posted on December 12, 2000 08:20:55 AM
Hi all. I do not accept PayPal any longer. I do, however, list EnergyFlow as an option for my internation customers (not a single person has opted to use it but it is there). Today I received the following e-mail which makes it look as if EnergyFlow and PayPal are "sisters" or at least related! Anybody know if this is true?
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Dear Valued Customer,
There will be a scheduled outage of service on Tuesday, December 12, 2000 at approximately 11:00 am MDT, lasting approximately 4 hours. During this time no logins will be allowed and no orders will be able to be placed. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.
The good news is that this is to bring online Version 2.2 of our Websites. There are some exciting and important new changes coming online, summarized below.
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New Website Features !!!
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* New ability to send Greeting Cards
* Enhanced auction payment services
* New bill payment feature
* New delivery options
Express Mail
Global Priority Mail
Global Express Mail
* Streamlined mail composition reduces the number of pages at checkout
* Simplified and enhanced user interface
* Context-sensitive help on all pages
* Gold Accounts for greater security
* Enhanced PayPal security and ease-of-use
Important notice to PayPal customers: some PayPal accounts will have a lower spending limit after this upgrade. Our website now recognizes "PayPal Verified" accounts with a higher spending limit. Also, customers using a web-based email address with non-PayPal-Verified accounts will have substantially lower PayPal spending limits.
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H a p p y H o l i d a y s
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Have a very happy holiday season from all of us at EnergyFlow. Why not have a look at our new Greeting Card feature? http://www.sendsnailmail.com/greetingcards Your friends and family would sincerely appreciate receiving a card from you this holiday season. We also have some new Holiday Papers available when composing any snailmail letter.
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Introducing...ThankYouLetters.com
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On December 26, the release of ThankYouLetters.com is scheduled. Don't forget this important aspect of the giving and receiving season. Let your friends and family know you appreciate their efforts during the often hectic and chaotic holiday shopping season. www.ThankYouLetters.com will make it easy and convenient to say "Thank-You" with class.
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New, Faster Servers !!!
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Later this month there will be another brief, scheduled outage when we upgrade to two new dedicated internet servers. This important upgrade will result in a much faster, and more convenient-to-use web network. This outage should not last longer than a couple of hours, and is scheduled to take place in the last half of December.
We have done thorough testing on all of the new web pages that are coming online. However, if we happened to miss something and you experience an error on any of our websites, please send e-mail to [email protected] and Hugh will look into it promptly. As always, our goal is an easy-to-use and completely error-free website. Thank you in advance for your help and understanding.
posted on December 12, 2000 03:24:06 PM
IIRC EnergyFlow is a service that allows your buyer to buy a money order. Could it be that they simply accept payment for the MOs via Paypal?
posted on December 12, 2000 03:41:23 PM
I never thought of that. Now that you said it, I think I do remember that you could pay using PayPal, but I can't get into the EnergyFlow site to check right now.
Thanks for the answer. I will have to check it out.
posted on December 12, 2000 05:54:40 PM
Wow. What happens when the person pays Paypal with a fraudulent credit card or charges back the payment and Paypal freezes energy flow's account?
