On 04/12/2015 11:57 PM, Marc Peters wrote: > On 04/12/15 20:12, Jason Adams wrote: >> On 04/11/2015 06:01 AM, IMAP List Administration wrote: >>> The trouble began immediately. I chose electronic wire transfer as the >>> payment >>> method, >> Its not 1929 any more. I'm utterly suprised the store still offers wire >> transfer. >> >> In my day job, we refuse wire transfers. We would rather lose a customer >> than deal >> with it unless the invoice is several thousand dollars. Its too much work >> (on both ends) >> and one never gets the invoice amount, as the banks charge fees on both ends. > Not in Europe. Actually, the most money transfers here are done by wire > transfer, as it's for free. > >> What should have been an automated order now requites human intervention on >> both ends, plus any transcription error along the way sends your money to >> no-man's land. > Not in Europe and the process of matching the payments should be > automated anyway. > >> Even the store's handling of PayPal is obsolete, requiring two steps, and >> manual matching >> of orders to payments. > Should be an automated process, too. > >> There are a dozen other payment methods that could be used on the store, but >> it seems >> hopelessly stuck in 1996. >> > Yeah, and you go to a bank and throw papers in or send cheques? Where or > when do you live? In the 80's? >
You seem to be confusing any means of electronic payment with wire transfers from one bank to another. Please try to focus on the discussion at hand. I haven't written a check in several years. -- Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
