Re: Pilot: Tracy needs a pilot

[calvinoid@xxxxxxx (Calvin O. Parker)]

Let me get this straight.  I order something and pay for it via First
Virtual.  The person selling the product and I then dance the FV dance
("really?",  "Yes, really") and then it takes 90 DAYS for the seller
to get his money??  

Yup.  A quick trip to www.fv.com and a little digging shows that this
is correct.

So, why on earth would I use FV (which I signed up for a week ago to
buy a couple of pilot progs, BTW) to buy something when a check could
go SNAIL MAIL, clear, and whatever else  TEN TIMES OVER in that same
time period?  Am I missing something?  

Off to cancel his FV account...

Calvin

On Thu, 31 Oct 1996 18:52:44 -0500, you wrote:

>>How about someone that already has a First Vitual Account open up access to it
>>for a "Tracy's Pilot Fund".  I'll send $5 to it. If 60 others did it, then
>>he would have his pilot.
>>
>>A lot of the shareware authors have First Vitual Seller Accounts, how about
>>guys?
>
>The trouble is that First Virtual holds your charges for 90 days to
>prevent credit card charge cancellation problems.  For instance, only
>in the past couple of weeks have I started getting First Virtual
>registrations from the Dinky Pad 0.1b release back in early summer.
>
>By the time Tracy got his money, he'd be able to buy a Pilot ][
>instead...  For those wishing to make contributions, I think a check
>is the best way to go.
>
>- Edward Keyes, mistered@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  DaggerWare, http://www.1stresource.com/~mistered/dagger.htm
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