oh ya, I do most of my baking online, but you can't really do any damage
from there the way my bank is setup and that password is changed every
couple weeks.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frederick" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 5:06 PM
Subject: Re: off topic Paypal question
> Hi John,
>
> I agree with you in principal that it is bad business to give out your
> banking information to a place like pay pal. The trouble is that even most
> banks have a place where you can check your account information online,
> make
> bank transfers and so forth. It's frustrating.
>
> God bless,
> Mark WZ0K
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 1:33 PM
> Subject: Re: off topic Paypal question
>
>
>>I know that, it's just the idea of even having my bank account there that
>>I
>> don't like. I know I don't need to use it, but it only takes 1 good
>> hacker
>> and everyone's info is in trouble. they can say they're 100% safe, just
>> like
>> I can say when I set my burglar alarm when I leave the house, my house is
>> 100% safe, and with the dog here too, but fact is, I'm sure if some one
>> does
>> it right, they can still do a bit of damage. There's no such thing as
>> 100%
>> secure or safe. Especially not in the computer world. You can come close,
>> but there's always a way and there are always people sitting around
>> trying
>> to find it.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ham Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 4:11 PM
>> Subject: Re: off topic Paypal question
>>
>>
>>> John,
>>>
>>> I've been with Paypal since before EBay purchased them. You do need a
>>> bank
>>> account with them, but you can select more funding and pay with a credit
>>> card as long as the merchant you are doing business with accepts credit
>>> cards. Otherwise, you will need to have the funds automatically
>>> deducted
>>> through Electronic Fund Transfer from your bank account.
>>>
>>> There are no fees as a buyer. Merchants pay a fee, and an additional
>>> fee
>>> if
>>> they accept credit cards.
>>>
>>> Again, if you are smart, there should be no problems with PayPal and
>>> they
>>> guarantee that in their agreement.
>>> You don't need to set up a Paypal money account, although they do pay
>>> interest on their accounts.
>>>
>>> Steve, K8SP
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 12:21 PM
>>> Subject: Re: off topic Paypal question
>>>
>>>
>>>> no minimum account balance that I know of, I guess they're safe. The
>>>> only
>>>> thing I don't like about them is they require a bank account in order
>>>> to
>>>> use
>>>> them after you spend so much with them through a credit card, it's
>>>> different
>>>> every time some one I know signs up, but for me it was after I spend a
>>>> total
>>>> of $2000 with them I'll have to register a bank account, my mother it
>>>> was
>>>> like $500. I only have 1 bank account and there's no way in you know
>>>> where,
>>>> they're getting that info. They used to have a lot of problems in the
>>>> past
>>>> with closing out accounts and withholding the money in that account
>>>> with
>>>> them, and a few other things you can read about if you search the net,
>>>> but
>>>> since Ebay bought them out 2 or 3 years ago, I don't know of anyone
>>>> who's
>>>> had any issues but I will never trust them or any other web site with
>>>> bank
>>>> account info.
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Frederick" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 11:31 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: off topic Paypal question
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Three questions I have always had about pay pal is do you need a
>>>>> minimum
>>>>> account balance with them? Also, what kind of fees do they charge? How
>>>>> safe
>>>>> are they to use?
>>>>>
>>>>> God bless,
>>>>> Mark WZ0K
>>>>> God loves you!
>>>>> My personal prayer book.
>>>>> Add your prayer or pray for others at the following link.
>>>>> http://prayerbook.homewithgod.com/cgi-bin/prayerbook/multi.pl?131961113534708:24:0
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>>>>> http://lists.topica.com/lists/funhamradio.
>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/funhamradio-list
>>>>> My personal website
>>>>> http://funhamradio.bloki.com
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 5:45 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: off topic Paypal question
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> sorry, I didn't see paypal mentioned in the subject line. they have
>>>>>> an
>>>>>> audio
>>>>>> link you can listen to the audio to get those characters. I didn't
>>>>>> see
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> subject line, I seldom watch those in the morning when I'm going
>>>>>> through
>>>>>> all
>>>>>> my morning email.
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 8:01 AM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: off topic Paypal question
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> unfortunately, you don't. the only way that some times works, is if
>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>> print out the page and then scan it in to an OCR program and even
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>> isn't
>>>>>>> 100% useful.
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> From: "Harvey" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 2:21 AM
>>>>>>> Subject: off topic Paypal question
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I know this has been discussed before, but how does a blind person
>>>>>>>>type
>>>>>>>>in
>>>>>>>> the characters in the security box when it says to do so? I have
>>>>>>>> looked
>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>> them, but JFW apparently can't find them. 73.
>>>>>>>> Harvey
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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