Pay Pal

First, we were greeted with the news this morning that Pay Pal wants to Censor Bill Quick's Daily Pundit for telling the violent truth about something (though they won't say what). Now, we have the blogfather telling us that Pay Pal is intent on becoming the morality police, cutting off not just sellers but also users

who buy things it doesn't want them to: prescription drugs from unverified pharmacies, material with even a whiff of sex and gambling or lottery services. . . .

Its policy on adult materials is especially stringent, banning not only any material or services suggesting sexual activity but also "non-adult services whose Web site marketing can be reasonably misconstrued as allowing adult material or services to be purchased using PayPal."

.Prof. Reynolds thinks that its past time for more competition in this area. I agree, and while Pay Pal seems to have beaten most of its competition, alternative are still out there. Check out these choices.

• Storm Pay from Clarksville, TN (though they do seem to frown on sex and gambling)


• NoChex is from Leeds, London and doesn't seem to have any problem with sex or gambling (the British usually don't) and has no readily apparant prohibiton against firearms or telling the truth about the world.


• Pay By Web is anothe good choice.

You could also simply sign up and create your own Verisign payment processing account as well

. My point though is that there are options out there and Pay Pal isn't your only choice. Perhaps the blogsphere can band together to punish Pay Pal, by not only refusing to use their services, but also by promoting their competitors in order to secure a robust marketplace of choices. Lots of people run blog ads. Maybe we can all make a simple post or two about a good experience at a Pay Pal competitor. If we spread these out over the next couple of months, call it a Carnival of the Alternative Online Payment Processors I'm sure Pay Pal would eventually get the idea.