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Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] PayPal goes international at last!
From: "Chris O'Neill" <coneill@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 09:59:19 -0700
On 4 Nov 2000, at 13:38, Keith Berry wrote:

> Sadly though not many sellers will take Billpoint whereas almost anybody
> will accept BidPay even if their auction details didn't say so at the
> time. 

Wanna hazard a guess why???

> I've just heard from a Russian seller that BidPay's MOs aren't acceptable
> to the financial institutions there simply because the space for the
> purchaser's details is always left blank.

I've only had one request to pay through BidPay and it worked out 
wonderfully.  No problem with the MOs here in Canada.

> Here's a warning to eBay bidders
> outside the USA on Russian Federation auctions that say that credit card
> payments can be made through CCNow, the Russian retail orgnisation: Their
> website says that they can take payments ONLY from US buyers, a fact that
> the seller was unaware of until I mentioned it.

Thanks for that warning.  I'll try to keep that in mind if I ever bid on a 
Russian Federation auction.

Regards,

Chris

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