[hackerspaces] wikileaks - switching from paypal

[Tim Saylor]

Strangely, we had that same problem with Amazon and we switched to Paypal
because they told us not having 501c3 wasn't a problem.  I guess you can't
trust anybody.

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Matthew Forr <matthew.forr at gmail.com>wrote:

> We've had problems with Paypal far before Wikileaks and had our account
> frozen twice. Apparently if you ask for donations anywhere on their site and
> Paypal finds out they freeze your account and ask for proof that you're a
> 501c3. There customer service is terrible and I can't recommend against
> using them enough, that said, I'm not surprised they froze Wikileaks account
> and I feel their pain.
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Tim Saylor <tim.saylor at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> We had a minor drama bomb on our mailing list about using paypal and our
>> general conclusion was that the space shouldn't get distracted with politics
>> and take an official stand on the matter.  If people want to pay us with
>> paypal, great.  If they want to use another method (and if enough people
>> want us to support something else) that's great too.
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Christopher Pilkington <cjp at 0x1.net>wrote:
>>
>>> Don't hackerspaces use actual bank or credit union accounts?  I would
>>> have never considered using PayPal, even before the wikileaks fiasco.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Alexandre Girard <alx.girard at gmail.com
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> We've remove the paypal button on homepage for monthly membership
>>>> subscription, and since we meet once a week, it was not so useful.
>>>>
>>>> We've got the bi-annual financial meeting next wednesday, we've got
>>>> accounts on Flattr or WePay it people need this
>>>> online-membership-payment feature back.
>>>>
>>>> Alex - tetalab.org
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Barry Coughlan <barry at 091labs.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Has any space switched from Paypal due to Wikileaks? If so, what
>>>> alternative
>>>> > are you using and how do you find it?
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