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A convenient tool I have discovered while on my net travels>>>>>Make payments to anyone using e-mail over the net and its secure! You may read more about this method in press releases I discovered at the site. Excerps are posted at the bottom of this page. The basics of PayPal are: You can have a check sent to someone by PayPal with PayPal instantly guaranteeing by E-mail that the check is on its way, the transaction can be completed. You can have the funds sent directly into the other party's checking account within 24 hours with PayPal guaranteeing the transfer by e-mail, the transaction can be completed. You can have the funds pushed onto the other party's credit card account, the funds are instantly available, the transaction can be completed. Or you can have funds relayed onto other persons. UNLESS YOU FEEL THE LOSS WOULD BE A SMALL AMOUNT YOU'RE WILLING TO LOSE, NEVER PAY UP FRONT FOR SOMETHING WITHOUT A COMFORTABLE LEVEL OF CERTAINTY YOU WILL RECEIVE WHAT YOU'VE AGREED UPON. MOST PEOPLE ARE HONEST BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN ALL! IF IT'S A PHYSICAL ITEM YOUR PURCHASING, HAVE THE ITEM SENT TO YOU C.O.D OR HAVE A THIRD PARTY GUARANTOR RECEIVE THE ITEM NEARBY WHERE IT CAN BE INSPECTED BEFORE FINAL ACCEPTANCE AND PAYMENT.
Please note: You take your own risks when contacting a party. I'm not responsible for the honesty of either party. I cannot guarantee you'll hear from the other party nor can I regulate the response you'll get. Please question whom you are dealing with, most certainly before giving out anything more than your email address. All advertiser's email addresses will be kept confidential unless the individuals themselves choose to reveal it. This is because advertisers are made more vulnerable by being exposed to many possible respondents. If a respondent is treated to some illegality by an advertiser, the respondent also, of course, has the right to contact law enforcement. If law enforcement contacts me I will release, to them, both email addresses. TO PLACE A BULLETIN BOARD AD AD PLACEMENT PAGE -----------BULLETIN BOARD------------ TO VIEW THE BULLETIN BOARD

AUGUST 2, 2000
X.com Protects Consumers With Anti-Fraud Guarantee
X.com Corp. (http://www.X.com), the world's first and largest online payments network and provider of the popular PayPal service, became the first such service to protect consumers from online transaction fraud today, with the announcement of the company's new Buyer Protection Guarantee.

MAY 12, 2000
X.Com's E-Mail Payment Service, PayPal, Wins People's Voice Award at the Webbys 2000
X.com Corporation (http://www.X.com), the largest email payments provider on the Web, today announced that its email payments Web site, PayPal.com (http://www.paypal.com), has received the Webbys' prestigious "People's Voice Award" for best finance Web site.

MARCH 13, 2000, H&R Block
Just E-Mail Me The Cash!
What do you do if you want to get money to your college student on campus, or to a relative in need? Send a check? Wire the dough? These days, you can just beam up the bucks, by using an email address.

MARCH 9, 2000, National Public Radio
New Electronic Payment Methods (requires RealPlayer) NPR's John McChesney reviews PayPal in the second half of this report.

MARCH 2, 2000
X.com and PayPal Announce Merger Plans
X.com Corporation (http://www.X.com) and PayPal.com (http://www.PayPal.com), the two leading providers of person-to-person payment services, today agreed to combine in a merger of equals -- creating the world's largest secure network for instant online payments.

JANUARY 20, 2000, Los Angeles Times
Idealab Partners to Invest in PayPal.com
Pasadena venture capital firm Idealab Capital Partners and investment bank Goldman, Sachs & Co. are expected to announce today that they have invested \\$hold_dollarhold_dollarhold_dollar23 million in PayPal.com, Palo Alto-based developer of email payment systems.

JANUARY 10, 2000, Detroit Free Press
Owe money? Send it over the Internet
Confinity Inc. has made sending money to others as simple as sending email. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based Internet security company has launched PayPal.com, a free service that allows people to "beam" money from any digital device such as a computer or personal data assistant -- and soon a cell phone -- to anyone with an email account.

January 1, 2000, Business 2.0
Check's in the Email
What does it cost? There is no fee to consumers. Instead, Confinity makes its money like a charge card, by investing the float.

JULY 23, 1999, Red Herring
Investors beam funding to Confinity
Confinity chose its financiers carefully, signing up two investors that represent the main aspects of the company's business. Nokia is one of the biggest cell phone companies in the world, and Deutsche Bank one of the biggest banks.

JULY 23, 1999, InternetNews.com
Nokia Invests In Net Device Payment Technology
Confinity's PayPal product will enable users to use their Net device as a credit card substitute.

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		Dear Business Account User, Businesses who use X.com's PayPal service have asked us to clarify our new fraud protections. These safeguards were introduced last week to increase the confidence of both buyers and sellers in our payments network. We'd like to take a moment to describe these protections.  Buyer Protection Guarantee For online commerce to thrive, buyers must feel safe and secure purchasing from sellers they don't know. X.com's new Buyer Protection Guarantee protects buyers who pay for goods that were never shipped. In such cases, sellers are required by law to refund the purchase. However, if the seller turns out to be fraudulent, there is often no remedy. Recent cases on eBay have demonstrated this unfortunate problem. X.com's new Buyer Protection Guarantee is simple: if a buyer pays a seller who has been Verified by X.com, then we will guarantee the buyer's money back in case the seller turns out to be fraudulent. This Guarantee is like free insurance for buyers, and will make it much more attractive for buyers to pay Verified sellers with PayPal. The verification status of any seller appears on the confirmation page before the buyer completes payment. So if you have not yet verified your account, please read how below. "Verified by X.com" is an online seal of approval that will help your business.  Seller Protection Guarantee X.com also wants to protect our sellers against fraud. As you know, we have never imposed charge backs due to fraud on sellers. This is our Seller Protection Guarantee. We plan to continue this policy. However, in order for us to absorb this major source of risk and expense, we need our sellers to play by a few simple rules. Here they are: First, starting on August 23, 2000, sellers must be Verified in order to qualify for the Seller Protection Guarantee. There is no other way for us to protect ourselves, buyers, and other PayPal users if we cannot verify the identity of sellers. This is fundamental to the integrity of our payments system. Please see below for details on how to verify your account and why we consider this process necessary. Second, please retain reasonable proof-of-shipping. Preferably, this proof would come from a shipping service that includes date of shipment, shipping address, and a description of the merchandise whenever possible. Third, please accept payment from only one PayPal account per purchase - do not accept multiple payments for a single item. (Payments to Business and Premier Accounts do not count against a buyer's \\$hold_dollarhold_dollar2,000 credit card limit, so you should always be able to sell high-dollar goods while accepting payment from one account.) Fourth, please do not ship internationally, until X.com releases international payments (coming soon) and a list of approved countries. In addition, we are working on Seller Protection Tools that will tell sellers whether buyers are Verified and whether the buyers' requested shipping address matches their credit card billing address. Once these tools are launched (in about a month), we will be adding a fifth rule: Only ship Unverified buyers' purchases to their credit card billing address. If the buyer is Verified, you may ship to any address. We will notify you before this rule goes into effect. As long as you abide by these rules, X.com guarantees that you will always be protected against charge backs due to fraud.  How to Become "Verified" To verify your PayPal account, simply register and confirm a bank account. Just log in to www.X.com, and look for the "Add Bank Account" link in the How to Activate Your Account box. You will be able to confirm your bank account by completing a simple online process. The instructions are on the website. Why do we ask users to confirm ownership of a bank account? Because banks and other financial institutions are required by law to screen account holders. By proving ownership of a bank account, you demonstrate that you have passed this screening process and have verified your identity. In turn, this lowers our company's financial risk and allows us to guarantee you. Please be sure to encourage all of the users you refer to PayPal to become Verified, too. As of August 23, 2000, new users will generate \\$hold_dollarhold_dollar5 referral bonuses for the person who referred them only when they become Verified.  Keeping Your Money Safe Whenever your bank account is involved, you may be concerned about safety and security. So are we. Please rest assured that X.com will never, ever transfer money from your bank account without your permission. Regardless of any charge back decision, X.com will never transfer money out of your bank account without your explicit consent. In addition, X.com protects every account with up to \\$hold_dollarhold_dollar100,000 of free insurance against unauthorized transactions. And since our encryption is the safest on the Web, your financial information is completely secure. Your bank account will always remain 100% protected with X.com. * * * * * * * * * * X.com is committed to making online payments safe for both buyers and sellers, and we think that our new fraud protections help to accomplish this goal. This should encourage the growth of both the X.com payments network and your online business. Thank you for using X.com's PayPal service, the fastest and safest way to send and receive money online. Sincerely, The X.com Team www.x.com

This email is an account status notification regarding your account with X.com's PayPal service. As a financial services company, it is occasionally necessary for X.com to email our users regarding their account status or changes in our policies. However, promotional materials from X.com will only be sent to you if you have checked the "Promotional Notifications" box on the "Preferences" page in your online user profile.