Yes, naturally PayPal takes commission. So does your bank, any credit card provider, WorldPay or Moneygram or any other similar service. However, PayPal is secure and reliable enough for Amazon and a huge number of online stores to be happy using it, not to mention charitable organizations that benefit from it being so convenient for spur-of-the-moment donations!
As I understand it, there are some differences in the commission payable for sending money to a friend vs buying a thing, but I've not looked into it for a couple of years. We were investigating it for managing our orchestra subs - I think it was about £1.30 for a £40 subscription payment. Sure they do probably evade/avoid tax. I've given up worrying too much about that, because I don't want to live my life completely off the grid ;-) I don't work for them or anything, I just don't understand the paranoia. Your choice as ever whether you use them. Anyway, this is probably OT. Cheers, Chris On 24 Oct 2015 07:21, "Michael Gerdau" <m...@qata.de> wrote: > > I suggest David, or one of the other project owners set up a Paypal > > account that we can easily fire money off to from anywhere in the world, > > anonymously. > > Paypal ? > > I would NEVER pay via Paypal unless it would be absolutely crucial for > me and there were no other options. > > For once to my knowledge Paypal does take a huge amount of the paid > money. I've been told it is 1/3 on small amounts but that is only > hearsay, albeit I've been told this by a person to whom I once tried > to send money via Paypal. In the end we worked out something different. > > The other thing is payment definitely is NOT anonymously. > > Last not least at least in europe they try to escape normal banking > regulations by cherry picking their business site, evading national > legislation etc. > > Ever tried to sue Paypal from Germany because you felt they are doing > you wrong ? > Good luck - they are based in Luxembourg. You've got to sue them there. > > Paypal ? No, Never. > > Kind regards, > Michael > -- > Michael Gerdau email: m...@qata.de > GPG-keys available on request or at public keyserver > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > >
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