Author: gerold daniels
Date: 11:50:43 10/24/05
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On October 24, 2005 at 13:24:28, Peter Skinner wrote: >On October 24, 2005 at 09:59:17, Mike Hood wrote: > >>I don't know how the moderation team discovered this, but I hope it's the start >>of a new trend. After all, it's part of CCC's charter that everybody should use >>their real name. If it were up to me I'd require proof of identity on >>registration, and re-registration should be demanded from all current members by >>causing all current memberships to expire on a certain day. A small one-time >>registration fee, payable by cheque or credit card (not cash!) would furnish >>adequate proof, as well as giving a boost to the funding of CCC. > >Interesting idea, and I like it. > >You wouldn't even need to charge a fee to become a member but the use of a >checking account or credit card with an pre-authorization charge (a charge that >is not actually billed, but verifies card/account holders information) then I >believe we could seriously illiminate some of our problems. > >Here is the only problem with the idea. > >If we were to have 15,000 members, most credit card companies charge a 40-50 >cent transaction fee, even on the pre-auth's. > >15,000 x .40 = $6000 > >Even if we were to only get 5000 _real_ users out of the number that is in the >database, then that is still a fee of $2000. > >A better way of doing it would be a $1 fee via PayPal. > >Again you get authentic information, and $1/person to help Steve out with costs. >This wouldn't be a yearly fee, but every little bit helps here. > >Wouldn't you agree? > >Peter Hello Peter. How many would you lose due to the fact that a lot of people don't use paypal. I have credit card but there is no way i would put my credit card number on the net. There are a lot of people who will not trade with credit card on the net. Gerold. Gerold.
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