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March 28, 2005

Clarification on T-Shirts Payments: You Do Not Need a PayPal Account

One poster writes, "Too bad only PayPal is accepted for payment."

This is a big misconception. You don't need a PayPal account to buy stuff, or to donate. You only need PayPay to receive money.

PayPal is how money gets put into my pocket, and into the pocket of RockNClothing. All you need to purchase via PayPal is a credit card.

You can also send a "e-check." Not sure how that works, but I've gotten donations via check in the past. The PayPal ordering screen should allow you that option under some drop-down menu. I think you just type in your bank's routing number and account number (the numbers at the bottom of your check) as well as the check number you intend to use and then hit "send." The electronic version of your check works just like a paper check. (Of course you have to void the specific check whose number you're using-- that check will be used, in electronic form. You can't use that specific check again, just like you can't use the same paper check twice.)

PayPal is like any other form of internet purchasing-- you just type in your credit card number and billing information and buy. Or donate. It's just an easy way for a small vendor, like myself, to accept credit-card payments or donations without having to subscribe to a credit-card merchant service or buy one of those credit-card-checking modem thingees.

It's no different than ordering from Amazon. Except whereas Amazon handles its own credit-card receipts of payments, I don't. PayPal handles them for me.

Just click the first payment type box -- the one that says you don't have a PayPal account -- and it will ask you for your billing address and credit card information. No PayPal account necessary and no PayPal account created.

Might as well pimp the shirt again. I'm worse than Suzanne Sommers. Click the pic to see the tee:



posted by Ace at 01:57 PM
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This is probably a dumb question, but I'm doing accounting stuff, and I've wanted to know for a while - does PayPal send you a 1099 or what? Does the money slosh around, or does it leave a trail?

I ask, because I didn't update petty cash for a few weeks, and I'm currently tearing my hair over it.

Posted by: Dianna on March 28, 2005 02:10 PM

No, it doesn't. I have to check myself to see payments received for tax purposes.

Posted by: ace on March 28, 2005 02:12 PM

I'd still like to see:

"And loot their bodies..."
"Like a VIKING!"
or
"Retard Apples"

On the back

Posted by: fat kid on March 28, 2005 02:56 PM

Well, I gotta be honest. So far, this shirt is stiffing.

I had planned a "Loot the bodies" shirt with an awesome alternate logo -- something super cool you've never seen before -- but it appears, at this moment, this will be my first and last venture into the t-shirt business.

Dang. And I was really hoping for enough money to follow Phish around the country this summer.

Posted by: ace on March 28, 2005 03:03 PM

Ace,
I wanna shirt!

But then I get this shit with the "checkout"

The recipient of this shopping cart link is not an approved shopping cart user. Please review your selection and try again.

Return to the homepage

Arrg.

Posted by: hobgoblin on March 28, 2005 03:18 PM

hobby,

DId you try again? You shouldn't have to be an approved user.

I'll ask RockNClothing about this glitch.

Posted by: ace on March 28, 2005 04:14 PM

Apparently hobgoblin has not completed the required shopping cart user's course, scu-101, required for shopping cart certification. You're not suggesting we lower our standards for everyone who wants a shirt are you? I realize the guys get the shirts but we are on an integrity kick!

Posted by: BrewFan on March 28, 2005 04:22 PM

Is there a pic of the black one by chance?

Posted by: alan on March 28, 2005 05:22 PM

Ace:

Can Pay Pal actually pull off this "put money in your poket" in a literal way? Because, if they have that ability, there's a lot of people I'd like to do that to.

Betty, for starters.

Posted by: KCTrio on March 28, 2005 05:26 PM

Alan, no there's no pic of a black shirt. I asked them to put one up, but they didn't have a black t-shirt photo handy.

All I can say is... imagine the same shirt... but darker.

: )

Sorry.

Posted by: ace on March 28, 2005 05:33 PM

I'm trying to think the cart can't really see my inner soul and deem me unworthy, but that's the only conclusion that I can logically arrive at.

Maybe something about cookies and active scripting, so I'll lower my security settings and try again. But this is a problem with the rockn site.

Posted by: hobgoblin on March 28, 2005 05:57 PM

Hob:

Are you using Zone Alarm or some other software firewall? You can always turn your privacy setting to "medium," if it's set on "high" and it will work. The medium setting allows cookies but blocks tracking cookies. The high setting blocks all.

Also, within IE the same privacy setting can be set to "medium" using a similar slider, and that will also allow the transaction.

The transaction doesn't seem to require any Active X or java scripting, so those shouldn't be an issue. Even if you have Google or Service Pack 2 popup blockers running, it should still work. I think your check-out cart opens a new window, but neither popup blocker stopped that from happening when I bought the rock' shirts.

Finally, with Zone Alarm, if you are using that program, make sure you have Mobile Code Control turned off.

That's about all I can think of without knowing your settings. I'm not a computer expert, but know just enough to understand a little.

There's probably others out there that could really help you out.

I hope something here is of some use.

Take care, hob.

Posted by: KCTrio on March 28, 2005 06:26 PM

KCT,

Thanks, I have IE6 with no extras, but high sec settings and no cookies. I'll give it a try later with the cookies.

Posted by: hobgoblin on March 28, 2005 07:04 PM

No problem, hob. I hope it works.

Are you running a high-speed connection? If you are, not to sound too pushy, but you may want to consider purchasing a little hardware firewall that you can put in between your cable modem and your ethernet port on your PC.

The hardware version runs like $20, and is worth every penny. Zone Alarm is free and EZ, but it does require you to say "yes" or "no" to alllowing programs to have Internet access. It works pretty well, but requires some effort. The hardware firewall just slams shut the ports that are likely to be hacked.

At the very least, I'd recommend you go to DSLreports or some other site to see if you are vulnerable. Just go to the site, click on tests, and it'll run a series of security tests to see if you are open to attacks.

If you've ever been slammed by a worm or virus or hack attempt, it's not a fun thing to go through. If you have software that has lots of patches and stuff (even Windows has lots of them), the process of wiping your hard disk, reinstalling your software and all the patches, hardware drivers can be a real pain. It's at minimum a couple of hours, and can take longer if you have more stuff.

Best of luck. I hope everything works out for you.

Posted by: KCTrio on March 28, 2005 07:33 PM

(pssst, KC, don't tell anyone, but I'm at work. We have the mondo firewall and virus system)

Posted by: hobgoblin on March 28, 2005 07:41 PM

Hob:

Cool. I didn't know you worked at the biotech weopans lab.

That shit's awesome.

What's this new MONDO weaponry. I won't tell anyone, I promise.

Posted by: KCTrio on March 28, 2005 08:06 PM

Ace,
I would like a shirt, but I dont see a 3x on there dude. I want to support the site, but I needs a 3x up in here. Also, could we see that cute t-shirt model more often? I mean the straight guys have that busty girl, cant I have some occasional eye-candy. Gannon did not caount since he was actual news at the time. Also , you should put a t0shirt link up at the top, might take a while, I had to wait until I got home , then I had to hunt around for the t-shirt link. If no 3x's are gonna be coming ill probably squirt a few bills into your pay-pal donation thing. I really enjoy the site, and would like to see you enjoy a little cashola out of all this.

Posted by: Marty on March 28, 2005 09:06 PM

I hate to say it, but I like the old death card better.

Posted by: Rob on March 29, 2005 01:09 AM

I second Marty's request Ace, we need 3X, maybe 4X. I see BBeck got some special attention, so how about some love for us big chested guys? Oliver Willis ain't the only one with man-boobs you know.

Posted by: Lee on March 29, 2005 01:27 AM

Yes Oliver does have some sweet manchesters. I think he is sneaking up on a D cup. Hmm typing that just forced me to think of that fat bitch sneaking up on some unaware big-macs out in the wild.

Posted by: Marty on March 29, 2005 06:53 AM

ACE - Are your lips really that pink or is that lipstick?

(not that there's anything wrong with that)

Posted by: 72VIRGINS on March 29, 2005 02:41 PM

I really want to get one, but I'm afraid that the liberal moonbats will beat me if I wear it. You know how angry and full of hatred they are.

Posted by: Don'tHitMe on March 29, 2005 08:44 PM
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