June 01, 2004

• "Favorite MeFi Characters" That phrase is so perfect. Seeing as we're all just watching, from the outside. Charachters. Yessss. I have no idea how to help Stavros. Maybe he can paypal the money to a friend, have him transfer it, turn it into cash, and then hand over the cash to Stav?
• How I envy someone who's web pages are so popular affording them is a problem. That only happened to me once, and then only for a month.
• It'll have to be a Korean friend, Captain.
• How about buying a Gift Certificate at Ebay using Paypal, and get a friend to give him cash in exchange for that Gift Certificate?
• I don't see how that reduces the workability of the plan Rodgerd.
• Forex costs are murderous when doing interbank transfers or cashing foreign cheques - you can easily lose a huge percentage of smaller sums.
• 1) Find an off-licence that accepts Paypal. 2)
• 3) Profit!
• Let me see if I understand this: it's his money, but he needs to give PayPal his credit card number to get it? I'm afraid I don't understand. What is the justification for this policy?
• It's one of two things: either (1) they're worried about money laundering, and so require some kind of paper trail, or (2) they're being dicks. Personally, I think it's both. Having worked for three banks, I know how closely you have to watch customer accounts for suspicious activity, so I can understand why they'd need something to chase you down. But $100 is arbitrarily low. Banks don't report transactions several times that size unless there's something unusual going on. And, if I'm reading this correctly, it's not a weekly or monthly limit; you're only allowed to get a hundred, period. If that's the case, there's no excuse for it.
• I dunno, Wolof; I wasn't really thinking that far into the future.
• my wife went through the same limit problem and she upgraded to a commercial account. I'll see what she has to say on the issue.
• Ha, maybe someone is trying to 'punish' his latest feather-ruffling tantrum?
• Flagpole: Nice example of what MetaFilter has become. Although I used to admire the wonderchicken; his antics, and the subsequent "fuck you!" volleys that result from them, are one of the reasons I never read mefi anymore. It's like 'Lord of the Flies' over there.
• What's up with cyberbegging? Sorry, but IMHO, Paypal beg-buttons are just tacky... like a camwhore, but without the cam. Help me buy an ipod! I need breast implants! I have credit card debt! Sheesh. Call me when you can't afford to eat.
• To be fair to Stavros, he's asking for money to help cover his hosting. It's more akin to tipping a waiter. It's not necessary, but it's nice all the same.
• don't any monkeys have a paypal account, so stavros could give them access and they could get the money and write him a check? i'm clueless as to how paypal works, but there must be SOME way to get at the money.
• This is precisely why I don't use paypal. I'd rather wait for a check going through the mail than have to deal with those fuckers ever again. "Paypal: We're like a bank, except we're not subject to any governmental regulations!"
• Speaking of online donations, weren't we going to donate to a monkey habitat when we reached 1000 or something? what? What'd I say?
• Speaking of Stavros, this scene is just too weird for me. Came away feeling v. uncomfortable. About the PayPal thing, that's awful. I hope he gets his money some way - but in the comments, it doesn't look like anyone's come through with a way for him to get it yet. Pete_best, I too remember that.
• this scene is just too weird for me. Good grief, no kidding.