Ten years ago, I sent some people Amazon eGift Cards. 99% of them were redeemed, but some never make it to the recipient. It makes you wonder how many gift cards never get redeemed. I had it resent to my…
BBP no longer offered as payment method for support charities (CameroonONE, Kairos)
BBP payment method removed On the latest revision to the Proof of Orphan Mining (POOM) payment methods for sponsored child wiki entry, BBP has a payment method was removed. Why not offer BBP as payment method? Why would a cryptocurrency…
BiblePay eCommerce plugin for WooCommerce
BiblePay continues to support use cases that increase the utility of the coin. There is a proposal for a WooCommerce payment gateway for BiblePay Proposal summary The object of proposal is BiblePay Woocommerce plugin which allows merchants to accept payments…
eBay UK and Royal Mail Return Scam
Scammers use weakness in eBay UK’s return policy Scammers will always find ways to exploit weaknesses in the system. eBay is allowing the use of Royal Mail tracking service to deliver to the seller’s postal code (and not requiring the…
HP ScanJet 5200CSe
Around June 2001, I had gotten an online tip from a hot deals forum that Office Depot was clearing out their HP ScanJet 5200 Cse scanners for $50. At the time, they were selling on eBay for $150. I drove…
PayPal changes from address of Payment Notifications to service@paypal.com
If Paypal decides that the FROM will permanently be service@paypal.com, then they could add an additional mail header called Reply-To: and put the buyer’s email in there. While whether a Reply-To is recognized depends on the web mail client, desktop…
PayPal and their in-store POS @ Home Depot
I think PayPal has most potential to eat the bank’s lunch. Their in-store POS means a buyer can pay via PayPal balance. They just need to offer a 2% discount on purchases and you will see adoption rates increase exponentially.…
Amazon Prime may not cost Amazon as much as you think.
Amazon is offering a premium service at a reasonable price. We are members of Amazon Prime for several years now. It is not only free shipping, but guaranteed two business day shipping. You may get super saver free shipping on…
PayPal and In-Store payment system
Unlike Google NFC, PayPal is creating a different payment network that merchants can work off of. This creates competition and a non-reliance on the traditional payment network. We’ve seen companies like Dwolla introduce simple bank to bank transfers for customers…
Sales and Use Tax Rates Database | AvaRates from Avalara
I posted this 8 years ago, but after reading this post, I wanted to clarify and expand on some of the ideas I wrote back then. Sales and Use Tax Rates Solutions From fast, easy rate lookups to a complete…