Pardon me, I'm the "new kid" on the block. I wanted to add my $0.02 to the discussion, if I may. There's an excellent article at <https://www.wildapricot.com/blogs/newsblog/2020/04/01/alternatives-to-paypal-for-nonprofits> that talks about the pros and cons of PayPal and compares it to other alternatives. In addition to processing online transactions, PayPal also provides a platform for donations--something I think we can all agree is a Good Thing.TM 73, Phil, K9HI Vice Director, New England Division On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 5:08 PM rjairam@gmail.com <rjairam@gmail.com> wrote:
PayPal now has a new feature where you can request either a physical or virtual MasterCard debit card that will use your PayPal balance and this will allow you to shop wherever MasterCard is accepted. It’s called PayPal key.
PayPal has been the bank that is not a bank for a long time now and they are skirting around the edges of the banking industry. They are now virtually cashing checks and depositing it into your PayPal balance. They use a couple of banking partners to help them with this while remaining not a bank.
Amazon notably doesn’t accept PayPal and as far as I know Apple doesn’t accept them for Apple Pay but they do allow you to use them for the App Store.
But you can use the debit card (virtual or plastic) on amazon and it works just fine.
73 Ria N2RJ
On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 4:33 PM Bob Famiglio, K3RF via arrl-odv <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> wrote:
PayPal is not great for the Payee organization, since they do chargebacks on any complaint by the Payor even month’s later I understand. I would not use them, but perhaps another member of the board has a different experience.
Bob Famiglio, K3RF
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From: arrl-odv On Behalf Of Michael Ritz Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2020 4:26 PM To: arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org Subject: [arrl-odv:31022] Fwd: Re: ARRL acceptance of PayPal for transactions
I have yet another member miffed and asking me why we don't accept PayPal for membership renewals or store purchases. I thought this subject had come up before, so I did a bit of digging and found that Howard stated that he expected we would be accepting PayPal as payment at HQ "within a year". That was in early January 2019. Soon it will be 2021.
PayPal business transaction fees are discounted for 503(C) organizations, and appear to be in line with what the major credit card companies are charging. (About 2.2%)
Anybody know where we are with this? Should this be an action for A&F to follow up on?
73;
Mike
W7VO
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From: "Michel, Howard, WB2ITX (CEO)" <wb2itx@arrl.org>
To: "Ritz, Mike, W7VO, (Dir, NW)" <w7vo@comcast.net>, "Michel, Howard, WB2ITX (CEO)" <wb2itx@arrl.org>
Cc: "Middleton, Diane, W2DLM (CFO)" <dmiddleton@arrl.org>
Date: 01/03/2019 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: ARRL acceptance of PayPal for transactions
Hi Mike,
I expect we will be accepting PayPay within a year.
73, Howard, WB2ITX
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