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9:58AM Angus Kidman | Want to do more with Twitter than just search and send messages? Twitpay lets you send payments via Paypal to other people using the popular social networking service. More »
Twitpay Lets You Make Payments Via Twitter
9:58AM Angus Kidman | Want to do more with Twitter than just search and send messages? Twitpay lets you send payments via Paypal to other people using the popular social networking service. More » 
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Do Stuff For Money Makes Your Requests Sweeter
2:30AM wickedcupofjoe | Sometimes asking for help falls on deaf ears. Until, of course, you make it known that you’re willing to pay for said help. Enter new PayPal-sponsored site, Do Stuff for Money. More »
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2:14PM Angus Kidman | Hoyts has paired up with PayPal to offer the ability to book and pay for movie tickets via your (Net-enabled) mobile phone, a potentially convenient option if you don’t fancy hitting the Web. Payment can be made either by a standalone credit card or through a full PayPal account. There’s a couple of catches — you can only book for movies today or tomorrow, there’s a one-dollar booking fee which seems a tad unfair, and you still have to queue at the cinema to get an actual ticket — but it’s a handy option if you want to be sure of snagging a seat for a competitive evening session. If you’ve found the service useful or useless, share your experience in the comments.
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Hoyts Teams With PayPal For Mobile Movie Tickets
2:14PM Angus Kidman | Hoyts has paired up with PayPal to offer the ability to book and pay for movie tickets via your (Net-enabled) mobile phone, a potentially convenient option if you don’t fancy hitting the Web. Payment can be made either by a standalone credit card or through a full PayPal account. There’s a couple of catches — you can only book for movies today or tomorrow, there’s a one-dollar booking fee which seems a tad unfair, and you still have to queue at the cinema to get an actual ticket — but it’s a handy option if you want to be sure of snagging a seat for a competitive evening session. If you’ve found the service useful or useless, share your experience in the comments.
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10:30AM Angus Kidman | A new survey from PayPal Australia about Christmas shopping habits reveals that we’re still pretty conventional when it comes to gift buying online (DVDs, books and lingerie top the list). However, the study (which covered 1274 adults) also revealed an interesting detail: of the online shoppers who planned to use PayPal, more (51%) planned to use money linked from a bank account than via a credit card (32%). I’m not sure whether that’s due to careful credit management or paranoia about credit card details getting stolen, but it’s definitely a sensible move.
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PayPal Users Are Dodging The Credit Cards
10:30AM Angus Kidman | A new survey from PayPal Australia about Christmas shopping habits reveals that we’re still pretty conventional when it comes to gift buying online (DVDs, books and lingerie top the list). However, the study (which covered 1274 adults) also revealed an interesting detail: of the online shoppers who planned to use PayPal, more (51%) planned to use money linked from a bank account than via a credit card (32%). I’m not sure whether that’s due to careful credit management or paranoia about credit card details getting stolen, but it’s definitely a sensible move.
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4:00PM Angus Kidman | Vodafone is now allowing its prepaid customers to top up their accounts via PayPal, a service which will be accessible via its Vodafone live! on-phone Internet access. The account has to be pre-activated for use, and a password is still needed when purchasing to minimise security stresses. Not much help for the segment of the prepaid market which can only pay in cash (read: teenagers), but a useful extra option for everyone else. If you’re still a bit nervous about using PayPal, consider adding SMS authentication for payments.
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Vodafone Allows PayPal For Prepaid Phone Recharge
4:00PM Angus Kidman | Vodafone is now allowing its prepaid customers to top up their accounts via PayPal, a service which will be accessible via its Vodafone live! on-phone Internet access. The account has to be pre-activated for use, and a password is still needed when purchasing to minimise security stresses. Not much help for the segment of the prepaid market which can only pay in cash (read: teenagers), but a useful extra option for everyone else. If you’re still a bit nervous about using PayPal, consider adding SMS authentication for payments.
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12:56PM Angus Kidman | If you’re reluctant to use PayPal because of security concerns, then the addition of an SMS security feature might help ease your paranoia. Sign up and you’ll be texted a unique six-digit code that you’ll need (in addition to your regular password) each time you log in to the service. Despite some confusing wording on PayPal’s site, you don’t have to pay to register for the SMS option: there’s a charge if you want to order a security token to generate a unique password, but not for the SMS version (save any charges you might pay to receive an SMS on your phone plan while overseas). The service is initially being rolled out in Australia, the US, Canada, Austria and Germany.
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PayPal Adds SMS Authentication
12:56PM Angus Kidman | If you’re reluctant to use PayPal because of security concerns, then the addition of an SMS security feature might help ease your paranoia. Sign up and you’ll be texted a unique six-digit code that you’ll need (in addition to your regular password) each time you log in to the service. Despite some confusing wording on PayPal’s site, you don’t have to pay to register for the SMS option: there’s a charge if you want to order a security token to generate a unique password, but not for the SMS version (save any charges you might pay to receive an SMS on your phone plan while overseas). The service is initially being rolled out in Australia, the US, Canada, Austria and Germany.
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2:00PM Angus Kidman | eBay is now allowing payments for auctions via PayPal on mobile phones (and holding a contest to promote the service). My personal view is that using any eBay-related service on a mobile is a potential recipe for disaster, since the one time I did my account suffered a still-unexplained security breach. If you’ve had a better time taking eBay mobile, tell us about it in the comments. More »
eBay Offers Mobile Payments By PayPal
2:00PM Angus Kidman | eBay is now allowing payments for auctions via PayPal on mobile phones (and holding a contest to promote the service). My personal view is that using any eBay-related service on a mobile is a potential recipe for disaster, since the one time I did my account suffered a still-unexplained security breach. If you’ve had a better time taking eBay mobile, tell us about it in the comments. More »
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5:26PM Angus Kidman | One of the hot-button issues which arose this year during eBay’s failed attempts to make PayPal its sole payment method was the difficulty of getting hold of a real live person to deal with problems. That’s still pretty tricky with eBay itself, but has just gotten slightly easier with PayPal, which has expanded its customer support line hours to 6am-10pm, Monday to Saturday. Have you found PayPal problems easier to solve on the phone than online? Let’s hear your experiences in the comments.
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PayPal expands local phone support hours
5:26PM Angus Kidman | One of the hot-button issues which arose this year during eBay’s failed attempts to make PayPal its sole payment method was the difficulty of getting hold of a real live person to deal with problems. That’s still pretty tricky with eBay itself, but has just gotten slightly easier with PayPal, which has expanded its customer support line hours to 6am-10pm, Monday to Saturday. Have you found PayPal problems easier to solve on the phone than online? Let’s hear your experiences in the comments.
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3:32PM Angus Kidman | It looks like eBay still needs to encourage sellers in the wake of its embarrassing PayPal backdown. Less than two weeks after its last discount listing offer, the auction site is now offering a 10-day period of free insertion fees for auctions starting at $0.99 or below, running from July 12 to 21. That’s only a saving of $0.30, but if you’re keen to sell some stuff with low reserves, it’s as good a time to do it as any.
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More discounts as eBay seeks to limit damage
3:32PM Angus Kidman | It looks like eBay still needs to encourage sellers in the wake of its embarrassing PayPal backdown. Less than two weeks after its last discount listing offer, the auction site is now offering a 10-day period of free insertion fees for auctions starting at $0.99 or below, running from July 12 to 21. That’s only a saving of $0.30, but if you’re keen to sell some stuff with low reserves, it’s as good a time to do it as any.
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6:49PM Angus Kidman | Good news for eBay sellers who favour choice: the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has rejected eBay’s proposal to make PayPal the only accepted remote payment method, arguing that eBay’s claims of increased security don’t outweigh the disadvantages of reduced competition. As ACCC head Graeme Samuel put it:
The ACCC believes that consumers are in the best position to decide which payment method is most suitable for them. The notified conduct denies them that choice. Accordingly, the ACCC considers that these benefits do not outweigh the anti-competitive effects of the conduct.
eBay is allowed to appeal the decision, so we’re not quite at the end of the process, but the original plan to make PayPal compulsory from June 17 now looks like a no-go. List as you like!
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Compulsory PayPal gets short shrift from ACCC
6:49PM Angus Kidman | Good news for eBay sellers who favour choice: the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has rejected eBay’s proposal to make PayPal the only accepted remote payment method, arguing that eBay’s claims of increased security don’t outweigh the disadvantages of reduced competition. As ACCC head Graeme Samuel put it:
The ACCC believes that consumers are in the best position to decide which payment method is most suitable for them. The notified conduct denies them that choice. Accordingly, the ACCC considers that these benefits do not outweigh the anti-competitive effects of the conduct.
eBay is allowed to appeal the decision, so we’re not quite at the end of the process, but the original plan to make PayPal compulsory from June 17 now looks like a no-go. List as you like!
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