fuck you, paypal

[piranha]

i imagine you all have read the latest dreamwidth announcement.

it's not as if i've liked paypal before, but now i am through with them. the question is, i've mostly used them out of convenience, because they are pretty much everywhere, and i've felt better about leaving my credit card information with one company than to hand it out to every site where i spend an occasional buck.

i am completely clueless as to who else there even is but paypal. help? (yeah, i'll be using the google, but i like to hear of personal experiences.)

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[piranha]

i've recently looked into a bunch of e-currency dealers, for reasons of privacy, and man; is that field ever full of scams. which is, i guess, not really a surprise, because of course scammers want privacy when it comes to financial interactions, *snrk*.

at this point, webmoney is the only one who didn't smell immediately to high heaven, though i wouldn't lay my hands into the fire for them either. but i haven't tried them out yet. there's also pecunix.

when it comes to direct competition with paypal, google checkout is probably the best bet at this point.

[firecat]

Thanks! I intend, at least, to use PayPal only as a last resort from now on, instead of as a convenience.