Having been involved with PayPal subscriptions with the Open Rights Group,
it's, quite frankly, a complete arse.
Every time a PayPal user changes their card details, PayPal cancels all
their ongoing subscriptions.
I'd quite strongly recommend ignoring PayPal (for *recurring* donations;
feel free to solicit one-offs through them) and just stick with STOs, which
are easy enough to set up with any UK bank.
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2009/1/2 Tom Holden
thomas.holden@gmail.com
> Paypal will always be more expensive than direct bank transfers, even
> with the charitable discount, so I'd certainly recommend that those
> looking to donate to us who have the facility to make us direct bank
> transfers should avoid paypal.
>
> Direct debits certainly aren't free, though the majority of the costs
> are set-up and annual ones, rather than proportional to the level of
> donations, so once we're larger it will be relatively cheaper. However
> it's by the by at the moment since the Co-Op require you to have had
> an account with them for a year before they'll let you set-up direct
> debits (out of other people's accounts).
>
> Tom
>
> 2009/1/2 AndrewRT
raturvey@yahoo.co.uk:
> > On Jan 2, 4:22 pm, "Andrew Cates"
And...@soschildren.org wrote:
> >> Any progress on accepting direct debits?
> >
> > We will be able to accept standig orders as soon as the bank account
> > is finalised which should be soon after Foundation approval next
> > Sunday.
> >
> > I think the Board decided against direct debits as they were too
> > expensive, but I can't find the decision at the moment - cfp could you
> > confirm?
> >
> > We're also looking into paypal which could be promising.
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> >
> > Andrew
> >
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