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Burnman Bedlam
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Join date: 28 Jan 2006
Posts: 1,080
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08-03-2006 13:10
To be honest, I wasn't be sarcastic either... the pie thing was meant to be funny 
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Not happy about Linden Labs purchase of XStreet (formerly SLX) and OnRez. Will this mean LL will ban resident run online shoping outlets in favor of their own?
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Ron Overdrive
Registered User
Join date: 10 Jul 2005
Posts: 1,002
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08-03-2006 13:12
From: VolatileWhimsy Bu (MATURE CONTENT) how bout that? and im not being sarcastic  No thats just you being overly optismistic, unless of course you're telling me you're willing to totally ignore a $25000 bill over a $0.01 transaction. I can see it being noticable if you rarely use the card, but if you're like alot of people in the US you shop with your credit card alot wether it be buying gas at the pump, grocery shopping, or buying porn online (wich makes that little $0.01 transaction a little more obscure). |
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Sam Brewster
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Join date: 20 Feb 2006
Posts: 82
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08-03-2006 13:15
Merchants billing through a credit card requires a merchant account for which a percentage of the charge is paid to the merchant account bank. I wonder if a $0.01 cent charge would even be allowed. There's probably a miminum charge amount.
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Hypatia Callisto
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Join date: 8 Feb 2006
Posts: 793
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08-03-2006 13:17
From: VolatileWhimsy Bu what countries is it not possible? I am unsure at the moment, but southern Europe/eastern Europe may not be all on board. I'd have to check to be sure, because its been a while. Northern Europe definitely has better penetration. (UK, Germany, etc)
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VolatileWhimsy Bu
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Join date: 27 Jun 2006
Posts: 1,492
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08-03-2006 13:17
From: Ron Overdrive No thats just you being overly optismistic, unless of course you're telling me you're willing to totally ignore a $25000 bill over a $0.01 transaction.
I can see it being noticable if you rarely use the card, but if you're like alot of people in the US you shop with your credit card alot wether it be buying gas at the pump, grocery shopping, or buying porn online (wich makes that little $0.01 transaction a little more obscure).  but honestly, how often will you see 0.01 on your cred bill? never.. it will stand out. and i don't use my cred for everything, and i go through eveyrthing i use it for and makes sure it matches.. |
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Ron Overdrive
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Join date: 10 Jul 2005
Posts: 1,002
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08-03-2006 13:17
From: Sam Brewster Merchants billing through a credit card requires a merchant account for which a percentage of the charge is paid to the merchant account bank. I wonder if a $0.01 cent charge would even be allowed. There's probably a miminum charge amount.
Sam I think there is. I know with American Express (AMEX) a merchant has to accpet X amount of AMEX transactions to avoid hefty fees. When my family owned a pizzaria we stopped accepting AMEX due to the insane fees for not getting alot of AMEX users. |
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VolatileWhimsy Bu
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Join date: 27 Jun 2006
Posts: 1,492
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08-03-2006 13:18
From: Hypatia Callisto I am unsure at the moment, but southern Europe/eastern Europe may not be all on board. I'd have to check to be sure, because its been a while.
Northern Europe definitely has better penetration. (UK, Germany, etc) if you don't mind check, we need to find a common denominator |
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VolatileWhimsy Bu
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Join date: 27 Jun 2006
Posts: 1,492
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08-03-2006 13:19
From: Ron Overdrive I think there is. I know with American Express (AMEX) a merchant has to accpet X amount of AMEX transactions to avoid hefty fees. When my family owned a pizzaria we stopped accepting AMEX due to the insane fees for not getting alot of AMEX users. pizzaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa im hungry, excuse me while i order a pizza  |
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Buxton Malaprop
Mad Physicist
Join date: 8 Jun 2005
Posts: 118
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08-03-2006 13:22
The problem is, as I recall off the top of my head, Visa recently forbade their Merchants (such as SL) to use Visa's services to do identity/age checks in this manner. I think they got fed up with having lots of low-value transactions for porn sites floating around There are a bunch of countries where you just can't get a PayPal account for various reasons - or perhaps it's more correct to say there's a bunch of countries where it just happens that you can. I think the right approach would be to have a variety of different authentication services, which could then include some which were more global but generally awkward, or some which are easier but only available in particular regions.
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