This information should be given on the donor page. If people are taking
the time to donate they may choose to donate in a more beneficial way.
However, if they are not privy to the information they will use the simplest
option - for them.
Best regards
Debbie
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From: foundation-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org
[mailto:foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf
Of Walter Vermeir
Sent: 16 August 2007 23:18
To: foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Alternative to paypal
Brad Patrick schreef:
Well put, Delphine.
Others will look at this again, but there are no zero-cost
financial
collection systems. Moving money costs money.
Period.
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It is not universally free to all but i comes close;
Money transfers from one European Union bank account to an
other EU bank account is the same price inside the EU for all
country's as a national transfer inside a member state is.
In practice that means the transfer is free of charge or very
cheap deepening of your bank or the way that you give the
order (often a transfers by paper order needs to be paid, by
internet is free).
A donation made by EU bank transfer of 1 euro is 1 euro that
the WMF actually get.
A donation made by paypal of 1 euro is 0,62 euro that the WMF
actual gets.
The WMF has now for years an EU bank account. It gets
donations but not a lot. I think that is for a large part
because paypal is more easy, at least if you have a credit
card and are willing to use it online.
For paypal people can click on a few buttons and the have made the
donation. For a bank transfer the need to go to there bank
website and
make a transfer like the would pay there electricity bill.
The Paypal system makes an impulsive donation possible, bank
transfer is a like a bill you pay, it is not a decision you
make in a moment.
Every donation made by a cheap system is extra money for the
WMF that can used. But every donation lost because people do
not trust/know/understand the payment system or gives them
time to think about what the are doing will cost the WMF even
more money.
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