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Paying for Apple iTunes with PayPal
MrIcee writes "While cruising eBay today I noted that some clever individual has apparently stepped up to fill the void left by the fact that Apple's iTunes service does not accept PayPal. While insisting that buyers follow Apple's terms of service, is buying and reselling the gift certificate legal or not? If legal, it's an interesting and simple idea that could be applied to many areas." It is pretty neat, even if the $16 markup is a little ludicrous. It's like the old adage: a fool and his PayPal account are soon parted.
NO!!! 7 Minute Abs.. Not 6! Who does abs in 6 minutes?!
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Great, another middleman between musicians and fans. Are we moving backwards through the internet??
I, for one, welcome our new PayPal-iTunes overlords.
Can I buy a put?
It appears to be less than the typical apple markup.
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Markup: $16 on $50 certificate
Hmm, I wonder if this is an intelligent decision.
Sounds like the ?? right before Profit! to me.
(In reality, they only accept PayPal, but they have icons for all the above. Misleading design.)
There's only 5 digits on that counter. I wonder how many times that thing has rolled over since this story's posting :)
~~Dan
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Well... maybe not quite the usual slashdotting. Thanks to your post, half the slashdotters are sitting on the page pressing reload over and over... making the count even higher.
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your theory of economics doesn't explain why windows sells at 85% margin though....
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Geez, you guys know that anytime an auction gets in the news, Mr. Kevin Pursglove (whatever his name) issues a cute little statement along the lines of "we are investigating the auction".
Then the next day, the auction is pulled for some obscure reason: "the seller created and posted the auction between 10pm and 11pm from a state that outlaws ferret hunting during summer months. Persuant to section 573, paragraph 43 of the eBay user agreement, which we just updated last night just for this guy, where it says we can pull an auction for any goddamn reason, we went ahead and pulled the auction, even though 60,000 others just like it are still up and running."
In other words, eBay pulls it at the drop of a hat.
I bet PayPal (owned by eBay) has some stuff buried in their terms that they can use also.
YAWAM???
Be honest, that word is just YAAPOOYA
(Yet Another Acronym Pulled Out Of Your Ass)
~Z
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OH THE SHAME I fell off the wagon and use sigs again!
Those without credit cards, students mainly
uhhh.. do what now?? what university are you going to.. every campus ive ever been in.. has at least two credit card booths handing out free stuff for a properlly filled out applicaiton..
true story: one day i was going to class had a midterm.. but no calulator.. so i just filled out the form.. got a cheapo $2 calculator.. 4-6 weeks later got yet ANOTHER card.. and just cut it up.
i still failed the test
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I can just see the eBay web architect in his design when choosing to have a counter on each listing saying:
"5 digits on the counter should be enough for any listing"
bwahahahaha