auction.  I'm not crazy about  
PayPal either but this seemed to be an adequate compromise.  They  
never get my cash money (to put a hold on) and I have the usual credit  
card protections. If I have a dispute, then it is handled through the  
credit card issuer. But, this is the first time I have used this  
method (the other time I did a single purchase using a credit card),  
so I really don't know how well it will work. YMMV.