Comments on: PayPal Alternative – Not GreenZap http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/06/20/paypal-alternative-not-greenzap/ A premiere personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:42:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Hazzard http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/06/20/paypal-alternative-not-greenzap/#comment-555 Hazzard Thu, 14 Jul 2005 02:51:37 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=354#comment-555 I started thinking about how many Google products I'm using and I was surprised: -Google search (exclusively) -Gmail -Google Earth (amazing free product) -Google Desktop Search -Picasa Image viewer -eblogger -Google Adsense They are really starting to make an impact in Microsoft's space. Hmmm. Maybe I better sell my MS stock Hazzard <a href="http://elym.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://elym.blogspot.com</a> I started thinking about how many Google products I’m using and I was surprised:

-Google search (exclusively)
-Gmail
-Google Earth (amazing free product)
-Google Desktop Search
-Picasa Image viewer
-eblogger
-Google Adsense

They are really starting to make an impact in Microsoft’s space. Hmmm. Maybe I better sell my MS stock

Hazzard
http://elym.blogspot.com

]]> By: jim http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/06/20/paypal-alternative-not-greenzap/#comment-554 jim Thu, 23 Jun 2005 23:36:15 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=354#comment-554 Might be interested to know, Google said they weren't planning on competing with Paypal. "We do not intend to offer a person-to-person, stored-value payments system," Schmidt said during an interview with The Associated Press." <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050622/google_payments.html?.v=2" rel="nofollow">article</a> I suppose we'll just have to see what happens. Might be interested to know, Google said they weren’t planning on competing with Paypal.

“We do not intend to offer a person-to-person, stored-value payments system,” Schmidt said during an interview with The Associated Press.”

article

I suppose we’ll just have to see what happens.

]]> By: CryptoJoe http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/06/20/paypal-alternative-not-greenzap/#comment-553 CryptoJoe Wed, 22 Jun 2005 03:41:38 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=354#comment-553 Google Wallet can overtake paypal only if they can under cut paypal's fees. I hate paying those fees, I understand the credit card percentage, but with paypal, you have to pay the fee for non-credit card transactions too. Google Wallet can overtake paypal only if they can under cut paypal’s fees. I hate paying those fees, I understand the credit card percentage, but with paypal, you have to pay the fee for non-credit card transactions too.

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