We are now setup with http://www.moneybookers.com , a service similar to Ebay that I am told may be easier to use for Europeans.
I have tested every aspect of this, except for actually withdrawing money. The account is just a little shy of the minimum amount required for a withdrawal. If some advocate of moneybookers wants to help out, a small (5 EUR, roughly) donation would put enough into the account for me to finalize testing the withdrawal mechanism.
I see no reason why it should not work, though.
I also investgiated e-Gold and decided not to pursue it at this time. Too many payment options will be confusing, and I saw no actual advantages too the e-Gold system. Several aspects of their website returned server errors for me, and this did not instill confidence in them. The whole thing seemed rather questionable.
But, I would be willing to take another look a few months from now, if there's really strong demand for that.
--Jimbo
--- Jimmy Wales jwales@bomis.com wrote:
We are now setup with http://www.moneybookers.com
Great news!
a small (5 EUR, roughly) donation
how do I do the donation? the server is down at the moment so I cannot check wikimedia.org to see whether it contains a link. Do I have to open a moneybookers account?
I also investgiated e-Gold (...) questionable.
I haven't tried e-gold, but Mozilla Foundation uses it.
--Optim
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On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 11:38:19AM -0800, Jimmy Wales wrote:
We are now setup with http://www.moneybookers.com , a service similar to Ebay that I am told may be easier to use for Europeans.
substitute "Ebay" with "a cheaper and international PayPal" instead :)
grin
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